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6 EHR Optimization Tips

Healthcare IT Today

One thing I’ve learned in 16 years writing about health IT and particularly focused on EMR (now EHR if you prefer), is that the EHR still impacts so many things in the life of a clinician. Yes, hospitals and health systems have 1000s of health IT solutions that they have to manage, upgrade, secure, etc. […].

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Downstream Impacts of EHR Optimization

Healthcare IT Today

Yesterday we shared 6 EHR optimization tips with you. Today, we’re going to look at the ecosystem of technology that interacts with the EHR and makes the EHR experience better (or worse if done wrong).

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EHR Optimization Process “Sprints” Improve Teamwork and Satisfaction

Healthcare IT Today

When Colorado-based integrated health system UCHealth set out to reduce the burden their Epic EHR imposed on clinicians, it started by prioritizing improvements that affected the largest number of clinicians possible, along with distributing EHR tip sheets and holding training sessions.

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Weekly Roundup – February 17, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Andy Oram dove into the approach Health Note is taking to questionnaires, which includes combing EHR data to create specific questions relevant to each patient and customizing for different types of care providers , including schools and community clinics. Read more… Why Self-Scheduling Has Reached a Tipping Point.

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Stop IT Staff Burnout: Organize Your Digital Health Tools Into a True Digital Formulary

Xealth

Additionally, IT staff are burdened with regularly loading new and updated materials into the EHR. Bonus tip : Repurpose the valuable paper materials you already have as part of this effort. Consequently, health systems and their IT teams often spend significant time educating these vendors on integration and EHR compatibility.

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Health Care Portals: Looking Beyond the Patients’ Horizon

Healthcare IT Today

athenahealth’s integrations with hospital EHR systems allow the platform to receive discharge instructions when a patient leaves a hospital. Automation is supported by exchanging data with the EHR and other sources of information, such as the user’s location. Technology has the potential to improve both simultaneously.

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Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

With that, here are my tips for patients: Think twice before inputting PII or PHI into unknown mobile apps without knowing the practices they follow. Check for release notes on the details (“bugs and fixes” or “new features and enhancements” are not acceptable release notes) before updating the apps you already have.

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