Care Coordination

EHR Integration Streamlines Clinical Workflows, Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

An EHR integration helped streamline clinical workflows and care coordination at an academic hospital system, according to a study published in Applied Clinical Informatics. Following a user-centered...

Infusion Org Taps CommonWell for Interoperability, Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

Home infusion therapy provider Option Care Health has partnered with health IT vendor WellSky to launch CommonWell Health Alliance services in an effort to boost care coordination through greater...

Fragmented Clinical Communication Hampers Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

Clinical communication across community-based healthcare settings and primary care providers (PCPs) is fragmented, which limits care coordination to support the complex needs of persons living with...

ACO Epic EHR Implementation Set to Enhance Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

Community Care Cooperative (C3), a Massachusetts accountable care organization (ACO), has announced an Epic EHR implementation that aims to boost care coordination. The partnership will initiate Epic...

HCA Healthcare Announces MEDITECH Expanse EHR Implementation

by Hannah Nelson

HCA Healthcare has announced an EHR implementation in partnership with MEDITECH that is expected to increase interoperability across three New Hampshire hospital sites. The implementation is currently...

Colorado Health IT Roadmap Outlines HIE, Interoperability Goals

by Hannah Nelson

Colorado’s Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI) has released an updated health IT roadmap which outlines the state’s data sharing approach that aims to enhance interoperability and improve...

VCU Health Epic EHR Implementation Aims to Boost Patient Experience

by Hannah Nelson

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health has announced an Epic EHR implementation which is set to enhance interoperability for streamlined care coordination and boost the patient experience. All...

UVM Health Epic EHR Implementation Takes Aim at Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

The University of Vermont Health Network has successfully completed the second phase of its Epic EHR implementation, which aims to enhance care coordination, according to reporting from Vermont...

Pain Management Group Taps athenahealth EHR for Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

Advanced Pain Care (APC), a pain management group in Texas, is implementing a cloud-based EHR implementation from athenahealth that is expected to boost interoperability for enhanced care...

FQHC Taps EHR Implementation for Care Coordination, Clinical Decision Support

by Hannah Nelson

A federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Kentucky is leveraging an EHR implementation from eClinicalworks to boost care coordination. Family Health Centers Inc. (FHC) provides services to...

How EHR Vendor Population Health Tools Support Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

A population health tool from EHR vendor athenahealth has helped accountable care organizations (ACOs) boost care coordination for higher quality care delivery and cost savings.   In the 2020 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP),...

How Value, Interoperability Sway Hospital EHR Implementation Picks

by Hannah Nelson

EHR implementations are significant health IT investments that often require years of market research to determine which solution is the right fit for an organization’s interoperability goals. Unity Health, a small multi-hospital...

Joint HIE, FHIR Adoption Support Data Sharing for Veteran Care

by Hannah Nelson

The implementation of a joint HIE and FHIR adoption have helped support data sharing for veteran care, Bill Tinston, director of the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Effort (FEHRM), noted...

HIE Leverages Direct Secure Messaging to Boost Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

The Rochester RHIO health information exchange (HIE) has partnered with health IT vendor Secure Exchange Solutions (SES) in efforts to boost data exchange and care coordination through direct secure...

FL Corrections Dept Unveils EHR Implementation, Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) has entered the go-live phase of a statewide EHR implementation set to boost health data interoperability for care coordination. This marks a step forward in...

State EMS Adopts Health Data Exchange Interoperability Tool

by Hannah Nelson

The Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services (VAOEMS) has selected health IT vendor ESO to support health data exchange interoperability between all emergency medical service (EMS) agencies and...

Top Epic EHR Implementations of 2021, So Far

by Hannah Nelson

As the digital health transformation progresses, many healthcare organizations are leveraging health IT, such as Epic EHR implementations, for enhanced interoperability. KLAS named Epic as the top...

ONC Develops Health IT Protocol for Care Coordination, Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

As COVID-19 underscores the need for greater interoperability, ONC is working with industry stakeholders to rapidly deploy health IT implementation guidance in support of care coordination, according...

VA Awards Five Imaging Data Exchange Contracts to Boost Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded five new contracts with Medicom that are set to boost interoperability for health data exchange. The contract awards will allow Veterans Integrated...