Inpatient EHR Use

Physicians Bear the Greatest Inpatient EHR Messaging Load

January 2, 2024 - Inpatient EHR messaging patterns differ by role, with medicine providers sending and receiving 2.8 and 3.1 times the average daily messaging volume compared to other groups, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. While previous research has reported that EHR messaging can improve patients' emergency department length of stay,...


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How Case Western is Prioritizing Epic EHR Training for Medical Students

by Hannah Nelson

EHR use has become closely intertwined with the practice of medicine, with a staggering 96 percent of hospitals leveraging the technology. However, hands-on EHR training remains rare in early medical student education. While some medical...

Racial Disparities in EHR Engagement Highlight Implicit Bias Concerns

by Hannah Nelson

Patients from racial and ethnic minority groups were more likely to receive a lower amount of EHR engagement during inpatient stays compared to White patients, according to a study published in...

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...

12 WVU Medicines Hospitals Achieved HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7

by Sarai Rodriguez

Twelve WVU Medicine hospitals and over 500 clinics were recently recognized with HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model...

EHR Integration Boosts Inpatient Clinical Documentation of Care Goals

by Hannah Nelson

A patient-facing and clinician-facing communication-priming EHR integration promoted inpatient clinical documentation of care goals for hospitalized patients with serious illnesses, according to a...

How Hospitals Should Approach EHR Self-Assessment, ONC SAFER Guides

by Hannah Nelson

Hospitals should form multidisciplinary teams to complete EHR self-assessment using ONC SAFER (Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience) guides, according to an article published in JAMA. In August...

Epic, Cerner Win Most EHR Contracts Among Community Hospitals

by Kate Monica

Epic and Cerner won more EHR contracts with community hospitals than any other vendor over the past 12 months, according to an April 2018 KLAS report. The report focused on the EHR selection,...

ECMC EHR Outage Teaches Valuable Ransomware Recovery Lesson

by Kate Monica

Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) spoke out about the ransomware attack that caused a hospital EHR outage spanning six weeks. The New York hospital recently shared its cautionary tale with a...