Patient Care

This page includes news coverage of various aspects of patient healthcare, including new technology innovations, what is working, what is not, personalized medicine and remote and telemedicine delivery. Find specific news in the areas of Care DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

Beyond Implementation: Innovative Uses of EHRs

Tuesday, March 2, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMJoin us to hear about key implementation strategies, innovations (biometrics, pay-for-performance, employee health) and successful performance-improvement projects that provide improved outcomes derived from electronic health record use.

What Does the Future of the Ambulatory Practice Look Like in a Post-ARRA Era?

Tuesday, March 2, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM The government has taken unprecedented steps to support the adoption of EHRs for physician practices through the passage of the ARRA. This session will look into the future and envision what a practice would look like if it took advantage of an EHR implementation after 2015.

New Rules for an Old Game: Structuring Winning EHR Contracts

Tuesday, March 2, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM This session will explore the unique aspects of electronic health record software agreements, including complex regulatory and data rights issues that can affect enterprise customers such as hospitals and health systems.

Patient Care, Politics, and Profits: Success with a Private Practice EHR

Tuesday, March 2, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Join this session to hear how Virginia Women's Center utilizes an EHR to raise the bar in patient care, safety, customer service and workflow efficiencies with successful business results.

One Year Later: 100 Percent Provider Adoption of an Inpatient/Outpatient EHR

Tuesday, March 2, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMLearn how Guthrie Clinic, a multispecialty, multistate group practice for Guthrie Health, maintained 100 percent provider adoption and return on investment one year after its paperless electronic health record launch.

EHR Adoption: A Davies Award Winning Story

Tuesday, March 2, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMCome and learn how an Atlanta practice successfully acquired and implemented an electronic health record program and how their success resulted in being selected as a 2006 HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care Award winner.

Partnering Together for a Successful EHR Implementation

Tuesday, March 2, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Learn how a strong foundation, set early on in the electronic health record implementation process at MultiCare's clinics, led to a commitment to patient safety and quality care in MultiCare's hospitals, which successfully reaped the benefits of seamless, connected care.

Leveraging EMR Data to Develop Disease-Based Registries

Tuesday, March 2, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Disease-based registries are effective tools, especially in conjunction with electronic medical records. The presenters will use actual registries to illustrate a multidisciplinary implementation approach. Challenges and opportunities posed by an EMR will be highlighted.

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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