EHR Usability

Artificial Intelligence System Predicts Postoperative Complications

March 21, 2023 - Recent research published in JAMA Network Open found that an artificial intelligence (AI) system known as MySurgeryRisk used EHR data and input features to predict postoperative complications successfully. Predicting postoperative complications is extremely valuable in informing clinical decision-making during surgical procedures. These predictions...

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Using a Patient-Reported Outcome Tool to Make EHR Data Actionable

by Shania Kennedy

EHRs play a critical role in guiding care coordination and delivery, but interoperability challenges can prevent EHR data from being used effectively to improve patient care. Addressing these issues is a major focus for healthcare...

New Initiative Combines Nursing Expertise, AI to Create Prediction Model

by Shania Kennedy

Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) is leading a multi-hospital effort known as the CONCERN (COmmunicating Narrative Concerns Entered by RNs) Initiative, which aims to utilize...

Machine Learning, Whole Genome Sequencing Detect Disease Outbreaks

by Erin McNemar, MPA

University of Pittsburg School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University researchers are using machine learning and whole-genome sequencing to improve the detection of infectious disease...

62% of Execs Have Implemented an Artificial Intelligence Strategy

by Jessica Kent

Healthcare industry leaders are ramping up their artificial intelligence implementation efforts, with just over 60 percent saying that they have adopted AI strategies in their organizations, according...

How Teamwork Fuels Award Winning Health Information Management

by Jessica Kent

At the core of any meaningful healthcare intervention is medical data. A patient’s health history, prescription information, and demographic data are the building blocks of quality care delivery,...

Using Machine Learning, Health IT to Improve Patient Safety

by Jessica Kent

Across the care continuum, all healthcare organizations are continuously seeking new and innovative ways to improve patient safety.  Medication errors, hospital-acquired conditions, and...

Nuance Beats Competitors to Ambient Computing in the Clinic

by Jennifer Bresnick

Artificial intelligence is taking many forms in the healthcare environment as vendors strive to address deeply entrenched pain points for clinicians and patients. Many electronic health record...

Kaiser’s Population Health Medical School Will Start Off Free

by Jennifer Bresnick

Kaiser Permanente’s new medical school will offer free tuition for the first five classes that enter the institution, the health system announced this week. The school, which will focus heavily...

IBM Watson Health Teams Up with Hospitals for AI, EHR Research

by Jennifer Bresnick

IBM Watson Health has announced a ten-year, $50 million investment in artificial intelligence (AI) research partnerships with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Vanderbilt University Medical...

How to Facilitate User-Centered Design in Health IT Tools

by Jessica Kent

User-centered design in health IT tools is a relatively new phenomenon, but one that is growing increasingly common, especially as end-users continue to gripe about convoluted workflows and...

Hard Stops in EHRs, Clinical Decision Support Can Improve Care

by Jennifer Bresnick

Clinical decision support systems that use hard stops, in which a response is required before a user can move forward with a task, are associated with higher performance on both process and outcomes...

FHIR is Blazing a Path to Patient-Centered, Data-Driven Healthcare

by Jennifer Bresnick

Only a few short years after the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources were introduced to the healthcare industry, almost no one knows what they are. The lengthy, somewhat cumbersome proper name has nearly disappeared from print, and...

KLAS: Behavioral Health EHR Vendors Perform Poorly

by Jessica Kent

EHR vendors in the behavioral health space demonstrated low performance rates in areas such as customer satisfaction and system updates, according to a new report from KLAS. The average overall score...

Are Universal EHRs Key to Healthcare Value, Trust, and AI Adoption?

by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare providers in the United States generally don’t harbor very warm feelings for their electronic health records (EHRs). Despite efforts from vendors and regulators to improve the...

Top 4 Ways Providers, Vendors Can Improve EHR Usability

by Jessica Kent

The arrival of the electronic health record (EHR) in healthcare has brought just as many challenges as it has benefits, with patient advocates often citing poor EHR usability as the root cause of...

Using Big Data Analytics for Patient Safety, Hospital Acquired Conditions

by Jennifer Bresnick

Prediction and prevention are the two main goals for patient safety experts seeking to avoid adverse events and reduce the prevalence of hospital acquired conditions (HACs).   While workflow strategies, staff training, and human...

3 Steps to Reduce Diagnostic, Medication Errors with EHRs, APIs

by Jessica Kent

Health IT has become an integral part of the care continuum, offering the promise of optimal, standardized care delivery. However, poor development and implementation of electronic health records...

CHIO Role at CMS Will Enhance Data Sharing, Health IT Use

by Jessica Kent

The new Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) position at CMS will work with federal officials and industry stakeholders to improve care delivery and patient outcomes through increased data sharing...

Workflow Standards Key for Improved EHR Usability, Safety

by Jessica Kent

Health IT developers and providers should work together and define workflow and implementation strategies to enhance electronic health record (EHR) usability and safety, according to a study conducted...

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