Emergency Department Information Systems Market Fueled By Growing Patient Flow
A new research report has concluded that the size of the emergency department information systems market is expanding, driven by increasing patient flows. This dovetails with a report focused on 2016...
View ArticleEMRs Can Improve Outcomes For Weekend Hospital Surgeries
Unfortunately, it’s well documented that people often have worse outcomes when they’re treated in hospitals over the weekend. For example, one recent study from the Association of Academic Physiatrists...
View ArticleE-Patient Update: Before You Call Me A “Frequent Flier,” Check Your EMR
While there’s some debate about what constitutes an emergency, there’s no doubt I’ve had a bunch of ambiguous, potentially symptoms lately that needed to be addressed promptly. Unfortunately, that’s...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Forms in Healthcare – Working to Empower the Patient
I recently had a chance to see a demo of the new FormFast Connect product which empowers the patient to complete all their healthcare forms at home or wherever they may be. Talking with FormFast was...
View ArticleE-Patient Update: When EMRs Make A Bad Process Worse
Last week, I wrote an item reflecting on a video interview John did with career CIO Drex DeFord. During the video, which focused on patient engagement and care coordination, DeFord argued that it’s...
View ArticlePredictive Analytics Will Save Hospitals, Not IT Investment
Most hospitals run on very slim operating margins. In fact, not-for-profit hospitals’ mean operating margins fell from 3.4% in fiscal year 2015 to 2.7% in fiscal year 2016, according to Moody’s...
View ArticleYale New Haven Hospital Partners With Epic On Centralized Operations Center
Info, info, all around, and not a place to manage it all. That’s the dilemma faced by most hospitals as they work to leverage the massive data stores they’re accumulating in their health IT systems....
View ArticleApproaches For Improving Your HCAHPS Score
Improving your HCAHPS scores gets easier if you make smart use of your existing technology infrastructure. To make that work, however, you have to know which areas have the greatest impact on the...
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Hospital Patient Transfers with Optional Protocols
The following is a guest blog post by General Devices. Patient Transfers are business. Serious business for all patients involved; transferring hospitals, transport service, agent and – the patient....
View ArticleLooking to Improve Patient Experience? Simple Options Can Yield Big Results.
Improving patient experience is a top priority. Instead of grandiose new programs, hospitals and practices would see better results by focusing on simple options that have a big impact – like an...
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