Encompass Health is an integrated healthcare services company. The company has launched its 150th post-acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital located in Jacksonville, Florida leveraging the Oracle Cerner EHR software system. The software vendor offers clinical solutions, population health management, revenue cycle management services, and analytics. All these robust services have helped healthcare organizations automate and streamline [...]
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 by changing shifts of staff members [...]
Mobile integration technologies are helping healthcare organizations in the US to improve patient care and access to care. Ochsner Health is located in New Orleans with 11 facilities in Southern Louisiana and has acknowledged the worth of mobile communication in the field of medicine and has slowly implemented mobile technologies. The healthcare organization uses features [...]
A Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is an electronic database that efficiently records prescriptions for controlled substances. PDMPs aims to enhance the way controlled substances and opioids are prescribed, which helps reduce the number of patients who misuse and abuse drugs. EHR integration of a PDMP Electronic Health Records integration of a Prescription Drug Monitoring [...]
The financial side of a healthcare organization is important as it can help to boost revenue and ensure accurate billing. This can be achieved by deploying an integrated EMR software for medical billing. The integration makes sure that the data flows smoothly between systems. This can help the medical practice to bill without errors and [...]
Choosing an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software system can be an overwhelming task for medical practices and healthcare organizations. They need to strike the best decision based on software features, ease of use, interoperability options, and cost-effectiveness. ONC certified EHR software systems facilitate clinician engagement in enhancing care coordination activities using health IT. Let's magnify [...]
Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring has been around since the 1960s, however since the global pandemic hit the world healthcare organizations started adopting Telemedicine EMR Software solutions like never before. The robust platform connects providers and patients in real-time and has helped to curb the spread of the virus by reducing patient traffic inside the [...]
It’s a universal fact that smoking is detrimental to health and can lead to many health complications. Cancer patients who smoke have a lower quality of life, this may also lead to a worsening of cancer symptoms and harm the treatment and care process. According to the Office of Surgeon General, smoking can be a [...]
The healthcare sector has adapted to new changes to provide remote care to patients due to the global pandemic. Adjusting to the new normal has not been easy for both providers and patients, but technology solutions made it easier to transition into bringing new care solutions. A May 2020 Capterra survey, revealed that 51% of the [...]
Healthcare organizations and hospitals in the United States have deployed Electronic Health Records (EHR) Software to streamline daily workflows. According to the 2018 Annual Update on the Adoption of a Nationwide System for the Electronic Use and Exchange of Health Information, 96% of non-federal acute care hospitals and 78% of physicians based in office leveraged [...]