eClinicalWorks Blog
- 28 January, 2022
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4 Patient Engagement Solutions to Help Patients and Practices in 2022
In the last few years, we have seen dramatic shifts in how patients have interacted with technology and taken control of their own health during a global pandemic.
Continue Reading- 25 January, 2022
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The Right Tools During Challenging Times
Given the challenges of COVID-19, we are indeed living in turbulent times. From lockdowns and mask mandates to the impact on supply chains and economic growth, societies around the globe are dealing with the kind of crisis most of us have never known.
Continue Reading- 19 January, 2022
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Healthcare 2022: Regulatory Trends to Look for in the Year Ahead
While much attention will remain focused on the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022, other topics of importance to healthcare providers in 2022 include:
Continue Reading- 11 January, 2022
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What Population Health Is and Why It Matters
In March 2003, an article in the American Journal of Public Health could declare that “Population health is a relatively new term that has not yet been precisely defined.”
Continue Reading- 30 December, 2021
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2021 eClinicalWorks Year in Review
2022 is just a few days away, so we wanted to take a moment to look back at some of the things we’ve accomplished in 2021 to better our healthcare IT solutions for improving care for all.
Continue Reading- 28 December, 2021
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Looking Back at 5 Key Success Stories from 2021
Despite everyone’s hopes — and the efforts and sacrifices of vaccine makers, public health authorities, and the general public — 2021 is ending much as it began, with continued disruption and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading- 15 December, 2021
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Meeting Staffing Needs: Looking Beyond COVID-19
An October 2021 report from Fitch Ratings found that since February 2020 — when the COVID-19 pandemic began — employment in the U.S. healthcare industry has declined by 524,000 positions.
Continue Reading- 9 December, 2021
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Cultivating Company Culture Through Gingerbread
December is a time when many people come together to celebrate aspects of their culture and bring about a collective feeling of togetherness. December at eClinicalWorks® is no exception – where eCW employees from every department and office across the United States come together to build their own gingerbread houses.
Continue Reading- 7 December, 2021
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Let’s Celebrate National Influenza Vaccination Week #fightflu
The good news: The CDC reported that the 2020-2021 flu season saw much lower numbers of hospitalizations, mortality rates, and only one reported case of a pediatric flu death, despite high levels of testing and a record number of influenza vaccine doses applied. The obvious news: We need to continue these efforts into the next year and hope to see even lower numbers going forward.
Continue Reading- 2 December, 2021
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Healthcare Education: An Ongoing and Growing Need
A 2017 report from HealthManagement.org projected that the healthcare and social assistance sectors of the U.S. economy would add 5 million jobs between 2012 and 2022. But as positive as that trend sounded — and healthcare has indeed added millions of jobs in recent years — the report’s real purpose was to emphasize the need for ongoing education for healthcare professionals.
Continue Reading- 30 November, 2021
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Toward the Liberation of Medical Data
Since ancient times, humans have used silos for the storage of crops. Efficient and sometimes elegant, such silos have helped sustain and advance human civilization. In the last century or so, however, humans have begun putting data into silos, with decidedly mixed results.
Continue Reading- 23 November, 2021
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The Future is Online Appointment Scheduling
Whether you’re reserving a table at your favorite restaurant or ensuring that you have a set time to visit a busy fine arts museum, online appointment scheduling continues to become further ingrained in our daily lives. The same should be said about the way patients schedule a visit to the doctor’s office.
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