Lakes Regional Healthcare Begins Transition to New Electronic Health Record Platform
Lakes Regional Healthcare (LRH) will transition to Epic, a new electronic health record (EHR) system, on May 30 as part of the organization’s continued commitment to improving patient care, safety and communication across the healthcare system.
63-Provider Horizon Health Care Inc. Achieves 110K Annual Visits with eClinicalWorks Intelligent Cloud EHR
Horizon Health Care (Horizon), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) located across South Dakota, is adding solutions from eClinicalWorks to modernize and expand its 63-provider practice.
Case Report: The Untriggered Alert
A pulmonologist misses an abnormal CT report in the EHR, which contributes to a deadly delay in the diagnosis of lung cancer.
Meaningful Use: Managing the Maze
By now it is a term with which every American healthcare provider is intimately familiar. Some would say all too familiar. But when the words “meaningful use” first entered our vocabulary as part of the American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 as a way to bring medical care into the digital information age, they were, for many providers, a source of anxiety, confusion, and even fear.
Data Management: A Key Part of EHR Implementation
Have you deployed an EHR (Electronic Health Record) system? Are you planning on deploying one? In either case, how are you planning to manage the data that it contains or is generating to ensure performance and availability? Was that part of your process and design requirements?
Patient Engagement: It’s Personal
The new era of healthcare focuses on patient engagement as a way to reduce costs and improve outcomes. Practically everyone in the industry agrees that patient engagement is important, but there is no consistent definition.
Health Information Exchange: A (Relatively) Painless Option
By now, most providers are well aware of the goals and challenges associated with Health Information Exchange (HIE) and managing Electronic Health Records (EHRs). You have probably read the articles, heard the success (or otherwise) stories, and done some research. You have undoubtedly considered the challenges of implementing and upgrading your own IT system and you may be feeling a little overwhelmed.