Healthcare Software vendors and everyone involved in the sector are making efforts to curb the spread of the virus and trying out different ways to help patients deal with the alarming situation. Over the years, healthcare tech has revolutionized patient care by improving patient services through intuitive and proactive technology solutions, enhancing patient satisfaction scores.
Epic Systems joined hands with OCHIN and has deployed the COVID-19 preparedness screening app to improve interoperability options and care coordination in Washington State. The innovative EHR app facilitates patient screening and triage on smartphone devices such as Android and iOS. This will help to decrease the number the patient visits in hospitals and other healthcare facilities which can reduce infection rate in the long run.
How can the COVID-19 preparedness screening App help patients?
The scalable smartphone app enables the patients to self-screen for any symptoms of the virus and finds local COVID-19 facility care sites. Patients who are evaluated in clinics and healthcare centers can link their results electronically to their current medical records using Epic’s robust technology solution. Patients also have the facility to sign up for MyChart accounts which can help them with follow-up care improving care coordination. The cloud technology app aims to provide more connected care away from on-site care facilities avoiding overcapacity and expand care services to families living in the suburbs and rural areas.
Other efforts by Epic Systems in the wake of the pandemic
Apart from the COVID-19 preparedness and screening mobile app, Epic is making use of its software system to detect any potential coronavirus cases and reduce the spread of the contagious virus. Epic EMR Software is one of the first software vendors to make rapid updates to its system to respond to COVID-19 and help its users through advanced features and functionalities. For example, Epic’s patient portal EMR Software solution enables patients to link up with their providers through the e-visit capability and engage in safe two-way messaging round the clock limiting visits to the doctor’s office. Patients can furthermore use the platform for the patient portal questionnaire to get screened for COVID-19 at home rather than visiting the clinic. The vendor has remained preemptive to respond to COVID-19 facilitating both patients and clinicians. The vendor also created an analytic tool tagged as, SlicerDicer which acts as a search tool highlighting where patients with COVID-19 are living. Then an alert can be sent in that area showing that’s it’s an infested zip code.
