Introduction Increasing provider engagement is crucial to improving overall health outcomes for patients. Currently, provider engagement is lacking. For instance, different departments often do not communicate with each other, which can lead to worse outcomes for patients. Furthermore, physicians may be overwhelmed with other tasks and forget to follow up with...
Background Healthcare workers are beginning to worry about the next possible outbreak: cancer. The pandemic has caused patients to delay care and pass up preventive screening opportunities. In 2020, there were 10 million missed cancer screenings1. This can lead to more advanced stages of cancer and decreased life expectancy. Furthermore, the...
Abstract Innovations in patient engagement have been significantly falling behind. Patients lack information on services they may need or the cost for them. Furthermore, the pandemic continues to have lasting effects on society even after years since it first appeared. Patients have been putting off seeing their primary care physician. This...
Background - EHR Administrative Burdens Clinicians spend excessive time on EHR-related tasks, equating to more than half of their work-hours (1). This leads to less time collaborating with other healthcare professionals and less time treating patients. A study analyzed different EHR inboxes and found that more than half of the messages...
Background - Clinician Burnout Clinicians are spending excessive time on EHR systems which leads to burnout and less satisfaction with their work. Physicians spend more than half of their working time on EHR-related tasks1. This averages to be 4.5 hours while in the clinic, and 1.5 hours during their personal time1....
Abstract COVID-19 has increased physician burnout in the past few years. The current system involves one-way pagers and phone calls that require a standby clinician to answer and respond1. This results in clinicians requesting and receiving large amounts of information in an outdated system. The current systems lead to a breakdown...
Abstract Digital health solutions have drastically increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients now have access to virtual care and healthcare providers 24/7, remote monitoring, and more. Unfortunately, these innovations often don't reach the low income, disabled, and older population. It is crucial that health IT companies and...
As healthcare organizations shore up their digital systems, electronic patient records step under an especially bright spotlight. Whether you are an outpatient center, government health agency, or virtually any other type of care provider, patient data is critical to your business. But that brings up an entirely new set of issues...
