Interoperability in healthcare is crucial for delivering high-quality care, reducing costs, and improving efficiencies. As the interoperable exchange of health information enhances, 88% of hospitals in the US participate in electronic health data exchange as of 2021, as revealed by the ONC data brief. The ONC data brief shows the state of interoperability among hospitals. [...]
An ONC data brief has shown an increase in ePrescribing adoption for controlled substances. The use of electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) and prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) can support clinicians to make confident and informed care and treatment decisions. The USA is going through a drug overdose crisis, and using EPCS and PDMPs [...]
Healthcare providers are responsible to offer the best care to their patients. This requires flexibility and smooth availability of crucial data to make informed care decisions. However, it’s still not easy for clinicians to provide the optimum care their patient needs as many providers don’t have access to basic patient records outside their software system. [...]
Lee Health located in Fort Myers, Florida used Epic software linked Remote Patient Monitoring which enabled the hospital to send fewer people to ERs. RPM tools have been helpful to offer patients the care and monitoring they need from the comfort of their homes. The issue before Epic remote patient monitoring was used Telemedicine EMR [...]
Prescription drug monitoring programs help healthcare providers make sure that they are well aware of patients who are addicted or are at risk of becoming addicted to dangerous prescription drugs. The PDPM program is a proactive strategy to combat the opioid crisis in the United States. What are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs? PDMP programs are [...]
Unnecessary administrative burdens and needless tasks only add up to physician burnout which can take a toll on healthcare providers and primary care specialists. Physician burnout is an ongoing issue faced in hospitals and healthcare systems. Fortunately, there are a few ways in which hospitals can address this problem. What fuels physician burnout? The main [...]
The Carolina-based community hospital system, Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital is set to implement cloud-based Cerner EHR Software, according to reporting from elkintribune. By deploying the Cerner EMR system the community hospital will be able to streamline its daily workflows and enhance patient safety for better health outcomes. Benefits of leveraging cloud-based EMR software solutions from [...]
Google Cloud and Epic EMR Software solution, the largest software vendor in the United States have collaborated to allow Epic hospital clients to run EHR systems on Google Cloud, this was unveiled on Monday at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas. This healthcare partnership will give healthcare providers more choices on the cloud, and new [...]
To combat the opioid epidemic that has taken more than 500,000 lives in the past two decades, all 50 states have implemented prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). The information from these robust programs can alert clinicians to intervene to improve patient outcomes. What is a PDMP? A prescription drug monitoring program is an electronic database that [...]