Use & Optimization News

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

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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...

EHR-Based SDOH Screening Accuracy Falls Short for Housing Instability

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EHR-based social determinant of health (SDOH) screening questionnaires under identified patients with housing instability and financial strain compared to single-domain screening tools, according to a...

Leveraging EHR Audit Logs to Inform Clinician Burnout Interventions

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Healthcare organizations are continually looking for ways to tackle increasing clinician burnout with documentation burden at the forefront of their concerns. To better understand clinician workflow...

Regenstrief Institute Appoints New CEO to Drive Health Equity Research

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Indiana University School of Medicine has appointed a nationally-recognized expert in epidemiology and health equity research to serve as the new president and chief executive officer of the...

Machine Learning Model Predicts Physician Departure With EHR Use Metrics

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While reasons for physician departure are multifaceted, machine learning (ML) models that leverage EHR use metrics could aid in identifying those at risk of leaving, according to a study published in...

Non-Interruptive CDS EHR Integration Boosts ED Naloxone Prescribing

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A study published in JAMIA found that clinical decision support (CDS) EHR integration helped increase prescribing of take-home naloxone (THN) in the ED, a recommended but under-utilized practice...

Veradigm Makes EHR Data Available in OMOP CDM Data Standard for RWE

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Health IT vendor Veradigm, formerly Allscripts, announced that Veradigm Network EHR data will be available in the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model (CDM) data standard...

KLAS: Infection Control Health IT Streamlines Regulatory Reporting

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Healthcare organizations are looking to infection control health IT with strong technical support to help drive meaningful outcomes and optimize regulatory reporting, according to a KLAS report. All...

Ambient Clinical Intelligence EHR Documentation May Fall Short

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Current ambient clinical intelligence technology is not capable of properly recognizing non-lexical conversational sounds (NLCS), particularly those that convey clinically relevant patient information,...

State, Federal Healthcare Datasets Exclude Prison Hospital Data  

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Federal healthcare datasets exclude prison hospital data, limiting carceral health research, according to a study published in Health Affairs. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s...

Racial Disparity in ED EHR Behavioral Flags Draws Implicit Bias Concerns

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Black patients received EHR behavioral flags at a rate of 4.0 per 1000, while White patients received flags at a rate of 2.4 per 1000, according to a study published by JAMA Network Open that draws...

ONC Data Shows Increase in ePrescribing Adoption for Controlled Substances

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Recent policy efforts have effectively increased ePrescribing for controlled substances (EPCS). However, continued work to support EHR integration of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) is...

Regenstrief Foundation, Walther Gifts Create IU Cancer Informatics Chair

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Gifts totaling $3 million from the Regenstrief Foundation Inc. and the Walther Cancer Foundation Inc. will create an endowed chair in cancer informatics at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon...

Reduction in EHR Inbox Notifications Not Enough to Cut Clinician Burnout

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Reducing EHR inbox notifications in the primary care setting did not have a measurable effect on clinician burnout, according to a study published in AJMC. In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration...

KLAS Outlines Strategies to Improve Clinician EHR Satisfaction

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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,...

69% of Hospitals Can Access Clinical Documentation Measures from EHR Vendors

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The percentage of smaller EHR vendors providing access to clinical documentation measures has increased in recent years, according to a study published in AJMC. Researchers analyzed four waves of a...

Electronic Informed Consenting Improves Data for Clinical Research

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Electronic informed consenting (eIC) for clinical research via EHR patient portals could help improve the completeness of required fields compared to paper-based consenting surveys, according to a...

Behavioral Nudges in EHR Workflows May Reduce Healthcare Waste

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Behavioral nudges within EHR workflows can help reduce erroneous decision-making and mitigate healthcare waste, according to a study published in JAMIA. Researchers studied three clinical workflows at...

KLAS Ranks Practice Management Health IT for Large/Midsize Healthcare Orgs

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athenahealth practice management (PM) health IT ranked first for overall performance among large and midsize healthcare organizations in a recent KLAS report. Large practices that use...

KLAS Weighs User Experience to Rank Clinical Decision Support Vendors

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Clinical decision support (CDS) vendors aim to improve healthcare delivery by enhancing medical decisions with targeted clinical knowledge. While its use has proven to improve clinical quality...