“Currently, the competence of individual residents and fellows is evaluated at the program level with widely varied tools and approaches — usually based on subjective assessments in which, as in Garrison Keillor’s fictional Lake Wobegon, everyone is “above average.” The… Read more
Author: Peter Melrose
CHARTSaaS RA IT overcomes roadblocks to predictive analytics by providers
“Using data to drive operational efficiencies in clinical systems is step one, according to Mr. Bartley [Andy Bartley, senior solutions architect at Intel Corp]. However, he believes predictive analytics can be used for much more — it can help hospitals… Read more
CHARTSaaS RA-compliant IT solution can facilitate hospital patient flow
“Optimizing patient flow throughout the hospital is essential to ensuring safe, high-quality, patient-centered care. Providing timely access to appropriate care and optimizing hospital flow are both critical levers to increasing value for patients, clinicians, and health care systems. Conversely, poorly… Read more
Clinical cognitive/decision support using a CHARTSaaS RA-compatible IT solution
“It’s ironic that just when clinicians feel that there’s no time in their daily routines for thinking, the need for deep thinking is more urgent than ever. Medical knowledge is expanding rapidly, with a widening array of therapies and diagnostics… Read more
CHARTSaaS RA-compatible IT enables healthcare providers to create mobile apps
“Arlington-based Texas Health Aetna is offering north Texas employers access to its ER Doc virtual care app connecting patients to emergency room physicians, Mesquite News reports. The Texas Health Aetna ER Doc app, created and powered by Denver-based healthcare text… Read more
CHARTSaaS RA implements BPMN for healthcare process management
“Following a very successful initial community launch in December, this [Object Management Group (OMG) ‘”Business Process Modeling in Health’] workshop will continue to advance the agenda of health workflow portability. Exploring the development of an industry modeling ‘field guide’ to… Read more
CHARTSaaS IT RA exemplifies medium risk clinical decision support (MR-CDS)
“For CDS [clinical decision support] software that FDA [United States of America Food & Drug Administration] does not regulate, industry is best served by self-regulating through adopting basic software design guidelines. To that end, these guidelines are intended to foster… Read more
CHARTSaaS will enable the HITECH path forward envisioned by HIT Coordinators
“Health IT provides new opportunities to engage patients and caregivers and can empower patients to learn and communicate more easily about their health, engage in shared decision making, and manage their care in convenient and meaningful ways. Market innovations and… Read more
CHARTSaaS RA-compliant IT solution enhances communication with EHR
“The EHR [electronic health record system] plays four primary roles in the hospital: a repository, a messenger, an orchestrator, and a monitor. An EHR imparts tremendous value as a repository of patient information: It provides a common dataset that can… Read more
CHARTSaaS RA-compliant IT enables effective clinical communication
“In healthcare, a lapse in communication between providers can have significant repercussions. For one, hospital system miscommunication is costly. Journal of Healthcare Management published a study finding U.S. hospitals waste $12 billion annually on communications inefficiencies. Poor clinician communication can… Read more