Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Participating in HIMSS' Immunization Integration Program demonstrated how Office Practicum's EHR enables pediatricians to more effectively manage and integrate vaccine data, say the company's Chris Gibson and Dr. Rich Szabo.
It is set to try out the technology with the National University Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Developed at the IU Indianapolis School of Dentistry and Regenstrief Institute, an NIH grant could help expand the application, which links dentists with regional health information exchanges, enabling them to view their patients' medical histories.
Nursing and IT
More than half of nurses say they experience burnout most days, a new survey shows, with 61% planning to change jobs or departments, seek a hybrid position, work as travelers or make other career changes.
Also, Western Australia has expanded access to its virtual emergency department.
Jeff Thomas, senior vice president and chief technology officer, tells how the move saved millions of dollars – and ended with spinning off its migration efforts into a new company, OptaFi.
It is now preparing to undergo the Stage 7 EMRAM validation.
Pressed by lawmakers about changes underway at the agency, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said the VA is addressing bureaucracy that has stymied the electronic health record modernization program.
Improved patient experience has earned the Indonesian hospital a 4.9 Google review rating, among other outcomes.
Success Stories & ROI
The health system's cloud migration team took learnings from the effort and spun them out into OptaFi, which offers best practices and technical capabilities for moving Epic EHR workloads from on-premise to the cloud. Sentara's CTO gives an inside look.