Use & Optimization News

Using Machine Learning to Help Characterize Clinician EHR Behavior, Workflows

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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...

Nonprofit Integrates EHR Data into Duchenne Registry for Clinical Research

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Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization working to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), has launched a study that will combine patient reported outcomes data with EHR...

PPRL Boosts Patient Matching Across Clinical Research Networks

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Privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL) technology helped enhance patient matching within the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet), according to a study published in...

ONC: Interoperable Health IT Key for HIV Prevention, Health Equity Efforts

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Interoperable health IT can help drive health equity to end the HIV epidemic and support people living with HIV, ONC officials said in a recent HealthITBuzz blog post. Collaborative, community-based,...

Hispanic, Female Healthcare Providers More Likely to Report Clinician Burnout

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Female and Hispanic healthcare providers are more vulnerable to clinician burnout than other physicians, according to a JAMA Network Open study. The cross-sectional study extracted approximately 1.5...

athenahealth Launches Clinical Advisory Board to Improve EHR Workflow

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EHR vendor athenahealth has announced the launch of its clinical advisory board to serve as a forum providing feedback to improve EHR workflows for clinicians. “Feedback is crucial to...

CHIME Awards TrueCare CIO Collaboration Award for Health IT Partnership

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The College of Information Management Executives (CHIME) has honored Tracy Elmer, chief innovation officer of TrueCare, and health IT vendor Artera, with the 2022 CHIME Collaboration Award for their...

Behavioral Health Org Pursues EHR Optimization for Gender-Affirming Care

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Rogers Behavioral Health in Wisconsin is working to advance gender-affirming care through a three-part EHR optimization plan.   The behavioral healthcare organization was prompted to change its...

MEDITECH, Google Health Highlight Clinical Data Search EHR Integration

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EHR vendor MEDITECH and Google Health have advanced their clinical data search and summarization collaboration to the next phase, with DCH Health System (Tuscaloosa, AL) and Mile Bluff Medical Center...

Team-based Clinical Documentation Cuts Physician Time Spent on EHR Notes

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Team-based clinical documentation led to decreased physician time on EHR notes, according to an article published in JAMIA. Researchers used 2021 EHR metadata for 130,079 ambulatory physician Epic...

Elation Health Leads in Small Practice EHR Satisfaction Ranking

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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...

CHIME Recognizes 18 Healthcare Orgs as 2022 Digital Health Most Wired

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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has awarded 18 healthcare organizations the highest level of the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey with level 10 certification...

Home Health Agencies Look to Epic, MEDITECH EHR Implementations for Interoperability

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Home health agencies are looking to EHR implementations from vendors like Epic and MEDITECH to improve interoperability and operational efficiencies, according to a KLAS report. Among health...

Standardized Disability EHR Data Collection Key to Health Equity

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Achieving health equity has been a priority throughout the healthcare industry. But according to an article published in Health Affairs, most health systems lack a standardized approach...

CDS EHR Integration Boosts Contextualized Care Delivery

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The use of clinical decision support (CDS) EHR integration increased the likelihood that a clinician would address relevant patient life context in their care plan, according to a study published in...

NextGen Healthcare Achieves 2015 ONC Health IT Update Certification

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NextGen Healthcare announced that its small practice EHR solution recently received the stamp of approval from the 2015 ONC Health IT Update Certification via Drummond Group LLC, an Authorized...

Providers Focus on EHR Optimization to Boost Interoperability

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Many providers are planning health IT investments focused on EHR optimization to boost interoperability and productivity, according to the 2022 Healthcare Provider IT Report from Bain & Company and...

PCP EHR Screen Time Linked to Higher Quality Outcomes

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Primary care physician (PCP) EHR screen time spent on in-basket and clinical review was linked to higher quality outcomes for certain metrics, like breast cancer screening rates, according to a JAMA...

Regenstrief Influenza Study Aims to Boost Public Health with HIE Data

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Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana Department of Health are collaborating on a public health surveillance pilot study to provide in-depth analysis of the spread of Influenza in Indiana using health...

ONC-Funded FHIR Project for Patient Data Access Takes Health Equity Focus

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The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School (Dell Med) has developed a health equity-focused patient engagement platform that supports patient data access through FHIR. Dell Med...