Seneca Healthcare Spent the Past Year Transitioning to Cerner EHR
As Seneca Healthcare transitions to Cerner EHR, Associated Urologists of NC expands its EHR with NextGen, and AssociatesMD sees positive outcomes with eClinicalWorks EHR.
Seneca Healthcare District, a California critical access hospital, has spent the past year transitioning from an antiquated system to Cerner’s EHR.
“We’re excited to implement this upgraded system. The EHR system is designed to offer our community a new, efficient patient portal and enhanced technology and security,” Shawn McKenzie, CEO chief executive officer of Seneca Healthcare District, said in a press release. “Our entire team has been working diligently over the past year to bring this new system online, and we are thankful for their dedication and effort as we reach our go-live date for this conversion. The transition to Cerner EHR is a major milestone for Seneca Healthcare.”
Moving from its outdated system, Seneca Healthcare District aims to provide patients with a secure and streamlined approach to managing their health data electronically. This aligns them with both Plumas District Hospital and Eastern Plumas Health Care, which have also implemented this system.
Although While employee EHR training is in progress, patients may experience slightly longer appointment times as staff members familiarizes themselves with the new EHR.
“We’re putting in extra hours and have additional staff resources to make sure everything goes smoothly, but we do expect a few delays as we get our new system up and running,” said McKenzie.
Upon completing the EHR implementation, patients will benefit from an improved registration and check-in process. They will also have access to a user-friendly patient portal, simplifying the viewing and payment of their bills.
Seneca Healthcare District chose the Cerner CommunityWorks platform due to its tailored design for critical access and community hospitals.
This platform will enhance the availability of patient records and facilitate improved patient record sharing with out-of-network providers.
The adoption of Cerner CommunityWorks will also introduce a fully integrated patient portal, "MySeneca," to hospital and clinic patients. This unified platform will allow patients to view lab results, recap their latest doctor visits, prepare for future appointments, and communicate directly with their healthcare providers. The existing patient portal is anticipated to remain operational for an additional six months.”
AUNC Furthers NextGen Healthcare Partnership to Expand EHR Capabilities
Building on its existing partnership with NextGen Healthcare, Associated Urologists of North Carolina (AUNC) has broadened its EHR capabilities. Representing a statewide network of over 20 independent urology providers, AUNC initially came together as a collective in 2011.
“What stood out for us was NextGen Healthcare’s commitment to developing solutions and content that are specifically needed within the urology space,” Will Kizer, MD, president at AUNC, said in the press release. “We realized we could replace multiple systems with an integrated platform. The customizable EHR enables us to meet both our provider’s and patient’s needs. NextGen Healthcare has become a trusted partner, and we are looking forward to growing together in the future.”
Already employing NextGen Enterprise Practice Management, AUNC's decision to further incorporate NextGen Enterprise EHR aims to consolidate varied solutions, bolster its health IT landscape, and enhance overall efficiencies.
As part of this strategic move, AUNC will implement the NextGen Urology Suite to implement urology-specific workflows into a larger EHR ecosystem.
AssociatesMD Reveals Positive Outcomes with eClinicalWorks EHR
AssociatesMD, a multi-specialty physician group with over 55 providers and 12 locations across South Florida, uses the EHR-neutral healow suite of healthcare IT products to enhance patient engagement and streamline practice operations.
“With an average of 15,000 patients a month, providing personalized and value-based care to everyone was demanding for our providers and office staff,” said Rachel Cooperman, director of clinical innovation at AssociatesMD. “With eClinicalWorks and healow, we now streamline workflows, reduce administrative burdens, and communicate better with patients. Our patients are now more engaged than ever, and our providers and staff are thrilled to have more time to focus on patient care.”
Leveraging eClinicalWorks and healow solutions, AssociatesMD has observed a significant surge in patient engagement. This is evident, evidenced by from athe rise in average monthly portal users, logins, online patient messages, and refill requests between 2021 and 2022.
Notably, post-visit surveys, a key source of valuable feedback for enhancing patient experience,AssociatesMD saw a completion rate of 91.2 percent by patients in post-visit surveys, a key source of valuable feedback for enhancing patient experience.
“Digital healthcare solutions allow providers to re-engage with their patients and allow practices to streamline and improve administrative processes. Offering patients accessibility to tools like online bill pay and scheduling helps ensure a positive experience for everyone,” said Girish Navani, CEO chief executive officer and co-founder of eClinicalWorks. “As the healthcare solutions provider to AssociatesMD for more than a decade, it’s exciting to see how much the practice has grown and become more efficient and effective using our tools.”