Health system employees often become patients of the healthcare entity, creating blurred lines for a health system regarding if and when it can access employees’ medical records.
Category: Health IT
What will take EHRs to the next level: WakeMed CMIO Dr. Neal Chawla
Healthcare providers across the U.S. are leveraging technology to better care for patients and tackle population health issues.
The digital front door: Why it’s so important in healthcare
Although a digital front door in healthcare may imply only activities such as care inquiry or appointment scheduling, it is really about using technology to improve all touchpoints throughout the patient and partner journey.
Why clinician buy-in is key to digital health transformation
It was a summer day seven years ago. We had closed our first U.S. hospital customer for my digital health company, which enables health systems to deliver digital care journeys for patients (e.g., surgery, oncology, chronic care, etc.). I was ecstatic!…
Telemedicine safe and effective for pregnancy care, study finds
Telehealth can be just as safe and effective in managing high-risk pregnancies as in-person care, a study published May 16 found.
Health IT market will exceed doubled value by 2028, report predicts
The global health IT sector is expected to more than double in value by 2028, according to a May 16 study by Brandessence Market Research & Consulting.
Physicians with their own practices are more satisfied with EHRs, study finds
Physicians who own their practices are more satisfied with their electronic health records than physicians who don’t, an April 21 investigation in JAMA Network Open found.
California begins preparing statewide health information exchange
Following a law signed last year by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Health and Human Services Agency has started creating a health data exchange network that will give providers across the state real-time access to patient medical records, family phy…
Patient platforms should be intuitive in design and execution
Patients need access to their health care data and health care consumers need access to their health care information. Data and information are not the same. Data is akin to the ingredients for a meal, while information is more like the meal. Imagine o…
Health IT group makes interoperability recommendations ahead of 2030 target
A health tech coalition released a report May 11 on how the healthcare system can improve IT interoperability and data exchange.
