Epocrates is an athenahealth, Inc. company that provides digital clinical support to healthcare professionals. Epocrates recently announced the launch of Bugs + Drugs, which is a mobile tool that offers information to clinicians regarding different bacteria types and antibacterial susceptibility patterns by location. How will the new mobile app help both patients and clinicians? There [...]
According to Surescripts, in the first six months of this year, healthcare interoperability has grown rapidly. The company has been successful to support health data exchange for almost 20% of Americans. Why is interoperability important in healthcare? Health information technology systems are being used by healthcare organizations, these software solutions include EHR systems, Medical billing [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused healthcare organizations to embrace remote care models to ensure patients receive prompt care without having to visit the provider’s clinic. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology makes it possible to monitor a patient’s condition without an in-office visit. How does remote patient monitoring work? Remote patient monitoring tools leverage technology to [...]
Primary care organization, The Good Clinic which is staffed by qualified nurse practitioners is implementing cloud-based software solutions from the athenahealth EMR software vendor. Using athenaOne aims to boost patient engagement through telehealth capabilities and patient engagement tools to empower clinicians and patients. The Good Clinic currently has six clinics in Minnesota and is planning [...]
EMR software implementation is essential to streamline daily clinical, administrative, and, financial workflows. Hospitals and healthcare organizations have leveraged the robust software solution to improve patient care and drive practice efficiencies. Valley Health System carries out Epic EMR software for flexibility According to a report from Northern Virginia Daily, Valley Health System is set to [...]
Healthcare providers’ top priority is to offer high-quality patient care. They don’t have the time to worry about the practices financial and administrative workflows. If doctors also manage these tasks they will feel overburdened ultimately leading to physician burnout. For this very reason, many hospitals and clinics have utilized a Practice Management (PM) software solution. [...]
Electronic Health Records Software-based card studies can simplify data collection and improve point-of-care research and analysis according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine. Card studies help to collect data at the point of care, these short surveys are leveraged to collect descriptive data. Card studies are traditionally completed by physicians on physical [...]
The healthcare industry in the US has been increasingly using Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software systems to streamline administrative, clinical, and financial tasks and to manage patient data coming from different sources. The robust software technology also helps to improve patient outcome levels as physicians can focus on their patients during an encounter. To ensure [...]
According to a viewpoint published in JAMA Network Open, health IT vendors and health system leaders must collaborate to enhance Electronic Health Records (EHR) software functionality and combat clinician burnout. By leveraging EMR software solutions patient care can be supported and the efficiency of healthcare providers can also go up. The robust software technology helps [...]
Healthcare technology is facilitating healthcare providers in several ways by automating clinical, administrative, and financial workflows. However, some physicians struggle with their EHR software systems with all the documentation and workflow challenges. By optimizing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software providers can benefit and not see the robust systems as a burden. What is EHR software optimization? [...]