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"EHR disaster preparedness testing in the future will need to be able to simulate large volumes of patients over long periods of time," says one nursing informatics consultant.
At WakeMed Health and Hospitals, 61% of patients who used virtual urgent care would have gone to an urgent care facility; 14% would have gone to an emergency room.
On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care.
The social-distancing effort also applies to educational institutions, municipalities and nonprofit organizations.
The Oregon provider is the first to use the care coordination application to support programs for people with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges.
Five healthcare interoperability experts – including pros at Boston Children’s Hospital and Medicomp Systems – discuss best practices for unsurpassed data and systems exchange.
Great Lakes Health Connect also saves five minutes per referral request. Statewide referral-technology deployment spans more than 11,229 users at 824 different organizations.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s pharmacy and therapeutics committee and health IT teams worked together on getting optimal drugs prescribed and dispensed.
The health system has embraced change management to encourage key clinical buy-in for incorporating social determinant data into the EHR and informing care plans.
The health system estimates referral volume grew 16.5% last year, adding 3,308 more patients than the previous year.