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Background Interoperability Lacks Meaningful Data Exchange The healthcare industry prioritizes the three levels of interoperability. The foundational level is when data is exchanged between two…

Introduction Hybrid cloud computing provides private and public cloud options that are secure and allow data transfer between different platforms. Currently, patients’ medical records are…

Background Providers need tools to be more engaged with patients when it comes to the pharmaceutical side of healthcare. Looking at medication error statistics, the…

Introduction Health IT professionals need to create digital solutions that streamline EHR workflows and allow physicians to be more engaged. Currently, physicians feel overburdened by…

Background Data Overload & Interoperability Issues Provider engagement creates strong relationships between hospitals and healthcare professionals that result in better health outcomes for patients. However,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Background – Clinician Burnout Clinicians are spending excessive time on EHR systems which leads to burnout and less satisfaction with their work. Physicians spend more…

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…