Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
The electronic health record giants began preparing their systems to assist with COVID-19 vaccination efforts this past year.
The health system was conducting around 25 to 50 virtual visits a day; at the height of the pandemic, that rose to nearly 8,000. It worked with Cisco, Apple and others for clinician-to-clinician video.
Their five recommendations and strategies for integration with primary care focus on new approaches to patient screening, clinical documentation and data sharing.
Population Health
A new study found that portal users had higher knowledge about their disease, higher ratings of current health, and lower disease-related stress.
Runnymede went from all paper to full automation in eight months, for patient registration and admissions, nursing and physician documentation, computerized physician order entry, and more.
A recent survey shows that patients sometimes struggle with remembering to get the second dose of vaccines, such as those aimed at preventing HPV or shingles.
The new technology is aimed at allowing healthcare companies to digitize and simplify the document management process.
Saykara's founder and team will be augmenting Nuance's R&D division.
The hospital was validated at Stage 6 on the EMRAM last year.
Machine Learning
Its cloud-based natural language processing technology can help health insurers mine unstructured clinical data to track accountable care with HEDIS measures.