1.5 Million Referrals Exchanged via P2POpen

By: July 31, 2015 at 4:07

Earlier this week, eClinicalWorks announced an exciting milestone – the P2POpen network has exchanged 1.5 million referrals between medical providers utilizing a variety of EHR systems. As we, as an industry, have moved to electronic records, one of the key benefits is the ability to access comprehensive, timely information regarding patient care that originates from a variety of sources. This free network ensures healthcare providers can connect with each other for patient care regardless of what EHR system is in use or if the practice is using paper records.   […]
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Gaining Business Insight from Cricket

By: July 24, 2015 at 3:22

CEO Girish Navani recently sat down with Fast Company’s David Zax, discussing his love for cricket and the business lessons that can be inferred.   Girish has been playing cricket for a large portion of his life. In fact, eClinicalWorks has a team that plays in the New England Cricket Association. In college, he grew just as interested in the NFL and continues to be.   In addition to the usual lessons of athletics, Girish discusses three ways in which cricket, more than some other sports, offers three lessons for […]
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Population Health – Working as a Team

By: April 30, 2015 at 1:40

A desire for more coordinated care has led to the advancement of accountable care organizations (ACO) and similar models. These organizations have set out to improve the delivery of healthcare, while reducing costs and leveraging evidence-based care to collaborate with care teams and patients. At the forefront this movement is Minnesota’s Children’s Health Network (CHN), where we visited for our final Season One episode. We joined Chad Johnson, CEO, Dave Overman, President and COO of Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minn., and Dr. Kelly Lemieux, Pediatrician with Wayzata Children’s Clinic […]
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Wearables, Trackers and healow…Oh My!

By: April 22, 2015 at 12:59

Recently, we announced some exciting developments with the healow (Health & Online Wellness) patient engagement platform — integration with industry-leading wearable devices and fitness trackers. Available now, consumers can have data from these devices seamlessly integrated into their PHR via healow.com and the healow mobile application as well as be available to that person’s medical provider.   Bringing this a step further, and with patient permission, information may automatically enter the EHR system. When a patient goes to see their doctor, the physician can bring up the information in the […]
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Future of the Connected Healthcare System

By: March 20, 2015 at 4:40

Technology plays a vital role in today’s healthcare landscape with the overall goal of driving down costs and improving patient outcomes. It has the potential to connect patients, doctors and payers within the healthcare ecosystem and simplify how they access health information through patient portals, wearable devices and mobile apps. Essential to connecting all of this technology and making it meaningful is an electronic health record (EHR) system that acts as a central database that provides doctors with easy access to crucial patient information.   Today, the digitization of healthcare […]
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The Next Phase of Innovation in Healthcare

By: March 20, 2015 at 2:21

Fifteen years ago, healthcare was lagging behind other industries when it came to high-tech innovation and changing Americans’ perception of “the way things had to be done.” At that time, having your health records available electronically was just starting to resonate. Now that the majority of physicians use electronic health records (EHR), the industry is still innovating and at an even more rapid pace to bring consumer-facing health apps, wearables and telehealth to the market.   Most physicians and professionals in the healthcare industry agree that patients who have easy […]
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The Playbook for Patient Engagement

By: March 20, 2015 at 9:20

As talked about as patient engagement is today, there is still plenty of confusion around how to maximize it. Enterprise solutions such as EHRs and revenue cycle management streamline the healthcare process therefore simplifying the patient’s experience, and with telehealth, mobile and wearable devices, patients can experience a more personalized experience. My son uses his mobile phone and a QR code to buy coffee, why not also use the same technology to check-in at his doctor’s office?   As the quarterbacks of care, doctors have a unique advantage in the […]
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Bigger Data, Better Healthcare

By: March 19, 2015 at 5:25

In an age where connectivity is constantly accessible, the term “Big Data” has quickly become a buzzword favored by any business seeking information about its customers, products and even its performance. But this seemingly ambiguous term has a place in the healthcare industry as well. “Big Data” is more than a buzzword for doctors, researchers and patients – it means easier access to health information, predictive medicine, quicker diagnoses and better treatment.   According to an article from Harvard Business Review, a total of 2.5 quintillion terabytes of data were […]
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Patient Portal – Do More With Less

By: March 17, 2015 at 9:07

It is hard to believe that eCW Podcast has produced almost an entire first season. For this episode, host Adam Siladi talks with Dr. Mark McNeill of Trillium Family Medicine about how utilizing the Patient Portal has improved his practice by reducing tedious tasks, while helping him see more patients. Filmed at the 2014 eClinicalWorks National Users Conference, Dr. McNeill mentions how his patients take advantage of the convenience of booking appointments online. He explains how he primarily runs the entire practice’s workflow through the portal by sending messages, booking […]
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2014 NUC: Monday

By: October 20, 2014 at 10:49

The concluding day for the National Users Conference was a great one. Today was dedicated to each and every one of our clients. At Support and Training, many questions were answered by our knowledgeable and friendly Support Engineers and Trainers in the dedicated support rooms, handing How-To and workflow-related questions to give you a more intuitive way to manage your day-to-day responsibilities. Hands-on-training was also full as software specialists gave the attendees the opportunity to conduct exercises using individual computer workstations, including a defined agenda. Attendees also had the ability […]
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