Clinical Decision Support

Emergency Rooms Failing to Meet Seniors’ Needs

August 20, 2013     John DeGaspari
news
Emergency departments are not meeting the needs of senior citizens, according to a international study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

SCIPing Forward Together: Revelations from One Six Sigma Perioperative Project

August 19, 2013     Mark Hagland
blog
It was fascinating to read a recent account in the July/August issue of “Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare” about a Six Sigma project around improving perioperative outcomes and processes. Not only was the case study a worthwhile read in itself, it clearly had implications for healthcare IT leaders.

HRSA Grants $3M to Health Centers for Health IT Implementation

August 5, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
news
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has granted $3 million to six health center networks to improve the quality of care through implementation and adoption of health information technology.

The Doctor Is In (and Wants to Get Online)

July 29, 2013     Mark Hagland
article
Compared with some industries, mobile computing came late to healthcare. But now, the revolution is accelerating—both on the clinician end-user side, and in the arena of clinician-patient communications and care management. How are IT leaders engaging clinicians and helping clinicians engage patients, in the emerging healthcare? CIOs and CMIOs are figuring out how to help their organizations survive--and thrive--in the emerging world of mobility.

Linking DNA and EHRs: We’re on the Way

July 26, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
blog
Precision medicine is an emerging field that someday soon could allow clinicians and patients to make more informed decisions about treatments that would ultimately improve care, save lives, and reduce healthcare costs. While there are challenges in getting there and naysayers who don’t believe in the integration of genomic data with EHRs, the recent work of healthcare organizations around the country has made me a believer.

Advancing Mobile Computing: How One New Jersey Group Has Moved Forward

July 21, 2013     Mark Hagland
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The number of patient care organizations across the U.S. in which physician mobility is moving forward is growing daily. Among that throng is the 15-physician Vanguard Medical Group in northeastern New Jersey. In the case of Vanguard, participation in a statewide patient-centered medical home program, and creating its own visiting nurse program, spurred development of a mobile computing strategy.

Where the Rubber Meets the Road in MD Documentation: An Emergency Physician Perspective

July 20, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Reid Conant, M.D. of the Tri-City Emergency Medical Group, a 23-doctor emergency physician practice in Oceanside, California, shares his perspectives on the role of speech recognition solutions in optimizing physician documentation processes in the emergency medicine sphere. One key point: it’s not about typing ability.

A New Digital Health Center at UCSF is Clearing the Path for Innovation

July 18, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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In May, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) announced it was creating a Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) to move forward with individualized precision medicine. With such a massive endeavor come challenges and questions, and HCI Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal was able to speak with UCSF Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) Michael Blum, M.D., who has been tapped to lead the CDHI.

Are We There Yet? Using Genomic Information in EHR for Patient Care

July 4, 2013     M. Wayne Craige
blog
It’s Monday July 8 and you woke up feeling sick, and you know you better see your doctor. In the office, your doctor looks you over, listens to your symptoms, but before he prescribes a drug, the doctor said, “Lets get a sample of your blood so that I can take a look at your Deoxyribonucleic Acid”. You heard me right, your DNA!

Post-CPOE Optimization at Adventist Health: a Conversation with Kshitij Saxena, M.D.

June 30, 2013     Mark Hagland
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During the Physician-Computer Connection Symposium 2013, sponsored by AMDIS, in Ojai, Calif. June 25-28, HCI’s Mark Hagland sat down for a conversation with Kshitij Saxena, M.D., regional medical director, medical informatics, at the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System. Dr. Saxena and his colleagues are deeply involved in post-CPOE system optimization these days.
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