May 16, 2017
Why healthcare needs to get ready for big data
A few months back, I attended a panel on big data at an industry conference, and the moderator asked, “What are some of the benefits of using big data and analytics?” A panelist replied, “There is enormous value in knowing how many appointments and visits my providers have — we couldn’t answer that ...
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April 18, 2017
How MEDITECH’s optimized EHR can prevent physician burnout
I hear it more and more from my colleagues: They’re feeling burnt out. Studies of physician satisfaction find that doctors are reducing the number of patients they see, and report feelings of emotional exhaustion, loss of enthusiasm, and depersonalization of patient care. The most recent study by ...
March 15, 2017
How we achieved a 99% query response rate with our EHR
As Medical Director of Clinical Document Improvement at St. Joseph Health, it is my department’s responsibility to facilitate an accurate representation of a patient’s clinical status, which can be translated into useable, coded data. This data is then processed into quality reporting, physician ...