Healthcare Information Technology

01 Dec 3 Ways Providers Use EHRs to Treat COVID-19 Patients

Source: EHRIntelligence.com Author: Christopher Jason The spread of COVID-19 has given health organizations the ultimate stress test over the last two-plus months. Clinician EHR use has been instrumental in overcoming that challenge. Between building field hospitals and wiring EHR systems at no cost to decrease hospital populations, or putting together...

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02 Oct FHIR Standard Adoption in U.S. at Turning Point

Source: HealthDataManagement.com The adoption of HL7’s emerging Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard for sharing electronic medical information has reached critical mass. That’s the assessment of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. “New analysis shows that the United States might be at a turning point...

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21 May CEO Power Panel: Health Systems Find Consumerism Drives Innovation

Source: ModernHealthcare.com By: Rachel Z. Arndt The word "patient" is rapidly fading from the healthcare lexicon. Nowadays, healthcare executives sound like those from any other industry, talking about "consumers" or even "customers." With consumer-friendly companies like Apple and Amazon nipping at the heels of traditional healthcare organizations, not...

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13 Mar HIMSS18 Takeaway

HIMSS18 takeaway: Big Energy for Innovation, but Many Old Hurdles Still Standing By: Mike Miliard Source: HealthcareITNews.com The concept of a "post-EHR" era is one that's been explored – on this website, at least – since the beginning of 2014, if not earlier. Four years later, an action-packed...

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