Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

We’ll discuss best practices that can help providers modernize their environments and personalize care by leveraging technology and the data it produces to improve clinical effectiveness, cut costs and provide the highest quality of care.

Amidst a paradigm shift, the healthcare industry appears to be solving one problem while creating another. On the one hand, healthcare organizations are turning to technology to help them curb costs while adopting new care delivery models focused on improving patient outcomes and access to services. Yet these digital transformations present their own set of challenges, given the dual needs of ensuring both reliable security and a seamless experience for end-users.​

Clinical documentation improvement is important to physicians and hospitals to capture how sick patients truly are by documenting clear and specific diagnoses that impact the encounter, to document it while the patient is still inhouse, and for the physician to be able to address it while they are in their workflow. This will show a true reflection of the time and resources used to treat the patient and thus be accurately reflected on discharge.

The new consumer-driven health information ecosystem is transforming the way we deliver care, achieve cross-care team interoperability, and interact with our members and patients. The arrival of new tools such as Open APIs and HL7 FHIR, together with the rapidly growing number of health and medical apps in the market, are fueling the new Digital Health Economy. Industry and regulators alike are moving quickly to adopt and adapt to these new technologies. And the journey towards achieving the elusive health care interoperability continues

Although the technical ability to move data from point A to point B is important, it is just as critical--if not more so--that the data actually be meaningful to the system and staff on the receiving end.

Going live on a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) is one of the most critical aspects of the overall implementation project. It HAS to be successful. The costs and morale issues associated with a go-live gone bad are significant. That is why it is important to be armed with best practices to help ensure your success. Selecting the right vendor partner to help you plan and execute the go-live is another critical factor. Knowing potential pitfalls and working with a vendor that has proven methodology and experience can help your organization mitigate the stress and disruptions that can occur during go-live.

The interoperability challenge of exchanging information among healthcare provider’s medical record systems is not being solved fast enough, which is why fax is still the common denominator for communications within and between providers and payers in the healthcare industry. But times are changing-- Alternatives exist that can provide a safe and secure transfer of healthcare data. 

Join us to learn how leading healthcare organizations are using modern data center technologies to create a more efficient and productive healthcare environment by boosting their Epic EHR performance.

The data-driven healthcare era is here, and healthcare organizations that successfully leverage the power of their data will have a competitive edge. Therefore, it is critical that investments in infrastructure and data management solutions both unlock the power of data in the near term and lay the IT foundation for a data-driven future. Is your infrastructure strategy setting you up for success, or holding you back?

In the decade-and-a-half since the startling “To Err is Human” report, it’s still hard to discern whether billions invested in electronic medical records are improving patient safety.