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Epic Systems is now partnering with Boston-based American Well in launching a new application to allow virtual visits.  The visits will be available directly through Epic MyChart.  Patients will be able to schedule virtual appointments or request virtual visits.  This will help hospitals provide a more accessible level of care. According to American Well, theirRead 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

The American Medical Association (AMA) has developed 8 priorities for EHR vendors to promote usability and support for patients.  The AMA’s goal is to make EHR is an asset rather than a cost of doing business, or, in some cases, a problem. Enhance physicians’ ability to provide high quality patient care The EHR system shouldRead more

According to the Mercom Capital Group report, health IT funding in 2019 reaches an all time high of more than $5 billion and we are only halfway through the year.  In comparison to 2018, Worldwide venture funding for digital health companies was only $4.9 billion for 383 deals but in 2019 the total raised isRead more

To help battle against physician frustration with EMR’s, University of Missouri Health (MU Heath Care) at Columbia now offer a monthly “EMR happy hour” session for clinicians.  The sessions are taken place at MU Health Care in the family medicine department, where MU HC uses the Cerner EMR.  During the one-hour session, clinicians can troubleshootRead more

Click here for a bigger picture Epic Ambulatory certification is one of the most common Epic certifications since it is one of the main and largest components of Epic System.  With this module, Primary Care and Specialty clinicians are to input data such as: clinical documentation, order entry and e-prescribing. Nationwide, the average income of anRead more

The road to becoming certified is not the easiest journey but it is rewarding.  If you haven’t read Amy Demski’s personal experience on her journey, please click here.  A brief overview on how to become certified is that you either need to be sponsored by a hospital to receive training at the Epic Systems HQRead more

In an industry that is frequently dominated by men, we at Global Healthcare IT, Inc. would like to shine some light on the influential female leaders in the healthcare sector today.  Health Data Management has an annual recognition program for the most powerful women in healthcare.  All the women listed here are the ones whoRead more

According to the CDC, “From January 1, 2019 to May 3, 2019, 764 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 23 states”.  This is a high record since the year 2000 where measles was apparently eliminated from the United States. With this outbreak going around, hospitals are looking for a way to help preventRead more