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Still on my bucket list of conferences to attend is the Epic UGM (User Group Meeting) they hold every year for Epic users. I love user conferences because you hear about the true realities users face. Plus, theres a common bond on the same application that makes finding someone who shares your challenges easy. As []

Current work and experience re: implementing mCODE into the Oncoclinicas enterprise-wide EHR system

• Rodrigo Dienstmann, Oncoclinicas Group 

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Now that HIMSS21 is over, there are three questions people keep asking me: Why did I go to a known COVID hotspot? What was it like? and Was it worth it? The answers are: Because I and the business needed it; Smaller and more intimate; Yes. What Was HIMSS21 Like? I like to wait until []

Discovering that you have cancer usually takes place in a doctor’s office – but not anymore. Now that patients have immediate access to clinical notes, some learn of their diagnosis electronically.

Whats more, once patients have access to personal health information, they will need tools to navigate their health record in a meaningful way that does not bury them in information, Searing explained.There are some openings here to bring in some new services that will help individuals access, and manage, and interpret this data, Searing said. Getting access to the information is really just the first step.The sheer volume of information could overwhelm providers as well, Searing noted. Just like patients, providers will rely on digital tools to curate information for more robust application.

One of the most important and least covered things in healthcare IT is the various EHR Documentation Workstations. No doubt its a regular topic of conversations at healthcare organizations because an EHR workstation configuration really impacts EHR users experience and therefore the patient. Its not as sexy to talk about workstations when you could talk []

HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released updated the USCDI interoperability standards to support the nationwide exchange of sexual orientation, gender identity, and social determinants of health (SDOH) data.The United States Core Data for Interoperabilityversion 2 (USCDI v2) aims to lay the groundwork for the standardized use of SDOH data, as well as sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) information, across the healthcare continuum.

he breach impacted a portion of its North American customers. Immediately upon learning of this incident, Elekta partnered with leading cyber experts and law enforcement to launch an investigation to understand what happened, mitigate any possible harm, and offer our customers a reliable solution that delivers on our commitment to ensure that cancer patients have access to precise and personalized radiotherapy treatments, Elekta stated in the release.For the patients at any of Northwestern Memorial HealthCares nine Chicago-area hospitals impacted, a call center is currently set up to answer questions about the incident. Patients cancall855-731-3327,Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 5:30 pm CST.

As an alternative to the paper card, the SMART Health Card cannot be lost or damaged. It is secure and protects the privacy of patient information, Longhurst explained.UCSD said it is the first US health system to adopt the SMART Health Card digital vaccine credential. The SMART Health Card will be usable for all UCSD Health employees, as well as patients who received either COVID-19 vaccine or a COVID-19 test at UCSD Health and who opted into the systems patient portal.

According to OIG, community care staff at those facilities made errors in 44 percent of cases reviewed when indexing veterans mental health medical records into their EHRs (108 errors identified for 92 of 209 veterans). These errors included ambiguous or incorrect document titles, duplicate records, and records indexed to the wrong non-VA care referral or veteran.