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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19 Nov 2024
Digital Health Most Wired: Health IT budgets doubled in 2024
The 2024 Digital Health Most Wired survey revealed significant increases in health IT budgets, adoption of patient engagement tools and a stronger emphasis on cybersecurity. Continue Reading
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04 Nov 2024
How generative AI in healthcare is helping cut admin burden
Over 90% of healthcare workers feel optimistic about the promise of generative AI in healthcare to alleviate administrative burdens, according to a new survey. Continue Reading
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25 May 2022
EHR Documentation Using Virtual Scribes Boosts Clinician Satisfaction
The use of virtual scribes has accelerated since the onset of COVID-19 to address EHR documentation burden and improve clinician satisfaction. Continue Reading
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24 May 2022
EHR Documentation of Medical Cannabis Use Lags Patient-Reported Measures
According to a study, EHR documentation missed 90 percent of patient self-reported cannabis use for health reasons like anxiety and depression. Continue Reading
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20 May 2022
CDS EHR Integration Aims to Reduce Postoperative Opioid Use
The MME Monitor EHR integration enables automatic calculation of daily opioid intake to aid in clinical decision support (CDS). Continue Reading
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20 May 2022
How Health Information Exchanges Boost Value-Based Care
As providers look toward value-based care delivery, health information exchanges (HIEs) can support care coordination and population health management. Continue Reading
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19 May 2022
Cerner Collaboration Targets Early Cancer Detection, Clinical Trials
Cerner’s Learning Health Network partnered with Elligo Health Research and Freenome in efforts to advance early cancer detection by increasing clinical trial access. 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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13 May 2022
Supportive Health IT Structure Linked to Global EHR Satisfaction
A KLAS Arch Collaborative report found that sufficient ongoing health IT training is linked to EHR satisfaction in global health systems. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2022
Clinician Burnout, EHR Satisfaction Linked to Likelihood to Leave Org
A KLAS report suggests that addressing early signs of clinician burnout and improving EHR satisfaction could help healthcare organizations retain employees. Continue Reading
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18 Apr 2022
EHR Documentation of Pediatric SOGI Data Requires Attention to Privacy
Before EHR documentation of pediatric patients’ SOGI, clinicians should ask patients for consent and clearly explain who can access the information. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2022
Optimizing MEDITECH with Flexible Health IT Infrastructure
MEDITECH customers are well-positioned with an EHR that can meet with their evolving needs when supported by modern IT infrastructure. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2022
How HL7 Data Standards Support Advance Care Planning Interoperability
Advance care planning interoperability is key to delivering patient-centered care, according to Maria Moen, HL7 project lead for the ADI with FHIR project. Continue Reading
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05 Apr 2022
EHR Integration Boosts Inpatient Clinical Documentation of Care Goals
A communication-priming EHR integration helped increase clinical documentation of care goals for hospitalized patients with serious illnesses. Continue Reading
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04 Apr 2022
Health Data Privacy Key to Clinical Research of Native Communities
Native Americans called on clinical researchers to focus on specific communities' health data privacy preferences and cultural practices. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2022
EHR Documentation Gender Differences Key to Address Clinician Burnout
Female physicians spend a higher percentage of their EHR documentation time outside of work hours, highlighting clinician burnout concerns. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2022
How Interoperability, HIE Can Boost Equity for Patients with Disabilities
The ONC Draft US Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) version 3 proposes disability status and mental function as new data elements to enhance HIE. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2022
Tool Helps Patients Identify Diagnostic Concerns in EHR Notes
Patients who identified diagnostic issues in their EHR notes were more likely to indicate concerns related to trust in their providers. Continue Reading
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28 Mar 2022
Gender Differences in EHR Use Reveal Clinician Burnout Concerns
Female physicians spent more time on EHR clinical documentation per day than men, pointing to a potential gender gap in clinician burnout. Continue Reading
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25 Mar 2022
Regenstrief Appoints Research Center Director as Interim CEO
Susan Hickman, PhD, will maintain her role as director of the Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief while also serving as interim president and CEO. Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2022
Clinical Note Assessment Tool Boosts Student EHR Documentation Quality
Clerkship director feedback using a clinical note assessment tool helped enhance student EHR documentation quality. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2022
Epic EHR in the Cloud: Increasing System Reliability and Resilience
Moving Epic to the cloud means these organizations must ensure their infrastructure can achieve high levels of availability, resiliency, and agility. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2022
EHR Optimization Doubles HCV Screening, Cuts Clinician Burden
An EHR optimization that made HCV screening a default order mitigated clinician burden and significantly increased screening rates. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2022
How Cerner EHR Technology Supports Ambulatory Surgery Center Success
A modern EHR technology is enabling American Surgery Center to identify opportunities for increasing profitability and contend with regulation impacting reimbursement levels. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2022
Urgent Care Org Expands Partnership with EHR Vendor athenahealth
MedWise Urgent Care will leverage medical coding health IT from EHR vendor athenahealth in an effort to mitigate clinician burden. Continue Reading
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14 Mar 2022
Clinical Decision Support Associated with Improved Patient Outcomes
Researchers found that the use of clinical decision support resulted in a 38 percent reduction in mortality among pneumonia patients, improving patient outcomes. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2022
COVID-19 Pandemic Triggered an Increase in Ambulatory Clinician EHR Use
As more clinicians delivered care via telemedicine during the pandemic, clinician review and in-basket messaging were found to be the main drivers of the increase in ambulatory clinician EHR use. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2022
Enabling Resilience through Cyber Recovery for Cerner Customers
Supporting Cerner healthcare organizations with cyber recovery and resilience will help providers to continue to deliver care based on data-driven insight. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2022
EHR Vendor Cerner Partners with SSA for Disability Claims Data Sharing
A new partnership between EHR vendor Cerner and the SSA aims to automate data sharing to simplify patient disability benefits claims. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2022
How Longitudinal EHR Smoking Data Could Boost Lung Cancer Screening
Longitudinal EHR smoking data helped researchers flag 49 percent more patients for lung cancer screening than the most recent patient data alone. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2022
Low EHR Data Element Fill Rates Impede Quality Reporting Automation
Low fill rates and a lack of standardized EHR data elements across implementations pose challenges for quality reporting automation. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2022
CHIME Launches New Health Technology to Boost Health Information Access
The technology will focus on delivering healthcare leaders better health information access involving topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, clinical care delivery, and patient engagement. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2022
Standardized Disability EHR Documentation Could Boost Health Equity
Standardized EHR documentation of disability status could help the healthcare industry better serve patients with disabilities and improve health equity. 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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09 Feb 2022
Clinical Decision Support Tool May Improve Community Health, CVD Risk
While a clinical decision support tool helped improve CVD risk in the most at-risk community health center patients, adoption of the health IT was low. Continue Reading
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08 Feb 2022
Surescripts Reports Boost in Medication History Health IT Use
Surescripts experienced a significant increase in the use of its medication history health IT for care coordination and population health initiatives. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2022
Care Org Taps EHR Integration to Improve FQHC Clinical Workflows
Alliance Chicago has announced a partnership with a health IT vendor which is set to improve clinical workflows and boost clinician satisfaction. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2022
Opioid Prescribing Dips After State-Mandated ePrescribing Program
Physicians wrote fewer opioid prescriptions for common hand surgeries following an ePrescribing intervention. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2022
Stigmatizing Language in EHR Notes Reveals Implicit Bias Concerns
EHR notes about Black patients were 67 percent more likely to contain stigmatizing language compared to notes about White patients. Continue Reading
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25 Jan 2022
RWE Alliance Commends FDA Draft Guidance for EHR Data Use
The RWE Alliance commended FDA’s draft guidance on the use of EHR data to support regulatory review of medical products. Continue Reading
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25 Jan 2022
Additional EHR Data Privacy Key to Compel Consumer Data Sharing
Additional EHR data privacy protections may be needed to help support the use of EHR data sharing for socially beneficial uses, researchers say. Continue Reading
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24 Jan 2022
How Analytics Can Inform EHR Workflow Optimization, Clinician Burden
Advanced text analytics of EHR inbox messages could help guide EHR workflow optimization to mitigate clinician burden. Continue Reading
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07 Jan 2022
EHR Integration Streamlines Clinical Workflows, Care Coordination
Researchers designed a user-centered clinical workflow EHR integration to help improve care coordination at a large academic hospital system. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2022
What is the Role of the EHR in Pragmatic Clinical Trials?
Pragmatic clinical trials leverage EHR data in an effort to cut costs and human effort associated with traditional randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Continue Reading
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04 Jan 2022
Fragmented Clinical Communication Hampers Care Coordination
Clinical communication workflows across community-based settings and PCPs are disjointed, which delays care delivery and hinders care coordination. Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2021
How Regenstrief’s Privacy-Preserving EHR Linkage Fuels Clinical Research
NIH is leveraging Regenstrief’s privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL) technology for COVID-19 clinical research. Continue Reading
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21 Dec 2021
VA Awards Regenstrief Institute Learning Health System Fellowship
A new fellowship funded by the VA will focus on the learning health system model of clinical decision support. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2021
Care Team EHR Documentation Support May Alleviate Clinician Burden
When EHR documentation responsibilities were shared among a care team, PCPs spent less time on the EHR which could help decrease clinician burden. Continue Reading
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07 Dec 2021
EHR Use Less Likely to Cause Clinician Burnout, COVID-19 Is the Culprit
A new KLAS report found that non-EHR-related factors are the main contributors to a rise in clinician burden post-COVID-19. Continue Reading
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06 Dec 2021
How EHR Data Helped Tackle COVID-19 Health Disparities
A public health department in Indiana leveraged EHR data to address COVID-19 health disparities through community partnerships. Continue Reading
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06 Dec 2021
eSignature Solutions: A Necessary Component of Complete, Compliant Care
Electronic signatures can eliminate much of the friction and redundancy created by paper-based workflows, but a viable solution must balance performance and security. Continue Reading
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30 Nov 2021
CHIME Initiative Focuses on Health IT Innovation, Clinician Satisfaction
CHIME and vendor DrFirst will focus on helping healthcare leaders address urgent issues related to health IT, such as clinician satisfaction. Continue Reading
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23 Nov 2021
EHR Documentation Styles May Impact Work Hours, Clinician Burden
Writing clinical notes in a localized time period in the morning or afternoon may lead to decreased clinician burden and EHR documentation times. Continue Reading
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23 Nov 2021
EHR Sepsis Alert Volume Raises Clinician Burden Concerns
While hospital census declined during COVID-19, EHR sepsis alert volume increased by 43 percent, highlighting clinician burden concerns. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2021
Common EHR Data Standards Hinder Health Equity for Deaf Patients
PCORnet EHR data standards systemically misclassify ASL as an “other” language, which presents health equity concerns for deaf patients. 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
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01 Nov 2021
How Providers Can Support Increased Consumerism in Healthcare
By enabling patients to use a suite of digital self-service tools, providers can increasingly meet the change expectations of healthcare consumers. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2021
Feds: Gender-Inclusive EHR Data Standards Support Health Equity
The implementation of gender-inclusive EHR data standards will help support health equity for gender-marginalized patients, according to ONC leadership. Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2021
Cures Act Presents Clinician Burden Challenges, EHR Inbox Volume
The implementation of 21st Century Cures Act requirements nearly doubled EHR inbox volume, highlighting clinician burden and burnout concerns. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2021
How FL’s Centralized EHR Data Repository Supports Clinical Research
Ten healthcare systems across Florida contribute EHR data to a centralized data repository that supports clinical research. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2021
EHR Vendors Epic, athenahealth, Earn Surescripts ePrescribing Award
Surescripts recognized EHR vendors and health systems for their investments in ePrescribing, which boosts patient safety and mitigates clinician burden. Continue Reading
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20 Oct 2021
Are Templates Good for EHR Clinical Notes, Clinician Burden?
Healthcare organizations should invoke standards for EHR clinical note templates to mitigate clinician burden and boost note quality, a study suggests. Continue Reading
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20 Oct 2021
Ambient Clinical Intelligence: What It Means for the EHR Industry
Ambient clinical intelligence could help relieve clinician burden and streamline EHR clinical documentation processes through machine learning. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2021
How EHR Data Standards Support SDOH Data Quality, Health Equity
Standardized EHR documentation practices for SDOH such as race and ethnicity could help prevent data quality issues that can lead to bias. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2021
EHR Inbox Uptick During COVID-19 Raises Clinician Burden Concerns
Clinician burden concerns mount as providers face growing EHR inbox volumes, despite fewer patient volumes. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2021
Can Low EHR Use Time, Clinician Demand Predict Physician Departure?
EHR use has been linked to clinician burnout, but a new study revealed that less EHR use was associated with physician departure from a practice. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2021
Cerner CEO: EHR Usability Key for Digital Health Transformation
The health IT vendor’s new president and CEO, David Feinberg, MD, MBA, said EHR usability is key for advancing the digital health transformation. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2021
How SO/GI Data Standards Can Boost EHR Documentation, Health Equity
Data standards for sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) EHR documentation could help boost care quality for gender-marginalized patients. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2021
Researchers Create Gender-Inclusive HL7 Model, EHR Documentation
Researchers, including ONC Deputy National Coordinator Steven Posnack, have created an HL7 model for gender-inclusive clinical EHR documentation. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2021
Using Machine Learning to Extract SDOH Data, EHR Clinical Notes
Using machine learning to extract SDOH data from EHR clinical notes could aid in the development of clinical decision support systems, a study says. Continue Reading
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04 Oct 2021
Clinical Research Requires EHR Optimization, Data Interoperability
Stakeholders should promote EHR optimization for health data interoperability in support of pragmatic clinical research, a new study says. Continue Reading
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01 Oct 2021
Benefits, Outcomes of EHR Vendor Clinical Communication Platforms
A KLAS report has highlighted top EHR vendors’ clinical communication platforms and their user outcomes and satisfaction rates. Continue Reading
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30 Sep 2021
Provider Encouragement Fuels EHR Patient Portal Use, Messaging
Patients encouraged by their providers to access their EHR patient portal reported significantly higher rates of direct secure messaging. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2021
Artificial Intelligence EHR System May Speed Up Physician Processes
The artificial intelligence EHR system offers autocomplete features and color-coded notes to help physicians find medical records quicker. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2021
How Public Quality Reporting Spurs EHR Optimization, Improvements
Negative feedback from a public quality reporting program for clinical decision support motivated hospital EHR optimization and safety improvements. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2021
Poor EHR Use Training Leads to Nurse Staffing Upheavals
Four of six travel intensive care unit nurses hired by a California hospital to address the ongoing COVID-19 surge quit due to poor EHR use training. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2021
athenahealth Expands Health IT Partnership, Prescription Drug Price Transparency
athenahealth has expanded a health IT partnership for enhanced prescription drug price transparency in efforts to boost medication adherence. Continue Reading
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07 Sep 2021
EHR Usability, User Satisfaction High in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Almost all care organizations that have implemented ambulatory surgery center EHR systems report high EHR usability and clinician satisfaction. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2021
Clinician Burden Mitigation Goes Beyond EHR Optimization to Culture
Clinician burden mitigation efforts such as EHR optimization could be enhanced through workplace culture interventions that focus on positivity. Continue Reading
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06 Aug 2021
COVID-19 Intensifies Clinician Burnout from Health IT Burden
While clinician burnout from health IT use has long been an issue, COVID-19 ushered in higher rates of physician mental health concerns. Continue Reading
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28 Jul 2021
Understanding Electronic Prior Authorization EHR Integrations
With widespread use and training, electronic prior authorization EHR integrations may cut down on clinician burden and increase patient safety. Continue Reading
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26 Jul 2021
Artificial Intelligence EHR Integration Cuts Down on EHR Screen Time
Clinicians said they believed that the artificial intelligence EHR integration could save them over 14 minutes for each new patient encounter. Continue Reading
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23 Jul 2021
Electronic Prior Authorization Integration Faces Implementation Barriers
An electronic prior authorization EHR integration did not improve medication adherence due to several implementation and coordination barriers. Continue Reading
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15 Jul 2021
Language in EHR Clinical Documentation May Perpetuate Implicit Bias
EHR clinical documentation practices that depict patients in a negative light can perpetuate implicit bias and further stigmatize the individual. Continue Reading
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13 Jul 2021
Greater EHR Use Among Adult PCPs Draws Clinician Burden Concerns
Significantly greater EHR use among family and general internal medicine providers compared to pediatric PCPs raises concern for clinician burden. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2021
Preparing EHRs, Pharmacies for NCPDP’s Updated ePrescribing Standard
The updated ePrescribing standard promises to improves patient safety and workflow efficiency. Continue Reading
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02 Jul 2021
Executives Report EHR, Health IT Solutions Stifling Innovation
Current health IT solutions such as the EHR lack sufficient care coordination and customization capabilities according to industry executives. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2021
APIs May Boost EHR Optimization, Pediatric Care Functionalities
Vendors can optimize their EHR systems for pediatric use through the integration of application programming interfaces and web services. Continue Reading
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23 Jun 2021
Primary Care Workforce Burnout Goes Beyond EHR Use to Leadership Style
While EHR use has often been attributed to workforce burnout, organizational leadership and culture plays a large role in workforce satisfaction. Continue Reading
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04 Jun 2021
Collaboration Fuels Best Practices for Health IT Implementation
When organizations implement new health IT, a governing body that includes perspectives from frontline workers is key to developing best practices. Continue Reading
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03 Jun 2021
EHR Integration Of eCR Promotes Public Health Reporting, COVID-19
Public health organizations have received over 8 million electronic case reports related to COVID-19 due to EHR integration of a health IT solution. Continue Reading
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03 Jun 2021
An EHR Vendor Performance Measure May Lead To EHR Optimization
Experts suggest that healthcare stakeholders develop a measure of EHR vendor performance to encourage EHR optimization and reduce clinician burden. Continue Reading
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25 May 2021
Epic’s EHR Optimization Mitigates SDOH, Promotes Care Coordination
Health IT services can aid providers in addressing social determinants of health and fostering care coordination across the healthcare continuum. Continue Reading
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21 May 2021
How to Design, Implement EHR Use Training Courses
Providers and healthcare researchers across the country are trying to combat clinician burnout with a variety of EHR use training courses. Continue Reading
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17 May 2021
Clinical Layout is Key to Patient Interaction, EHR Screen Gazing
Widespread EHR adoption has negatively impacted patient interaction, resulting in increased EHR screen gazing during appointments. Continue Reading
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14 May 2021
Understanding EHR Documentation Assistants, Voice Assistants
Health systems across the country are integrating EHR documentation assistants to boost EHR documentation and mitigate clinician burnout. Continue Reading
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13 May 2021
How Creative EHR Optimization Streamlined COVID-19 Vaccination
A Virginia-based hospital conducted EHR optimization and leveraged a restaurant booking app to streamline its COVID-19 vaccine process. Continue Reading
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13 May 2021
Best Practices to Mitigate EHR Clinical Decision Alert Fatigue
Healthcare organizations across the country are finding creative ways to reduce EHR clinical decision alert fatigue through optimization and teamwork. Continue Reading
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10 May 2021
How to Integrate a Patient Decision Aid into an EHR System
A patient decision aid EHR integration took a team of researchers 18 months to complete. Continue Reading
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06 May 2021
Wearable Sensors Confirm EHR Inbox Use, Clinician Burnout Link
Researchers leveraged wearable heart rate sensors to effectively link EHR inbox use to clinician burnout and high stress levels. Continue Reading
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06 May 2021
How Brigham and Women’s Hospital is Relieving EHR Alert Fatigue
EHR alert fatigue has been running rampant throughout hospitals, but health IT leaders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital might have found a solution. Continue Reading
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03 May 2021
Cleveland Clinic’s EHR Optimization Automates Donor Referral
The EHR optimization and donor referral tool aims to streamline the cumbersome donor referral process. Continue Reading