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• Epic Taps Ambient Intelligence to Streamline Clinical Documentation

  A new Epic EHR integration uses ambient intelligence to draft clinical documentation based on patient-provider conversations in a matter of seconds.  Continue Reading

• How DirectTrust is Enhancing Health Data Interoperability, Usability

  DirectTrust is looking to improve the usability of the Direct standard for use cases such as closed-loop referrals and ADT notifications to drive health data interoperability.  Continue Reading

• What Providers Can Expect for Information Blocking Enforcement

  Information blocking enforcement across healthcare providers is on the horizon, with a proposed rule from CMS that would establish disincentives tied to Medicare reimbursement.  Continue Reading

• How mCODE is Driving EHR Interoperability for Cancer Research

  Spearheaded by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the mCODE initiative has assembled a core set of structured data elements to facilitate EHR interoperability for cancer research.  Continue Reading

• Inside Mount Sinai's Epic EHR Cloud Migration for Health IT Scalability

  The Epic EHR cloud migration is part of a larger cloud-first strategy to enhance health IT scalability and efficiency across the academic medical system.  Continue Reading

• AI, Semantic Interoperability Top Health IT Trends for Next Year

  Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could help drive semantic interoperability across the health IT landscape for improved care coordination.  Continue Reading

• How HIE Tools Can Bridge the SDOH Data Interoperability Gap

  Across the nation, HIE networks are advancing SDOH data interoperability with community-based organizations to support value-based care.  Continue Reading

• How a Patient Record 'Snapshot' is Driving HIE Data Access

  Hixny, an HIE serving eastern New York, created a tool that aims to help improve data access through search and sort features.  Continue Reading

• Measuring User Adoption, KPIs Key for EHR Integration Across M&As

  A New Orleans-based health system embarked on an EHR integration project to drive clinical and operational efficiencies after a series of M&As.  Continue Reading

• How An HIE Approaches Continuous Patient Data Quality Improvement

  An HIE in Tennessee has tapped an AI-based platform to reduce duplicate patient EHRs as part of its patient data quality improvement efforts.  Continue Reading

• How a Customized EHR Implementation with RCM Boosted Practice Growth

  Marrying revenue cycle management (RCM) and clinical workflows through a customized EHR implementation helped a pain management practice streamline efficiencies.    Continue Reading

• Inside An FQHC’s Epic EHR Implementation Tailored to Patient Experience

  Howard Brown Health, one of the country’s largest providers for LGBTQ+ individuals, tapped an Epic EHR to boost the patient experience.  Continue Reading

• How Real-Time Prescription Benefit EHR Integrations Drive Price Transparency

  A real-time prescription benefit EHR integration is helping providers at Presbyterian Healthcare find treatment options that fit the needs, and wallets, of patients.  Continue Reading

• How a Unified EHR Implementation Can Boost Interoperability, Efficiencies

  An EHR implementation at a New Hampshire community hospital is set to enhance interoperability and the patient experience.  Continue Reading

• Could Dentist Participation in HIE Unlock Patient-Centered Care?

  A partnership in Colorado will look at how adding dentists into the state’s HIE, CORHIO, will support patient-centered care and value-based payment models.  Continue Reading

• How HL7 Data Standards Support Advance Care Planning Interoperability

  Advance care planning interoperability is key to delivering patient-centered care, according to Maria Moen, HL7 project lead for the ADI with FHIR project.  Continue Reading

• How EHR Clinical Workflow-Driven Design Enhances Health IT Usability

  EHR clinical workflows that present relevant data at the point of care have the power to revolutionize healthcare, according to Bill Hayes, MD, CPSI chief medical officer.  Continue Reading

• TEFCA Interoperability Framework to Enhance Health Data Exchange, Security

  TEFCA will raise the bar for health data exchange and security, according to EHNAC CEO Lee Barrett.  Continue Reading

• How HIEs Support Interoperability Use Cases for Payers, Providers

  ClinicalConnect Health Information Exchange (CCHIE) knows interoperability is important not only for providers, but for payers, too.  Continue Reading

• How Epic’s Cosmos Supported Clinical Research with De-Identified Data

  More than half of Epic customers have signed up to participate in Cosmos, a database of de-identified patient EHR data for clinical research.  Continue Reading

• Critical Access Hospital Taps Cerner Cloud-Based EHR Platform

  A critical access hospital in Vermont has chosen to implement Cerner’s cloud-based EHR platform after its legacy system vendor changed course.  Continue Reading

• How Value, Interoperability Sway Hospital EHR Implementation Picks

  After a five-year selection process, a health system in Arkansas has decided on an EHR implementation that it said will boost interoperability.  Continue Reading

• Clinical Workflow Optimization Key for EHR Usability, Satisfaction 

  Clinical workflow optimization allows health IT to support the distinct needs of providers and aid in EHR usability, athenahealth executive says.  Continue Reading

• AI EHR Integration in ED Reduces Med Rec Errors, Boosts Patient Safety

  An AI EHR integration helped a Michigan hospital boost patient safety by cutting down on medication reconciliation errors by 90 percent in the emergency department.  Continue Reading

• CA HIE Expands Data Sharing for Community Information Exchange

  A California HIE has partnered with a health IT vendor to boost social determinants of health data sharing for a community information exchange.  Continue Reading

• Web-Based EHR Implementation Boosts Clinician Satisfaction, Cuts Costs

  A care organization in Mississippi has improved clinician satisfaction and cut down on health IT costs through a web-based EHR implementation.  Continue Reading

• Interoperability, HL7 FHIR Testing Sandbox Offers Place to Explore

  The Interoperability Institute provided stakeholders with a sandbox offering to test their health IT at the 2021 CMS HL7 FHIR Connectathon.  Continue Reading

• EHR Vendor Cerner Develops National eCR Public Health Solution

  A new health IT solution from EHR vendor Cerner supports national electronic case reporting (eCR) to improve data exchange for public health.  Continue Reading

• How ePrescribing Interoperability Solutions Mitigate Clinician Burden

  Upgrading antiquated faxing systems to interoperability solutions with ePrescribing capabilities mitigates clinician burden, says Surescripts VP.  Continue Reading

• CMS Interoperability Rule Compliance, ADT Messaging Hinge on HIEs

  Connections to HIEs like CommonWell can support providers in compliance with the ADT messaging regulation under the CMS Interoperability rule.  Continue Reading

• How Clinician Engagement Can Fuel EHR Implementation Success

  Strong executive and clinician engagement in health IT design and EHR implementation helps mitigate clinician burnout, MEDITECH CEO says.  Continue Reading

• EHR Integration Boosts Clinical Decision Support, Eases Clinician Burden

  An EHR integration that aggregates patient data has cut down on clinician burden by allowing providers to practice at the top of their license.  Continue Reading

• How Artificial Intelligence EHR Integration Improved Patient Safety

  The health IT solution with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities helped a PA health system improve patient safety through more complete medication history records.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare System Meets CMS Final Rule with API EHR Integration

  A New Jersey health system integrated API technology into its EHR to meet the CMS new conditions of participation rule for Medicaid and Medicare.  Continue Reading

• Why a Behavioral Healthcare Facility Transitioned to an EHR System

  Prior to its recent EHR implementation, clinicians at Rogers Behavioral Health were forced to utilize a hybrid EHR model.  Continue Reading

• Integrating a State Vaccine Scheduling System into the EHR

  Keck Medicine of USC was one of the first health systems in California to integrate its state vaccine scheduling system into the EHR.  Continue Reading

• How Creative EHR Optimization Streamlined COVID-19 Vaccination

  A Virginia-based hospital conducted EHR optimization and leveraged a restaurant booking app to streamline its COVID-19 vaccine process.  Continue Reading

• The Interoperability Infrastructure Passed the COVID-19 Test

  A digitized healthcare and interoperability infrastructure was put to the test during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Continue Reading

• How Brigham and Women’s Hospital is Relieving EHR Alert Fatigue

  EHR alert fatigue has been running rampant throughout hospitals, but health IT leaders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital might have found a solution.  Continue Reading

• EHR Support Team Pushes User Satisfaction to Cut Clinician Burnout

  Rush University Medical Center faced a significant clinician burnout problem, but new health IT management found a way to enhance EHR usability and mitigate frustration.  Continue Reading

• ONC Leader Tripathi Offers Tips for Interoperability Rule Success

  Health organizations must get used to identifying, integrating, and utilizing unstructured patient data before the next step of the ONC interoperability rule drops.  Continue Reading

• Are Virtual, Hybrid EHR Implementations Here to Stay?

  The virtual EHR implementation occurred as a direct result of COVID-19, but the hybrid EHR implementation could be the future of implementations.  Continue Reading

• How DirectTrust Managed Direct Secure Messaging During COVID-19

  The health data exchange has facilitated over 2 billion Direct Secure Messages after a tumultuous, yet record-breaking, 2020.  Continue Reading

• How a Rural HIE Boosted its Public Health Reporting, Data Exchange

  Providers in North Dakota were utilizing paper forms before COVID-19, but the statewide HIE streamlined the process for faster public health reporting and patient data exchange results.  Continue Reading

• A Deep Dive into the EHR COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Process

  A health system in the Kansas City metro area was one of the first 150 hospitals in the country to implement COVID-19 vaccine administration software into its EHR.  Continue Reading

• How Health IT Interoperability Will Impact Healthcare in 2021

  The unexpectedness of 2020 will lead to greater patient data exchange, interoperability, and innovation.  Continue Reading

• How an AI Assistant is Advancing EHR Documentation, Decreasing Burden

  Providence is implementing an artificial intelligence EHR documentation solution to mitigate clinician burden and enhance EHR documentation.  Continue Reading

• How a Health System Cut Opioid Prescribing Rates, Clinician Burden

  Norton Healthcare, Kentucky’s largest health system, decreased clinician burden and mitigated its opioid epidemic by integrating a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) tool into its EHR.  Continue Reading

• How COVID-19 Accelerated the Digital Transformation of Healthcare

  Transformation, innovation, and connection are three main healthcare principals that have been put under a microscope during COVID-19.  Continue Reading