Use & Optimization News

Epic Systems Tool to Boost EHR Data Exchange for Payer, Providers

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Epic Systems has announced a partnership with Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company (HCSC), to create an interoperable information exchange between providers, payers, and...

Heavy EHR Workload Leads to Higher Clinician Burnout, Exhaustion

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One-third of clinicians experienced high cynicism and over half reported high exhaustion levels that were directly caused by extensive EHR use, according to a study published in the Journal of the...

3 Strategies to Enhance EHR Usability Through EHR Optimization

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It is common to put an emphasis on the EHR vendor and implementation of new EHR technology. However, sustaining the technology and enhancing EHR usability comes down to EHR optimization. Better EHR...

3 Reasons to Favor Cloud-Based EHRs Over In-House EHRs

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Cloud-based EHRs are becoming more prevalent in the healthcare field, raising debate about how effective they are compared to other types of EHR solutions. According to information published by...

3 EHR Usability, Optimization Fixes That Address Clinician Burnout

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There are many positives associated with EHRs. However, EHR usability is a common negative among EHR users, which leads to clinician burnout.   As the calendar flips to 2020, technological...

Wyoming, Medicity to Create Statewide Health Information Exchange

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The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is partnering with population health management and health data exchange solutions provider Medicity to establish a statewide health information exchange (HIE)...

Allscripts Debuts Machine Learning, Cloud-Based EHR System Avenel

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This week at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas, Allscripts debuted a machine learning EHR system — Avenel — designed to reduce time spent on clinical documentation and boost EHR usability for...

Healthcare Orgs Increasingly Value Information Governance

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More healthcare organizations view information governance (IG) as a business imperative rather than a buzzword, according to a recent survey from the American Health Information Management Association...

Small, Rural, Specialty Ambulatory Practices Lacking in EHR Use

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Small, rural, and specialty ambulatory care practices are less likely to engage in advanced EHR use, according to new research published in the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC). The study by...

6 Use Cases for EHR Data Utilization in Public, Community Health

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EHR data could allow for dramatic improvements in addressing community health challenges, according to a recent report released by the de Beaumont Foundation and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...

ECMC EHR Outage Teaches Valuable Ransomware Recovery Lesson

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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...

Virus-related EHR Outage Forces NY Hospital Back to Paper

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Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) and its long-term care facility at Terrace View have been battling a virus responsible for EHR outage since Sunday afternoon. UPDATE: Some computers have been...