At Monument Health, a large, integrated health system serving 14 rural and urban communities across western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming, the ability to close gaps in care depends on the availability of data at the point of care.
Healthcare organizations have tools available on the cloud to solve the toughest healthcare processes, and more tools are introduced every day. It all comes down to envisioning a better process and identifying the data needed at what point in the process to make your workflow intuitive – both on screen and to the clinicians and patients.
What is the key to driving digital innovation with data analytics—and where should healthcare leaders begin?
For over 20 years, the government and the healthcare industry have been trying to figure out how to make EHRs a meaningful tool that benefits providers and patients. But healthcare organizations typically face numerous obstacles to achieving that end. Recently, Healthcare Triangle partnered with CHIME to hold a focus group of healthcare CIOs to identify the most common roadblocks they face in optimizing their EHR.
Seven out of 10 physicians have used the same electronic health record (EHR) for more than five years, a Medical Economics survey found. Yet one-third of physicians still struggle with EHR usability: 38% want a system that is easier to use, and 33% want customization options.
As the threat and cost of ransomware attacks in life sciences rises, organizations face intense pressure to embed new controls that protect the integrity of their data, including patient data from clinical trials, electronic health records, physicians notes, etc.
Epic’s Community Connect program enables large healthcare systems with Epic EHRs to “share” their systems with independent and small-group practices. But there’s a lot to consider in selecting a host.
Even before the pandemic, American Medical Association research linked breakdowns in EHR usability to physician burnout. Now, with 51% of physicians saying the time they spend on the EHR outside scheduled work time is “excessive” or “moderately high,” identifying ways to optimize use of the EHR is emerging as a key way to relieve physicians’ administrative burden and bring back joy in medicine.
According to a recent Healthcare Triangle survey, two out of three healthcare executives strive to digitally transform their healthcare organization primarily to improve the patient experience. Unfortunately, according to the same survey, some two-thirds of respondents who say they have a documented strategy for digital transformation believe they don’t have enough resources to implement it. The biggest obstacles: lack of staff resources (49%) and cost (about 25%).
Epic EHR implementation pose many challenges for healthcare organizations. When done with the right tools and strategies in place, organizations can significantly improve patient care and clinical workflows. One of the most important factors to consider when embarking on Epic implementation is collaboration.
