June 10, 2021
Addressing mental health in Ontario during the pandemic [Podcast]
For the newest MEDITECH podcast, I recently spoke with Sanaz Riahi, RN, PhD, Vice President, Practice, Academics and Chief Nursing Executive at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario, about how her organization responded to the region’s mental health crisis amid ...
June 8, 2021
Don’t get lost in the numbers: Making home health data actionable
Making fiscally responsible decisions and empowering efficiency are organizational commitments at Stillwater Medical Home Health Services. These efforts can be challenging when data isn’t actionable or intuitive for clinical staff. Facing changes in payment models, we adjusted our processes and the ...
June 2, 2021
How The Valley Hospital used surveillance technology to move nurses from the computer to the bedside [Podcast]
On our most recent episode of the MEDITECH podcast, I was joined by two IT leaders from The Valley Hospital (Ridgewood, NJ), Alicia Brubaker, RN, Director of Clinical Informatics and Chris Neumann, Clinical Analyst for Surveillance, to discuss how they used surveillance tools to cut documentation ...
May 25, 2021
How one physician’s experience helped define Cambridge Memorial’s approach to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a call to arms for many. In and around Toronto, and in other cities throughout Canada, the recent third wave as reported last month by CNN continues to wear on all of us, and hearing of the disastrous situation in India is beyond heartbreaking.
May 18, 2021
CHIME Opioid Action Center podcast: Addressing opioid addiction stigma
In CHIME’s recent Opioid Action Center podcast, I speak with Dr. Sarah Porter, who is the senior medical director of family practice at Southern Ohio Medical Center (Portsmouth, OH). We discuss the stigma associated with opioid addiction — cited in Combating the Stigma of Addiction: The Need for a ...
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May 12, 2021
How data brought ‘new life and new hope’ amid COVID-19 [Podcast]
As healthcare organizations assess their response to COVID-19, two key indicators seem to determine the success of their efforts: How well their staff was prepared, and how effectively they leveraged data to adjust to changing conditions.
May 6, 2021
3 blogs to commemorate National Nurses Month
Many of us are in a different place than spring of 2020, thanks in no small part to the dedication of nurses and other caregivers, who didn’t miss a beat when the world shifted so quickly last year. As we elevate these hardworking individuals this month, and during this extended Year of the Nurse, ...
May 5, 2021
How St Luke’s doubled patient portal enrollment during the pandemic [Podcast]
While patients are often satisfied with using their patient portal, it can often be difficult for organizations to get patients to take the initial step of signing up. But for many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of enrollment, as patients look to the portal for everything ...
April 27, 2021
Looking past the pandemic: A vision of healthcare’s future
The past year has been incredibly challenging for the entire healthcare community. That includes those of us in healthcare IT. Of course, we have not been subjected to the incredible levels of stress faced by front-line healthcare workers, but we've had to pivot and make changes we couldn’t have ...
April 22, 2021
How COVID-19 has changed public perceptions of home care
We’ve witnessed a real transformation for home care delivery over the past year and a half. Sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has taken a “quantum leap” forward as clinicians are now actively embracing integration and working together as a care team to keep patients safe, healthy, and ...