Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Recently, as part of a shift to more patient-centered, value-driven healthcare, regulations such as the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule (CMS-9115-F) and the 21st Century Cures Act have been put into place to help put patients first and empower them to control their data and take a more active role in their own care. APIs make interoperability possible, and there’s an increasing demand for API management solutions like the ones WSO2 offers to liberate and restructure patient data. This creates opportunities for healthcare organizations to use APIs beyond what is necessary to meet regulatory compliance and build API-centric marketplaces.

While the COVID-19 pandemic showed the value and dedication of healthcare professionals, it also led to rising levels of burnout and pressure for primary care physicians. In addition, these clinicians are often stuck with outdated legacy technology designed for payers and coders rather than physicians and patients. Bringing primary care back to the forefront of healthcare could be key to building a more sustainable healthcare system, but clinical-first technology is needed. Elation Health’s EHR platform supports primary care physicians in reducing their administrative burden – and allowing them to focus more on patients.

Despite significant investment and well over a decade of different transformation plans and initiatives, there’s still much to do before we can say the health and care system has truly gone through a digital revolution.

As ambient technologies improve, additional use cases to leverage voice will emerge – that leaves us with the question of how patients and physicians are responding to voice-enabled tools in their healthcare encounters.

Areas of opportunity include data analytics for research, enhancing EHR capabilities and using AI algorithms to support patient care and operational efficiency, says Mike Restuccia.

MIMIT Health, a multispecialty group of independent providers based in Melrose Park, Illinois, was slowed by manual processes and data silos. Because patient forms were still being stored in paper form and EMR data was inaccessible for most employees, collaboration between staff was almost impossible, which affected efficiency. MIMIT Health chose the DocuSign Agreement Cloud because it integrated with its existing systems to create a better experience for staff and patients alike.

Patients have come to expect a seamless digital experience from healthcare providers. Exceed those expectations by eliminating paperwork and presenting simple digital forms that improve HIPAA compliance, help patients get seen sooner and get providers paid faster.

Health is in the throes of some of the most significant changes as systems reel from a variety of rapidly changing environments. Dr Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer at HIMSS, explores lessons learned, as we look cautiously to a better 2022.

Block time is an outdated scheduling system that could be leaving the OR unused while patients wait for treatment and new surgeons aren’t able to book time to operate. With iQueue for Operating Rooms by LeanTaaS, hospitals can identify blocks of “collectable” time that isn’t being used and make it available for other surgeons to book. These data-driven decisions have led to greater staff and patient satisfaction and have reduced patient wait times.

Long patient wait times are a constant challenge for infusion centers. And mid-day peaks in usage only make those wait times longer, leaving both patients and nurses dissatisfied. iQueue for Infusion Centers by LeanTaaS uses data science and machine learning to create individualized schedule templates for infusion centers of any size. Managing your staff and resources with iQueue can help boost patient and staff satisfaction, improve patient access and increase revenue.