Tag: HIMSS19

Anyone paying attention is aware of the app explosion happening in healthcare today while questions persist about just how useful so many digital therapeutics actually are in a clinical setting. Work at Mount Sinai, however, is showcasing the promise of digital tools and apps. Mount Sinai started by constructing a patient design group while developing a

With HIMSS19 just days away, EHR giant Cerner has a lot on its mind. And its executives at the global health IT conclave are going to be focused on a variety of trends affecting EHRs and much more. “Healthcare is a fast-paced industry defined by dramatic shifts in regulations, technology, care delivery and patient-physician interactions,”

eClinicalWorks this year is concentrating its efforts, and cloud-based services, on reducing the burden EHRs put on clinicians. “The epidemic of physician burnout continues to threaten the quality of healthcare,” Girish Navani, CEO of eClinicalWorks said. To that end, the EHR maker is demonstrating tools, Navani said, “that will help providers save time by eliminating

HIMSS has honored California Correctional Health Care Services with its 2018 Davies Community Award of Excellence, recognizing the provider organization’s efforts in using health IT to reduce hospitalizations for high-risk patients. Ten years ago, California Correctional Health Care Services was buried in paper. Tens of thousands of inches of healthcare records were spread out across