Optimizing EHR opioid prescribing default settings can boost prescribing patterns, according to a study published in JMIR Publications. Furthermore, reducing the duration of an opioid prescription and...
Clinical decision support (CDS) alerts may not seem significant on the surface, but these alerts have the potential to save patient lives.
CDS alerts permit clinicians to access real-time patient...
To effectively boost EHR optimization and reduce clinician burnout, healthcare stakeholders must develop EHR use measures that are actionable, usable, transparent, and trustworthy, according to a JAMA...
Epic Systems and MEDITECH both stood above the rest and exceeded expectations as EHR vendors throughout COVID-19, according to a recent KLAS report.
This report follows up on a similar one published...
Behavioral health EHR developers and hospitals should recognize end users’ perspectives on specific barriers and facilitators before EHR implementation, according to a study featuring survey...
Ambulatory physicians spend more than five hours on EHR use for every eight hours of scheduled patient time, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics...
athenahealth has announced the launch of athenaOne Medical Coding solution, an EHR coding solution that the vendor said could mitigate clinician coding-related work and ultimately reduce clinician...
Clinician workload and cognitive efforts doubled after the first six months of EHR adoption, according to a study published in Applied Ergonomics.
Clinicians also experienced increased EHR workload...
An EHR suicide risk assessment tool can accurately predict suicide attempts and also mitigate clinician burnout in a non-psychiatric medical facility, according to a study published in JAMA Network...
Optimizing and simplifying the EHR flowsheet to structured response fields rather than a text input dialogue could help reduce clinician burnout and aid EHR documentation, according to a study...
Workflow-specific EHR simulation training is a more enjoyable and beneficial EHR training tactic for residents than traditional approaches, according to a study published in JMIR Publications.
Quality...
Developing and implementing a human-centered design (HCD) into the EHR can boost EHR usability and aid clinicians when reviewing patient data charts, according to a study published in the Journal of...
Hiring an EHR documentation scribe does not improve the time for a clinician to complete out-of-visit tasks, such as answer patient portal messages, fill prescription requests, and send test results,...
Once integrated into the EHR, an immunization information system (IIS) helps improve COVID-19 vaccination distribution, administration, documentation, and monitorization by gathering and storing...
A bespoke EHR system optimized around a clinician-centered, specialty design can mitigate clinician burnout, according to a study published in JMIR Publications.
EHRs are one of the top clinician...
Clinicians and continuing medical education individuals both suggested EHR multitasking as a direct cause of EHR errors and clinician burnout, according to a study published in JMIR Publications.
The...
Multiple EHR usability factors lead to clinician burnout, highlighted by total EHR time, after-hours EHR time, and EHR documentation time, according to a study published in the Journal of the American...
EHR systems are constantly evolving. But while technology aims to help its users complete daily tasks, usability problems tend to arise.
Sometimes these problems occur at implementation. Yet, in reality, clinicians oftentimes encounter...
Epic, NextGen Healthcare, and athenahealth led the top large ambulatory EHR vendors in quality EHR training and clinician preparedness, according to a recent KLAS report.
Although high-quality EHR...
Users overrode all renal clinical decision support alert triggers in a recently implemented EHR system due to the high-level of CDS alert frequency. CDS overrides can lead to adverse drug events (ADEs)...