How to Keep Physicians Out of the EHR During Their Time Off
Many physicians are working in the EHR during their time off, according to a new study, and their CMOs need to take steps to stop that. Research published in JAMA Network Open found that primary care physicians commonly worked in the EHR during their vacations.
Virtual Nursing Shifts its Focus to the Patient Experience
Sharp HealthCare debuted its VIP platform roughly two months ago in the neuroscience unit in preparation for the opening of the new Sharp Grossmont Hospital for Neuroscience. This expanded co-caring model known as Vitual InPatient nursing services leans heavily on patient engagement strategies, with the goal of having the virtual nurse as the patient’s guide through the healthcare journey.
Advancements in Patient-Centered Care: What’s Next for Long-Term Healthcare Providers?
Patient-centered care delivery is driving a significant revolution in long-term healthcare. Remote monitoring technology now enables healthcare providers to track vital signs and medication adherence without disrupting patient daily routines.
How to Balance AI Adoption with Governance
Welcome to what some have called the Wild, Wild West of AI in healthcare. It’s a heady time to be an innovation executive these days, working with a technology that has strong potential to transform a troubled industry.
Point-of-Care Echo Studies Improve Workflows
The organization is partnering with Amavita Heart and Vascular Health to deploy the software in screenings for aortic stenosis and other valvular diseases in its clinics, local skilled nursing facilities, and via mobile screening units in underserved communities with large minority populations.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 126 – The Ins and Outs of Drug-Gene Testing
On episode 126 of PSQH: The Podcast, Kristine Ashcraft, founder and president of YouScript, talks about how hospitals and health systems are using drug-gene testing.
Why Is Healthcare Innovation So Hard in Rural America?
For small hospitals like Sparta, new technology offers the promise of improving care, but it can also rob the organization of its identity—a valuable commodity in rural communities where the hospital is often the biggest employer and the doctor is a neighbor.
How to Use Technology to Turn Around Staff Turnover
Virtual nurses at Ardent are rounding on patients, and completing intakes, admissions, and discharges, and they can come into the room at any time. The work that the virtual nurses are doing is cerebral, according to Campbell.
Using Text Messaging to Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes
Patient-reported outcomes have taken on increased importance as providers seek greater insights into the real-life impact of their treatments and services. When successful, these efforts can decrease the need for additional, expensive, and avoidable treatments and services.
Will This Summer Be Telehealth’s Last Stand?
But the six-month extension isn’t making things any easier for healthcare execs looking to plot long-term strategies. And while supporters are taking heart in the fact that Congress has consistently kept these programs in view, they also know that the cycle of kicking the can down the road has to end.