EHR

Robert Stillman, director of clinical and research informatics at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, discusses the challenges of chairing the Global Health Conference Education Committee for HIMSS23.

Grace Cordovano, founder of Enlightening Results, describes her work with Unblock Health, a digital platform that streamlines the process of requesting medical records and corrections to medical records for patients.

Native Americans' life expectancy is five years lower than the U.S. average. Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service, talks about the need for a single interoperable medical record to support Native communities’ health equity.

Gregg Church, president of 4medica, talks about how the government should work with healthcare vendors to simplify data capture and eliminate the growing problem of medical record duplication between health systems.

Sandra Johnson, SVP of client services for CliniComp, outlines how the pandemic and increased documentation requirements have impacted clinicians' job satisfaction and the top three pain points all new EHR solutions should address.

Lawrence Whittle, CCO at Verana Health, describes how patient data can be used to improve healthcare, including making clinical trials more efficient and helping clinicians discover which treatments yield the most value.

A stand-alone EHR workflow automates prior authorizations via workflow optimization and process modifications, reducing wait times for radiology at Atlantic Health System, according to Danielle Pieloch and Kumar Aditya in their HIMSS23 presentation.

Monique Mansoura, executive director of global health security and biotechnology at MITRE, highlights her HIMSS23 discussion on employing real-world data to cope with emerging health threats.  

Juan Nanez, RN, director of Programs at Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange, highlights his upcoming HIMSS23 session, and explains how clinician access to patient history can improve outcomes and prevent readmissions.

As a QHIN, Epic has to enlighten provider organizations on the benefits of TEFCA and simplify their connectivity, according to Matt Doyle, R&D Team Lead & Software Development Team Leader for Interoperability.