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Hazelden Betty Ford's Oracle Cerner EHR enables digital therapeutic info

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The EHR integration with the digital prescribing platform enables clinicians to send personalized therapeutic content to their patients throughout recovery. They can access a central content repository and send patients reading materials, exercise plans, workshops and more. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

Build Community Digital Literacy With patients who feel overwhelmed by or uncomfortable with technology, one option is to invest in digital literacy education programs or workshops, offering simple tutorials to enhance your patients’ comfort and confidence in using technology, and by extension your portal.

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Hidden Heroes: How Operational Teams Drive Optimal Health IT System Adoption

Healthcare IT Today

However, proper staffing for EHR, revenue cycle management (RCM), and other major health IT system transitions go far beyond IT personnel. In fact, my experience suggests that operational readiness is a key factor for EHR and RCM success. There are several other operational considerations during EHR and other major IT system changes.

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Combatting Burnout and Fatigue in Healthcare

Optimum Healthcare IT

Burnout and fatigue among clinicians and healthcare IT professionals are increasingly severe issues that can devastate the quality of care provided. Ensure clinicians and healthcare IT professionals have adequate resources to do their jobs efficiently. Give clinicians ample time off to rest and recharge.

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Current Healthcare Analytics Challenges Require a Collaborative Approach to Problem-Solving

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Bal Heroor, CEO and Principal at Mactores The healthcare industry generates enormous amounts of data daily, from electronic health records (EHRs) to medical claims, research studies, wearables, and other digital health devices.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Digital transformation: Healthcare making progress but much work remains. With some 95 percent of healthcare providers having deployed EHRs, the healthcare system is officially digital. Healthcare IT News and HIMSS TV covered RSA 2019 live! EHR training is biggest predictor of user satisfaction, experts say.

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Telehealth boosts mental health patient engagement, care plan compliance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. When it came to Microsoft Teams, NYPCC provided training, workshops and other resources to get both patients and clinicians on board with using the platform. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. ” MARKETPLACE.