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The accomplishment puts the health system in a better position to attract and retain the talent that is so critical to its ability to serve its patients, says its VP of operations.

Because a high-risk flag had been inactivated in the hospital’s new Oracle electronic health record, clinicians did not evaluate a veteran's mental health and medication restart request, contributing to an overdose seven weeks after a missed appointment.

First responders from the community can connect with an on-call doctor from miles away via telehealth to receive instructions.

Northern Health has started digitising its various patient care programs through a single virtual platform.  

"What data do you have? Where is it located? How do you get to it? And is the data fit for purpose? Data doesn't need to be perfect to be useful. But you don't ever want to use data that's not perfect and not know it."

The patient's voice is clear – healthcare needs to be easier to navigate and digital channels are a great place to invest, says Chrissy Daniels, chief experience officer at Press Ganey, which has been focused on patient experience for more than 40 years.

In an update on several looming regulatory deadlines, the HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association said it asked ONC for enforcement discretion on a December 1 deadline.

Karin Schifter-Maor discusses how remote patient monitoring can bring the Acute Hospital Care at Home program to more people, make the program affordable and use centralized patient data to improve health outcomes.

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou has been revalidated for Stage 7 EMRAM and scored its first Stage 6 INFRAM validation.

Emergency medical response information isn't used enough in healthcare. Agencies are looking to align with TEFCA, seeking partners to improve interoperability with state EMS systems and to build out technical resources for bidirectional exchange.