Advancing patient safety awareness by addressing ECRI’s top 10 patient safety concerns
Patient safety has always been at the forefront of MEDITECH's mission. During this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 10-16), we are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of MEDITECH's internal Patient Safety/Priority Event (PS/PE) Management group. The PS/PE group coordinates initiatives ...
Becoming a master of change in a dynamic industry
As a leader of transformational change at Ozarks Healthcare, it is no surprise that Priscilla Frase, MD, CMIO, and hospitalist was recently recognized as a 2024 HIMSS Changemaker in Health Award winner.
MEDITECH Expanse takes center stage at ViVE 2024
Following the rapid technology boom inspired by AI’s mainstream debut, ViVE 2024 encouraged participants to bring their best advancements to the floor, and MEDITECH embraced that mission with passion. This year, we featured the best of Expanse, the intelligent EHR platform.
The push and the pull: An interoperability update
Anyone following the world of health information technology (HIT) over the past decade knows there’s been tremendous work behind the scenes to advance interoperability and data sharing. Our efforts are finally coming to fruition as we move beyond the era of static document sharing into a new era of ...
4 resources to learn more about MEDITECH’s strategic application of AI
MEDITECH knows that AI will continue to expand its influence across every facet of healthcare technology. By leveraging tools like Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models (LLMs), and a secure, scalable cloud architecture, MEDITECH is blending AI capabilities into Expanse, our intelligent ...
San Luis Valley Health elevates patient access with MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR
Spanning six different counties across southern Colorado and part of northern New Mexico, the San Luis Valley is known as the world’s largest alpine valley. With unpredictable weather given the time of year and a unique set of geographical features that can restrict transportation, San Luis Valley ...
Preparing home health agencies for value-based purchasing in 2025
In 2023, home health agencies were finally starting to get their feet under them. They were receiving initial reports on their status in the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model, giving much needed insight on where to restructure their strategies, and continuing to recover from the ...
Progressing complex pediatric care with Bethany Children’s Health Center and MEDITECH
According to a study by the NSCH, 1 in 5 children in the United States has a special healthcare need, amounting to around 14 million children. This tells us a substantial percentage of our population requires services formulated to their stage of life, which pediatric clinics and hospitals across ...
Responding to disaster at Brockton Hospital [Video]
It’s been almost a year since disaster struck at Brockton Hospital. On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, an electrical fire erupted in the hospital’s transformer room, resulting in the city's first ever 10-alarm fire. The response included 77 ambulances from surrounding towns and states, six wheelchair ...
5 steps to take before embarking on your AI journey
AI has the potential to impact every industry by expanding the capabilities of IT vendors to develop novel solutions, and the ability of users to better leverage their data.