Decision Support

Penn Medicine and Cancer Centers of America are deploying clinical pathways technologies and Mercy already saved 480 lives and $27 million by connecting them with its Epic electronic health record.

Hospitals and health systems want to consolidate their various cardiology IT solutions, according to a new report from KLAS, but challenges related to clinician workflow and the ability to consolidate structured reporting with a single vendor have hindered such initiatives.

Called MaaS, the new web-based electronic health record enables small hospitals to be up and running with the technology within six months, the company says.

Optimal clinical documentation could go a long way in improving research, education and patient safety.

ECRI Institute weighed factors like severity, serious injury or dealth with overall preventability.

Solving interoperability problems for some hospitals has involved EHR go-live projects that align with strategic planning to find solutions – and spending money where the priorities are.

A better way to manage diabetes, a patch for a flu vaccine and a way to prevent hair loss from chemo make the annual list.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf says the culture of “do no harm” is contending with the culture of innovation and “fail fast.”

The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO says tailored treatment plans could be here soon with more widespread FHIR exchanges enabling easier access to cloud-based CDS insights.

The system instituted care management and clinical decision support tools to reduce readmissions of patients with asthma.