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EHR Usability Outshines AI as Top Health IT Priority of Healthcare Execs

by Hannah Nelson

Healthcare executives are thinking about more than AI, according to a recent Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) poll that found improving EHR usability is medical group leaders' top health...

Poor CDS EHR Integration Negatively Impacts Patient Care, Survey Finds

by Hannah Nelson

While clinicians find third-party solutions useful for clinical decision support (CDS), EHR workflow integration is key for clinicians to apply insights, according to data from Wakefield Research...

3 User-Centered Design Practices to Drive EHR Usability, Optimization

by Hannah Nelson

Digital health transformation has led to widespread EHR adoption, with 96 percent of hospitals using the technology. However, clinician satisfaction with EHR usability is anything but common. EHR usability is "the effectiveness,...

Personalized Clinical Documentation Tools Linked to EHR Satisfaction

by Hannah Nelson

While direct entry is the most common documentation method, physicians who use personalized documentation tools report the highest levels of EHR satisfaction, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative...

Three Provider Orgs Look to eClinicalWorks EHR for Workflow Upgrades

by Sarai Rodriguez

Primary Care Joliet, an Illinois-based healthcare organization, has initiated an eClinicalWorks EHR implementation. This recent move aims to streamline administrative workflows, thereby reducing costs...

Six EHR Optimization Tactics to Streamline Clinical Workflows

by Hannah Nelson

Across the industry, healthcare organizations are tapping EHR optimization tools to streamline clinical workflows in an effort to combat a crippling clinician burnout problem. The HITECH Act of 2009 successfully promoted EHR adoption...

Health System Deploys Support Service for Epic EHR Usability

by Hannah Nelson

Emory Healthcare in Georgia has announced a collaboration with health IT vendor Experis Health Solutions to support Epic EHR usability. The strategic partnership aims to improve the digital...

AMA Announces 2023 Recipients of EHR Use Research Grant Program

by Hannah Nelson

The American Medical Association (AMA) has selected nine organizations as recipients of the 2023 EHR Use Research Grant Program. The recipients will divide $589,000 to fund projects examining patterns...

KLAS: Ongoing EHR Training Key for Mitigating Clinician Burnout

by Hannah Nelson

Supporting employees with ongoing EHR training is key for mitigating clinician burnout and turnover, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative white paper. Physicians who indicate they are very likely to...

How Clinician Perceptions of EHR Use Can Drive EHR Innovation

by Hannah Nelson

The correlation between EHR use and clinician burnout is well known. Since the 2009 passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and the subsequent increase in EHR adoption, clinician burnout...

Study Finds EHR Communication Methods Hinder Care Team Well-Being

by Hannah Nelson

While clinicians reported the EHR as the dominant communication modality across teams, they noted that EHR-based communication negatively affects care team well-being, according to a study published in...

Community Connect Paves Way for Two Hawai’i Hospitals Epic EHR Go-Live

by Sarai Rodriguez

The West Hawaiʻi Region (WHR) of Hawaiʻi Health Systems, which encompasses Kona Community Hospital (KCH) and Kohala Hospital (KOH), is preparing to launch Epic EHR through a Community Connect...

VA Admits Oracle Cerner EHRM Issues Contributed to 4 Veteran Deaths

by Sarai Rodriguez

In a recent briefing on March 15, 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials informed the Senate committee staff of six "catastrophic harm" incidents, including veteran deaths, linked to...

VA Report Outlines Solutions to Key EHRM Patient Safety Issues

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released a report that outlines the current state of the EHR Modernization (EHRM) program and gives an update on technical fixes for key patient safety...

Analyzing Free-Text EHR Orders to Support Clinical Workflow Optimization

by Hannah Nelson

Understanding the scope and drivers of the use of nursing-related free-text EHR orders can help guide clinical workflow optimization, according to a study published in JAMIA. Researchers led a...

Site-Specific ‘Discount’ EHR Usability Testing Can Improve Clinician Experience

by Hannah Nelson

Site-specific EHR usability testing with a small group of clinicians can help optimize the clinician experience without investment in usability experts, according to a study published in Applied...

KLAS Outlines Strategies to Improve Clinician EHR Satisfaction

by Sarai Rodriguez

Improving clinician satisfaction with the EHR is a continuous process that requires healthcare systems to continuously measure, implement, and evaluate EHR experience for more targeted interventions,...

Using Machine Learning to Help Characterize Clinician EHR Behavior, Workflows

by Hannah Nelson

Annotating EHR audit logs using machine learning could help researchers study clinician EHR behavior at scale, according to a study published in JAMIA. Raw audit logs capture a trail of clinician...

Elation Health Leads in Small Practice EHR Satisfaction Ranking

by Sarai Rodriguez

Elation Health has separated itself from other EHR vendors and led the way in small practice EHR satisfaction, according to a recent KLAS Performance Report sent to journalists. Despite their...

Healthcare System Achieves Epic Gold Stars Level 10 Designation

by Sarai Rodriguez

For the second time this year, New Jersey-based RWJBarnabas Health has achieved an Epic Gold Stars Level 10 in recognition of the healthcare system’s latest EHR implementation. RWJBarnabas...