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Last month in February, there was more than 60,100+ cases confirmed globally and about 1,370 deaths.  Now there are more than 463,000 total cases and over 21,100 deaths from COVID-19.  In a span of a month, cases have increased by almost 700% and deaths by over 1500%.  The drastic increases of cases and deaths inRead more

Is your organization utilizing Epic as your EHR system? Take advantage of the various tools Epic has to offer to help treat and prevent Coronavirus (COVID-19).  Here are the top 5 things to know: Interoperability Epic’s has a great interoperability network where healthcare organizations can share travel screening documentation and infection status information with bothRead more

Are you attending HIMSS20 next week? Say hello to Global Healthcare IT and make sure to meet our representatives, Nash Castle (ncastle@globalhit) and Maria Vargas (mvargas@globalhit.com)! Here is a quick summary on what HIMSS20 conference entails.  HIMSS20 will be from March 9-13, 2020 in Orlando, Florida.  It is the largest healthcare conference that happens onceRead more

Why are healthcare organizations transitioning from Cerner to Epic?  The top two reasons for switching for Cerner to Epic is to make a change to improve efficiencies or that they were acquired by a larger hospital and need to be on a single, integrated platform.   Over the past 5 years, here are the major healthcareRead more

Will you be attending HIMSS20 Global Health Conference & Exhibition? Don’t miss out on the leading health information and technology conference.  Global Healthcare IT will be there to learn about all the upcoming 2020 healthcare IT trends.  We would also love to meet you there.  Email us at info@globalhit.com to schedule a meeting. Our organizationRead more

The coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a respiratory infection that originated from Wuhan, China. According to John Hopkins’ updated 2019-nCoV outbreak tracker, there have been more than 60,100+ cases (59,000+ of the cases are just from Mainland China) confirmed globally and about 1,370 deaths as of February 13th, 2020. On January 31st, 2020 the 2019-nCoV outbreak wasRead more

There is no surprise that Epic Systems, once again, won Best in KLAS for Top Overall Software Suite for Electronic Health Records (EHR / EMR).  Epic has continually dominated as the top software for the past 10 years!  Epic continues to prove its worth by also winning eight other Best in KLAS awards.  The titleRead more

As you may know Epic has won best in KLAS EMR software on numerous occasions.  They have won a variety of best in KLAS awards 9 out of the past 10 years.  With the growing demand for the Epic EMR, there is an increased need for certified Consultants.  According to ZipRecruiter, nationwide Epic certified AnalystsRead more

The 2020 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference followed the usual format with one major exception.  The lineup for the Not-For-Profit track was missing one major player, Kaiser Permanente.  The reason being the usual presenter for Kaiser had recently passed away suddenly (2 months beforehand).  I did not know Bernard Tyson personally, but, he was always regardedRead more

Global Healthcare IT, Inc. has officially turned 20! We would like to take this time to thank all of our many clients and employees for the great success we have achieved together over these many years.  It has been a long and wonderful journey.  During which Global Healthcare IT, Inc. has become one of theRead more