Decreasing the default number of doses in opioid prescriptions written in EHR systems was associated with a reduction in opioid prescribing among pediatric otolaryngology patients, according to a study...
Technology needs are constantly evolving for midsize and large ambulatory practices. Moving forward ambulatory EHR vendors should focus on enhancing EHR usability and workflow to align with consumer...
EHR vendor athenahealth has announced the release of athenaOne Voice Assistant Powered by Nuance, a voice-driven application that aims to alleviate clinician burnout and enhance the patient...
The majority of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) want an EHR vendor that can help them stay independent of hospital affiliation as they shift to value-based care models, according to a study...
Trust in organizational health IT leadership has a significant impact on providers’ overall EHR experience, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative report.
The KLAS Arch Collaborative is a group...
Of the fully rated EHR-centric virtual care solutions, Epic’s received the highest overall customer ratings due to the platform’s ability to support a strong patient experience, according...
Over half of all US prescribers used Surescripts Real-Time Prescription Benefit health IT in May 2022, an uptick of 7.5 percent since December 2021.
The vendor also processed 33 percent more prior...
Increased adoption of ePrescribing health IT for controlled substances is set to boost patient safety and mitigate clinician burden, according to an ONC HealthITBuzz blog post.
Data from the American...
High-quality EHR training and clinician-led governance structure are key components to improving EHR user satisfaction for clinicians, according to the most recent KLAS Arch Collaborative report.
The...
Excessive EHR documentation requirements and staffing challenges are significant contributors to clinician burnout, according to an athenahealth survey conducted by the Harris Poll.
The findings are...
The use of application programming interfaces (APIs) overall enhanced the COVID-19 case reporting process, once integrated APIs improved the data quality of COVID-19 case and death numbers and...
Clinician decision support (CDS) Hooks prompts recommending the use of a SMART on an FHIR app can lead to a significant increase in SMART on FHIR app utilization, according to a study published in...
Organizations with greater clinician agreement that their EHR has the expected speed or reliability have significantly higher clinician satisfaction than organizations that lack this conformity,...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria which in turn reduced the likelihood of duplicate orders among hospitals that...
Healthcare organizations that have leveraged virtual scribes reported decreased EHR documentation time and improved clinician satisfaction, according to a KLAS report.
Virtual scribes are remote human...
Asking primary care patients about the use of cannabis to manage health conditions alongside routine cannabis screening may improve EHR documentation of medical cannabis use, according to a study...
An EHR integration at Baystate Medical Center (BMC) in Massachusetts aims to reduce postoperative use of opioids through interoperable clinical decision support (CDS).
One of the risk factors for...
EHR vendor Cerner, in a collaboration with Elligo Health Research and Freenome, will facilitate clinical trials through Cerner’s Learning Health Network (LHN) to further early...
Supportive health IT structure is the factor most associated with EHR satisfaction, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative report.
In global health systems, clinicians who strongly agree that their...
EHR satisfaction is significantly higher among clinicians practicing at physician-owned practices than clinicians at non-physician-owned practices, according to a recent JAMA Network Open study.
In...