April 25, 2019
Take the journey to Expanse with these MEDITECH customers [Videos]
Moving to a new EHR platform can seem like a daunting task, with the clinical and technological changes that it requires. In these videos, MEDITECH customer executives discuss how their hospitals successfully navigated the journey to Expanse, and the difference it’s made in how they practice ...
April 18, 2019
How social media and grassroots efforts can further connect your hospital with your community [Video]
In a constantly connected world, consumers are looking for ways to break down barriers between themselves and their providers. Recently, I sat down with Dr. William Dailey, CMIO at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (Clinton, MO), to hear about how organizations and individuals can use social media ...
April 9, 2019
CEO Howard Messing discusses 50 years of MEDITECH with John Lynn of Healthcare IT Today [Video]
MEDITECH’s President and CEO Howard Messing recently sat down with John Lynn, founder of Healthcare IT Today, for an extended two-part interview about the company, as we celebrate our 50th year in business.
April 4, 2019
How MaaS promotes EHR adoption for community healthcare systems
Whether a hospital has 25 or 300 beds, clinicians require the right tools to provide quality patient care. If only it were that simple, right? Procuring a modern EHR can be complex and costly, pulling on an organization’s resources from all angles — not to mention having to navigate numerous third ...
March 26, 2019
Thought Leader podcast: Clinical efficiency and the journey to Expanse
In this podcast, I speak with Dr. William Dailey, a board-certified Family Practice Physician and Chief Medical Information Officer at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (Clinton, MO.) about their recent go-live with MEDITECH Expanse.
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March 20, 2019
Using the cloud to ‘untether’ medicine from wired tech
A little over 35 years ago, on Feb. 8, 1984, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart left the space shuttle on mission STS-41-B for the first-ever untethered space walk, becoming what the New York Times called “the first human satellites.” Today, in clinical settings all over the ...
March 19, 2019
How EHRs can give physicians their “pajama time” back [Infographic]
It’s no secret that one of the biggest challenges for doctors in healthcare today is physician burnout. An often cited NEJM study found that physicians routinely take 1–2 hours of EHR/paperwork home each night, an activity commonly referred to as “pajama time”. But what can be done? With properly ...
March 12, 2019
Five hospitals, two organizations, and one eMAR come together to improve patient safety
Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of harm around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the cost associated with medication errors is around $42 billion USD annually. Likewise, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) has documented over ...
March 5, 2019
Let’s celebrate nurses in 2019
As nurses, we understand that our role continues to evolve within healthcare as a whole — and the tools that nurses use in delivering care are also changing. That’s why this year, we’ll be hosting and attending several events aimed at exploring new innovations that help nurses in their critical ...
February 26, 2019
Thought leader podcast series: Addressing the opioid crisis
In our latest Thought Leader podcast, I speak with Phil Campbell, CIO and VP of Information Services at CalvertHealth (Prince Frederick, MD), about how his organization has been addressing the opioid crisis through its award-winning Opioid Stewardship Program.