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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

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

According to Medical Economics’ 2019 EHR Scorecard report, more than 60% of physicians report that EHRs are harming patient engagement.  Most of the physicians surveyed stated that they would not choose their current EHR system and would like to re-do the implementation.  Now from a patient perspective, do they agree with their physicians? The KFFRead more

Are you and your healthcare organization aware of the new regulations in 2020 for patient medical record sharing?  The goal to these changes is to enhance patient choice and services by making patient medical records more accessible. According to Business Wire, federal requirements pose major challenges and opportunities for healthcare organizations.  When surveyed, about “18%Read more

Are you looking to transition your organization’s system to a new EMR? Here are the 4 best practices to take into consideration: Strong Leadership, Good Communications and Clear Goals Find an inhouse, or new staff employee who will take ownership of the project for the organization. Frequently, hospitals will outsource this key role, and thatRead more

A common mistake among hospitals and healthcare systems is that once they have implemented an EMR system, the misconception is that you can set it and forget it.  EHR/EMRs are constantly upgrading, releasing new modules, refining procedure, and allowing for improved optimization. Certain EMRs were built for small hospital systems and with mergers and/or organicRead more

The Department of Veteran Affairs has a 10-year, $16 billion dollar, EHR initiative with Cerner. To avoid the same mistake from last year, the VA will be launching a training program to train their personnel on the EHR. The VA’s new training program is called VITAL and it stands for VA Innovative Technology Advancement Lab. Read more

According to Business Intelligence, the EHR market will reach over 38.3 billion USD by 2025.  There is a growing investment and funding for EHR and support for research from the health information exchange organization (HIO).  Healthcare professionals are recognizing the importance of implementing EHR and it will continue to rapidly grow throughout the years. InRead more

Here are the 4 highlights for Cerner in the past couple of months: Cerner has partnered up with LifeCenters, a hospitality and real estate development company, to focus on creating new health programs for senior-living communities. They are looking to develop centers for primary care, pharmacy and fitness.  What Cerner is offering is their innovation:Read more

Electronic health records (EHR) were created to use as a tool to help benefit the hospital’s workflow and patience experience (at the same time as generating/collecting data that can be used both nationally and locally).  But throughout the years since 2011 to now, the AMA has noticed that physicians have reported burnout at a rateRead more