Wednesday, May 17, 2023
There has been a recent uptake in well-established tech companies and startups alike focusing on healthcare technology and data. As these new medical products flood the healthcare space, it is important to revisit the basics of integrating with EHR Systems. I reached out to Syed Abdul Aziz to provide a simple guide for new developers in
[ Read More ]The conference came to a close on Wednesday with the annual Launch!, where 10 new digital health companies got the chance to demo their products on stage and the audience gets to text in their vote to determine a winner. This year’s winner was MedWand, for their telemedicine device that enables healthcare providers to perform
[ Read More ]This is Part II of the post: What Nurses Expect from Healthcare IT solutions. Part I can be found here. As mentioned in Part I, if we were to categorize the responsibilities of a nurse into three possible segments (care coordination, digital documentation, and organizational responsibilities), the characteristics of a Health IT solution that nurses
[ Read More ]Nurses are known to be adept at multitasking. Well designed Health IT systems can help nurses fulfill their tasks with better efficiency. Common, fundamental responsibilities of a registered nurse in an outpatient or inpatient facility include: Managing administration of medications through various routes (intravenous, oral, and so on) Observing and monitoring patient conditions Maintaining notes pertaining to the
[ Read More ]This post is the last part of: What Nurses Expect from Health IT Solutions. Part I of this article can be found here. Digital documentation Templates for recording vital signs can be made available in a module that could save time and energy. This is well-implemented. The ability to enter notes and a to-do list each day can
[ Read More ]This is the second part of the article: 5 Ways to Use Operational Data for Visibility into Healthcare Outcomes. Part I can be found here. 4. Staff Workflow By monitoring the paths doctors and nurses take to move through the hospital, healthcare organizations can design new workflow patterns to reduce unnecessary steps, boost job performance
[ Read More ]Advancements in locating and analytics technologies are making it much simpler for hospitals and other healthcare facilities to integrate data from day-to-day operations across their systems to improve patient care and experiences. Information on the real-time location, status, and condition of patients, staff, and equipment is now more widely accessible, providing new levels of visibility into
[ Read More ]Raju Chauhan attended the second-annual HealthImpact Southwest conference in Houston, Texas. In this article, he shares with us a session involving the creation of new patient-care systems and the improvement of dashboard designs for better diagnosis and treatment at point of care, leveraging clinical-support tools and advanced informatics: A full day at the conference was filled with
[ Read More ]This is the second part of the article Three Ways Your Analytics Platform Is Sabotaging Your Analytics (and how to fix it). The first part of this article can be found here. 3. Don’t Get Used; Use Your Measures Measures. They’re in your statutory reporting requirements; they’re in your incentive program; they’re in your
[ Read More ]Michael A. Simon, a principal data scientist at Arcadia Healthcare Solutions, argues that everyone needs an analytics solution for different reasons. The issue is that your analytics solution may be holding you back – such that it will leave you without some of the most important features you’re looking for. In this post, Michael describes
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