eClinicalWorks Blog
- 6 July, 2021
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Winning the Medical Information Game
Your providers thrive when they have access to the latest information on health, illness, and treatments. A 2006 study by the American Medical Informatics Association concluded that when physicians need good information they seek out gold-standard sources, including high-quality medical journals and reputable websites that specialize in their area of expertise.
Continue Reading- 1 July, 2021
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Improving Patient Safety Series: How International Standards Are Helping
This is the final blog in a series where we focus on how eClinicalWorks® continues to lead the healthcare IT industry in patient safety. Achieving the highest possible levels of patient safety in healthcare IT is a multifaceted process that includes proper handling of Reportable Events, reducing the Mean Time to Repair any such events, and addressing critical details such as data truncation, the handling of special characters, and uncoded allergies.
Continue Reading- 30 June, 2021
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Record Retrieval Made Easy With PRISMA
Patients today are likely to visit many different healthcare facilities to receive care. When going from place to place, it’s possible that records may not be as accessible to providers as necessary. That’s why we’ve created PRISMA, the eClinicalWorks® health information search engine.
Continue Reading- 24 June, 2021
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Improving Patient Safety Series: Uncoded Allergies
This is the fourth of five blogs in a series where we focus on how eClinicalWorks® continues to lead the healthcare IT industry in patient safety.
Continue Reading- 17 June, 2021
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Improving Patient Safety Series: Data Truncation and Special Characters
This is the third of five blogs in a series where we will focus on how eClinicalWorks® continues to lead the healthcare IT industry in patient safety.
Continue Reading- 15 June, 2021
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Make Billing Easier and Better
According to industry research firm IBISWorld, outsourced medical billing in the U.S. grew by an average 3.1% annually between 2015 and 2020, to $4.3 billion. More visits, more government regulations, and more complexity in healthcare are driving growth in an area where keeping a close eye on the books really pays off.
Continue Reading- 10 June, 2021
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Improving Patient Safety Series: Reducing Mean Time to Repair
This is the second of five blogs in a series on how eClinicalWorks® continues to lead the healthcare IT industry in patient safety.
Continue Reading- 9 June, 2021
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An Authoritative Voice for Healthcare Documentation
Given the diverse, complex tasks of modern medicine, it is likely that human scribes will always have a role to play in healthcare. Nonetheless, a May 2021 article in EHR Intelligence notes that health systems nationwide continue to adopt scribe technologies where the powers of computing and artificial intelligence can improve efficiency without compromising safety.
Continue Reading- 3 June, 2021
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Improving Patient Safety Series: Reducing Reportable Safety Events
This is the first of five blogs in a series focusing on how eClinicalWorks® continues to lead the healthcare IT industry in patient safety.
Continue Reading- 27 May, 2021
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When Neurological Care Cannot Wait
Every medical ailment demands attention, but some ailments are more urgent than others. Where a patient might be able to wait a week to have a sore toe examined, almost any problem with the central nervous system demands prompt examination and diagnosis.
Continue Reading- 25 May, 2021
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A Prescription for Safety, Legibility, and Ease of Use
Back in 2000, Donald M. Berwick, then CEO at the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement, coauthored an editorial article lamenting the persistence of paper medical records and handwritten prescriptions.
Continue Reading- 20 May, 2021
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Solutions for Allergy Testing, Tracking, and Treatment
Have you noticed all that yellow-green dust settling on your porch, your driveway, your car, and maybe even the dog? That’s pollen, of course, and while it may not be a problem for you, it’s a problem for millions of people. And pollen is just one of thousands of potential allergens that can wreak havoc with human health.
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