The game is changing faster than ever as more payer contracts and regulatory programs adopt risk-based models. To be successful, payer and provider organizations know they must increase quality scores and revenue while reducing avoidable medical costs. Yet, the providers who are critical to that success are burned out. According to a recent survey, nearly one-third of providers say their biggest frustration is constant “busy work,” such as electronic health record (EHR) data entry and prior
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Electronic Health Record
Patients Are Not Consumers. Healthcare Is Not A Typical Business
Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that I have an extreme Diet Coke emergency. (I never have, but that’s beside the point.)
At 2 AM on a Wednesday I awake with an unforgiving need to drink Diet Coke. I dress and head out to find the nearest 24-hour convenience store, where I can satisfy my damnable craving by paying a bit more for Diet Coke than I would at a grocery store.
I pay slightly more for a few reasons related to the cost of convenience, the lack of more affordable options at 2 AM, the
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Only 11% of Acute-Care Providers Use An Integrated EHR, Study Finds
Only 11 percent of acute care providers use an integrated electronic health record (EHR), according to PointClickCare’s results of its 2019 Patient Transition Study. The study reveals that acute care and long-term post-acute care patient coordination remains largely manual through paper, email, and fax processes.Conducted in partnership with Definitive Healthcare, c-suite executives from acute and post-acute care facilities provided input on data sharing, concerns about interoperability, and
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SHIEC: HIEs Provide Critical Infrastructure to Support Nationwide Interoperability
America’s health information exchanges (HIEs) provide critical infrastructure to support interoperability serving 92% of Americans, delivering more than one billion clinical alerts annually, according to a recent Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative survey.These are real-time notifications of hospital admissions, discharges or transfers (ADTs) delivered to doctors, hospitals and other organizations tasked with coordinating the care and services of high-needs patients. These alerts
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B. Braun Integrates Infusion Pumps with Epic EHR at Huntington Beach Hospital
B. Braun Medical Inc. announced today the integration of their Infusomat Space™ Large Volume Infusion Pumps with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) platform at Prime Healthcare – Huntington Beach Hospital, located in Huntington Beach, CA.Infusion Pump Epic EHR Integration BenefitsThe collaboration is designed to help improve infusion safety and increase staff efficiency through the bi-directional interface capability. Using Epic’s EHR platform allows nurses to send infusion order data to the
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Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance, Amazon Partner on Machine Learning Research Sponsorship
Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance (PHDA) announced today that it is working closely with Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, through a machine learning research sponsorship, to advance innovation in areas such as cancer diagnostics, precision medicine, voice-enabled technologies and medical imaging.Leveraging Machine Learning to Power Medical ResearchA unique consortium formed four years ago by UPMC, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the PHDA uses
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Interoperability: Why Health Systems Need to Integrate Their Digital Stack
Several years ago, Thomas Friedman, the best-selling New York Times columnist, began pointing out how application programming interfaces (APIs) and the resultant connectivity was enabling one-touch consumer engagement with a broad range of services. We now take it for granted that we can call a car service from our phone, watch the driver approach on a map, and then pay for our ride without leaving a single application.
Similarly, we can scroll through dozens of different brands of olive oil
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VA Transfers 23.5 Million Patient Health Records to Cerner’s Data Center
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently transferred the health records of 23.5 million Veterans to a Cerner's data center, setting the stage for the records to be processed this summer in support of VA’s and Department of Defense’s (DoD) common electronic health record (EHR) solution.Data Migration PhaseThis initial data migration phase of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM), which began in late spring, is an important milestone reflecting the decision to replace
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Q&A: Dr. Geeta Nayyar Discusses the State of Physician Burnout & EHRs
Before drifting off to sleep, most of us put on pajamas when it’s time to curl up with a good book or binge-watch what’s trending on Netflix—but not today’s doctors.
According to one previous study, physicians spend nearly two hours conducting EHR/paperwork every night at home. This after-hour activity is known in healthcare as “pajama time,” but don’t let the cutesy nickname fool you. Turns out, time spent mired with EHR data is becoming a growing problem for physicians. A subsequent study
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DrChrono EHR Adds AI-Powered Medical Notes Integration for Medical Practices
Electronic health record (EHR) provider DrChrono has announced an integration partnership with DeepScribe to enable medical practices DrChrono EHR can use AI to automate medical notes from physician appointments and integrate it right into their Electronic Health Record (EHR).EHR Integrated SOAP Notes for Medical PracticesDeepScribe uses advanced deep learning technology to generate accurate, compliant, and secure SOAP notes right within a practice’s EHR. Practices using DeepScribe have reported
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