Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

While lack of efficiency in using electronic health records is most correlated with clinician burnout, healthcare organizations want vendors to help them improve EHR experiences, according to the KLAS Arch Collaborative.

Andy Tan, who is now Healthcare Solution Lead at T-Systems Singapore, shares some advice on running a successful EMR implementation at a national scale.

Without prevention healthcare systems will be swamped. The Nordics' plans seek a balance, says Bogi Eliasen of the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies.

Also, Queensland University is replacing legacy IT systems across its network of clinics.

Yes, RTLS. Mountain Region CommonSpirit Health's CMIO offers a deep dive into some novel uses of the tracking technology, showing how it can fulfill its long-touted promise of improving care quality, patient and provider experience and the bottom line.

The mobile app could help save healthcare providers up to two hours of documentation time per day, at 90% accuracy, the company says.

With as many as 40% of kids in the U.S. dealing with a chronic condition, one chief medical officer says digital and connected health tools should be put to work improving care for vulnerable infants and children.

Several years in the making, involving nearly 30,000 caregivers and more than 6,000 support personnel, the massive effort will help the health system streamline care through a unified patient record, says its CIO Robert Eardley.

The company said four hospitals are live on a new, full-service OCHIN Epic system, and that it is onboarding five more across six states.

The decision comes following a successful pilot at the Subiaco Hospital.