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• Multi-Factor Authentication Gains Traction In Healthcare

  4/11/2016

  In the early days of the Internet, there wasn’t a lot of user information stored on websites and publicly accessible databases. The only thing a user went to a healthcare website for was to check office hours or find a phone number. She wouldn’t need to access sensitive materials because the majority of them weren’t stored electronically. As for medical records and billing transactions — it was all paper, all the time.

• How IT Can Support Patient Safety In A Surgical Setting

  10/7/2019

  Twenty years ago, the Institute of Medicine published its seminal Consensus Report on patient safety, “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System.” That report noted that almost 100,000 annual deaths resulted from preventable medical errors and called for greater exploration of technology to reduce medical errors.

• EHR Switch Disrupts Physician Workflow

  3/28/2014

  Dr. Richard Long, SVP & CMO at UPMC Hamot speaks to the biggest challenges UPMC Hamot’s physicians faced in regards to UPMC Hamot’s rollover from Soarian to Cerner, mentioning “the way their workflow flows” as the biggest. Long also says, “While the physicians welcomed (the change), it’s obviously a challenge once it happens to you.”

• How Hybrid Tech Models Will Enable Healthcare To Outmaneuver Uncertainty

  6/25/2020

  Digital transformation has been underway in healthcare for the better part of a decade, and until a few months ago it was a slow-moving transition for many organizations. But that all changed recently with many forced to make rapid pivots (some overnight), and healthcare leaders learned speed is not only possible but necessary if they are to achieve transformation and thrive in the face of uncertainty going forward.

• Are Open APIs The Future Of Meaningful Use?

  2/1/2016

  CMS has finally conceded to the weaknesses of their EHR Incentive Program, or Meaningful Use (MU). In recent announcements, Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt admitted the program has lacked the focus on interoperability and usability it should have had and that it is time for a change. The new plan is to find a solution that ties together the incentive programs like MU and PQRS with the move towards value-based reimbursement and a deeper focus on data sharing. By Tom Giannulli, MS, MD, CMIO, Kareo

• A Passionate Defense Of Scribes

  1/23/2015

  It is clear there is a major amount of tension around the cumbersome technology associated with most EHRs. Unfortunately, some are blaming the technology’s limitations on the ever-popular Medical Scribe. Many have gone as far as to insinuate the use of medical scribes is the reason why technology is not developing quickly to resolve EHR problems – this is like saying that citizens paying their taxes are to blame for the government not seeking to balance the budget and exercise appropriate fiscal control. By Michael Murphy, MD, CEO, ScribeAmerica