Health IT optimization
The health IT optimization process refines healthcare technology systems to improve performance, efficiency and user experience. The process streamlines workflows, enhancing data integration and accessibility, and may include implementing updates or add-ons. Understand how optimization efforts maximize the value of health IT investments.
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01 Mar 2024
3 EHR training best practices for clinician satisfaction
By providing specialty-specific EHR training, using e-learning modules, and encouraging ongoing EHR education, healthcare organizations can help promote clinician satisfaction. Continue Reading
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01 Dec 2023
How 4 EHR Vendors Are Leveraging Generative AI in Clinical Workflows
Generative AI is generating a lot of buzz across the healthcare industry, with EHR vendors introducing tools to streamline clinical workflows and administrative tasks. Continue Reading
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26 Oct 2023
How Case Western is Prioritizing Epic EHR Training for Medical Students
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is the first medical school to leverage Lyceum, an Epic EHR training platform designed for first-year medical students. Continue Reading
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20 Oct 2023
EHR Vendor eClinicalWorks Taps AI Tool for Clinical Documentation
A new health IT integration from EHR vendor eClinicalWorks is set to simplify clinical documentation for providers using AI technology. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2023
What Role Does the EHR Play in Clinical Informatics?
EHR data can aid clinical informatics research through streamlined clinical trial recruitment, public health surveillance, and health IT analytics. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2023
CHIME Names 21 Healthcare Orgs as 2023 Digital Health Most Wired
The 2023 Digital Health Most Wired Survey awarded 21 healthcare organizations with the highest recognition for their commitment to digital health transformation. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2023
How Clinical Ambient Intelligence Can Address Clinician Burnout
While clinical ambient intelligence could mitigate clinician burnout, organizations must leverage an implementation strategy that promotes interconnectivity, according to a Forrester analyst. Continue Reading
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11 Oct 2023
Google Cloud Announces Generative AI Search Capabilities for Healthcare
New generative AI search features from Google Cloud aim to help drive efficiencies across the healthcare industry and improve clinical decision support. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2023
Nuance Releases Generative AI Copilot for Clinical Documentation
The Nuance DAX Copilot uses generative AI to automatically create draft clinical documentation for physician review and entry in the EHR. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2023
3 User-Centered Design Practices to Drive EHR Usability, Optimization
Employing user-centered design practices can help healthcare organizations pinpoint clinical workflow challenges to improve EHR usability. Continue Reading
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29 Aug 2023
Epic Sepsis Prediction Model Lacks Clinical Decision Support Timeliness
A new study found that the Epic Sepsis Prediction Model was less timely and missed more cases than other clinical decision support tools, including SOFA and SIRS. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2023
Additional Epic EHR Education Linked to Clinician Satisfaction
While Epic EHR education courses boost clinician satisfaction, providers want more opportunities to share best practices with their peers. Continue Reading
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18 Aug 2023
Effective Resident EHR Training Hinges on Personal Initiative
Researchers said residency programs should foster relationships between medical assistants and residents to support EHR use and clinical documentation. Continue Reading
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16 May 2023
How Clinician Perceptions of EHR Use Can Drive EHR Innovation
Qualitative EHR use research can help researchers gather insight on what to target for quantitative analysis and better inform EHR innovation. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2023
How HL7 FHIR APIs Are Driving Healthcare Innovation, Interoperability
With use cases across clinical care, research, health information exchange (HIE), and public health, HL7 FHIR APIs span the healthcare innovation spectrum. Continue Reading
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04 Jan 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Cases to Mitigate Clinician Burnout
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can automate administrative tasks to help address clinician burnout and give providers more time to deliver patient-centered care. Continue Reading
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29 Dec 2022
EHR Optimization, Clinical Automation Top Health IT Priorities Next Year
Health IT vendor executives say that healthcare organizations will look to EHR optimization and clinical automation in 2023 to address clinician burnout. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2022
How AI Scribe Technology Can Cut Clinician Burnout from EHR Documentation
A New York FQHC adopted an AI-based EHR documentation service from eClinicalWorks to alleviate clinician burnout after its on-site scribe service went virtual due to COVID-19. Continue Reading
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24 Oct 2022
ACOs Call on ONC, EHR Vendors for CMS eCQM Reporting Support
ACOs often work with many EHR vendors, so eCQM reporting requires major investment in data aggregation tools. Continue Reading
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14 Jul 2022
How Real-Time Prescription Benefit EHR Integrations Drive Price Transparency
A real-time prescription benefit EHR integration is helping providers at Presbyterian Healthcare find treatment options that fit the needs, and wallets, of patients. Continue Reading
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18 May 2022
How EHR Functionality Can Support Gender-Affirming Care, Health Equity
EHR vendor athenahealth released product enhancements to promote health equity for transgender and non-binary patients. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2022
What Are the Benefits of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI)?
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) helps ensure EHR data is accurate for a variety of use cases, such as quality reporting and patient care delivery. Continue Reading
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01 Nov 2021
Benefits, Challenges of Using EHR Data for Clinical Research
Leveraging EHR data for clinical research is promising, but a lack of data standards present challenges for research usability. Continue Reading