Workflow

Leveraging tools to create an efficient workflow means keeping up with the latest software.

New Care Quality Commission report on Barts Health NHS Trust indicates the combination of paper and electronic notes led to a serious incident resulting in a patient’s death.

A risk assessment can be the foundation for budgeting and priorities for the department.

APIs bring third-party analytics tools into the Epic platform, helping hospitals get more out of EHR investments, hospital CIO says.

Barry Herrin, principal at Herrin Health Law, says spending more money on security technology will only accomplish diminishing returns. Instead, hospitals should take a broader view of people and processes, implementing risk management frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53 and partnering with external threat groups such as InfoGuard and the FBI.

OnBase Mackinac enables easier collaboration, expedited document sharing between providers and payers, Hyland says.

Six hospitals and outpatient clinics at the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based health system are using the unified electronic health record system, which replaces 80 pieces of legacy software.

Citing a current lack of adequate technology for treating complex patients, the companies said they will develop clinical decision support tools and lead initiatives to improve care coordination and cost management.

The Utah system will tap Red Hat for more agile, modern infrastructure as it replaces legacy tools.

The academic medical center cites years of misfiring alerts and wireless monitoring challenges that it says taxed its staff and put patient safety at risk.