Today's patients want to use technology to enhance their overall experience, gone are the days when patients would like to make phone calls as they have become outdated. Tech-savvy patients want both digital health tools and human interaction for the best health information and services. So practices and hospitals need to strike a balance between [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for remote health tools to provide on-going and instant care to patients from the comfort of their homes. Telemedicine is one of the top non-traditional forms of healthcare technology that has gained immense importance amidst the pandemic and is being seen as an effective tool to offer diagnosis [...]
In a recent JAMIA study 70% of physicians who use EHR software systems in the patient care delivery process experience stress due to increased demands of health IT use. This negative stress may result in physician burnout which can impact productivity and care levels. It's first important to identify the signs of physician burnout which includes [...]
A medical practice can get busy and strained with daily administrative, financial, and clinical workflows. You need to make sure that everything is running smoothly along with satisfying your patient by providing them with the best care they deserve. Thankfully, the healthcare industry has adopted digital health and technology to help streamline their workflows and [...]
Voice recognition feature in your Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software is a powerful tool that helps to enhance communication and ease the physician's stress while charting. Patients desire that their doctor listens to them, but when healthcare providers are focusing on computer monitors while manually typing notes this misses out on important non-verbal signals and [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting medical practices with a negative financial influence making it difficult for healthcare providers to maintain a revenue stream. Due to the pandemic in the United States, patient volumes have decreased a 60% which has reduced revenue forcing small medical set-ups to lay-off staff members. Primary care physicians are experiencing a [...]
Sometimes a health care provider may not be satisfied with his/her current EHR software system and may decide to switch to new and better EHR software solutions. The dissatisfaction may be due to less functionality from the current software and difficulty in using the software which may ultimately result in physician burnout which can lead [...]
Cybersecurity in healthcare has become a major concern for all the relevant stakeholders involved in the healthcare sector. Patient safety and data integrity cannot be compromised at any point. As more and more patient records are stored in the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software system the threat of technology breaches remains. Healthcare and patient data [...]
Unnecessary administrative burden and needless tasks only add up to physician burnout which can take a toll on healthcare providers and primary care specialists. Physician burnout is an ongoing issue faced in hospitals and healthcare systems. Fortunately, there are a few ways in which hospitals can address this problem by changing shifts of staff members [...]
Hospitals and healthcare providers deal with a lot of unnecessary and excessive administrative burdens which can result in reduced patient care and lower patient outcome levels. National data reveals that 50% of the medical workforce and staff members are burned out which is due to the administrative burden which also increases healthcare costs. Too many [...]