Generative AI is generating a lot of buzz across the healthcare industry, with EHR vendors introducing tools to streamline clinical workflows and administrative tasks.
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Information sharing mandates are on the rise. To achieve certification and help providers maximize reimbursement, EHRs need technology that supports medication adherence, benefit information and interoperability. ONC Health IT certification requires that EHRs include a real-time benefit tool.1 · To maximize MIPS payments, providers must connect to a health information exchange.2 ; Efficiency has never been more important. Today’s clinicians are stretched thin, and inefficient medication work...
EHR vendor Epic has announced its plan to join The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a new health information exchange framework that is set to improve health data interoperability nationwide. TEFCA will bring health information networks together to help ensure that providers have access to complete, longitudinal health records for patients no matter where they seek care. In the future, TEFCA will grow to support other use cases such as public health. Epic worked with ONC, The Sequoia Project, and the broader healthcare c ...
Health system leaders and IT vendors must work together to improve EHR functionality and address clinician burden, according to a viewpoint published in JAMA Network Open written by Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, and William W. Stead, MD. The authors noted that the term “electronic health record” is a misnomer. Instead, the EHR is a “complex socio-technical infrastructure for automating clinical and administrative workflows within a healthcare facility or system.” · The EHR has many stakeholders, including physicians, health system executiv ...
The suggestion that quality programs should start to look at electronic health records (p. 8). EHRs have been certified by various bodies, but usually just to check off boxes and declare that the systems comply with regulations–neither the quality of their user interfaces nor the quality of their implementations have been questioned. Reportedly, the FDA considered “safety and quality standards” for electronic health records in 2010 but couldn’t get them adopted. It also · checks certai...
EHR vendor MEDITECH has expanded its longstanding partnership with Nuance Communications, Inc., a Microsoft company, by integrating a tool that uses generative AI to draft clinical notes. The integration of Nuance's Dragon Ambient eXperience Copilot (DAX Copilot) in the MEDITECH Expanse EHR aims to enhance healthcare experiences by automating the creation of clinical notes during patient exams. DAX Copilot uses conversational, ambient, and generative AI to draft clinical documentation during in-person and telehealth patient visits for immediate ...
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According to a KLAS report, 70 percent of consumers want ambulatory EHR vendors to improve on EHR usability and workflow.