Category: Thought Leadership

Considering the broad spectrum of priorities that healthcare organizations must juggle today, the wide range of technologies available to address those multi-faceted needs, and the mountain range of obstacles that can hinder digital transformation, how exactly can health leaders achieve the biggest bang for their tech budget? Research conducted by HIMSS Market Insights aimed to...

Access to funding and other resources can make or break technology implementations. Rising costs, low margins, shifting reimbursements, budget constraints and other daunting financial barriers stand between healthcare organizations and the digital transformations they dream of executing to improve patient care—but these obstacles can be overcome. Research conducted by HIMSS Market Insights revealed the disparities...

Healthcare leaders have a plethora of priorities to balance. Between patient care, outcomes, access and equity; labor shortages and staff burnout; care coordination across specialties and settings; the impact of inflation on the bottom line; and the rapidly advancing array of tools used to address all these needs — the modern healthcare juggling act is...

What do you think is the biggest impediment to successful transitions of care from hospitals to a skilled nursing facility (SNF)? If you said, “incomplete patient information,” you’re not alone. While about 80% of SNFs have adopted electronic health records (EHR), true interoperability remains elusive, creating dangerous gaps in data sharing. A recent survey of...

Many skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) still rely on manual workflows, and they cost more than you think. The reason for using these processes isn’t resistance to change. Instead, it’s a lack of interoperability. Even though 8 in 10 post-acute facilities use electronic health records (EHRs) regularly, data sharing remains a challenge. When EHRs don’t connect...

A 78-year-old Medicare patient is discharged from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) after hip surgery. The hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) system contains detailed notes about her new medication regimen, her mobility restrictions, and a pending cardiac consultation.  But when she arrives at the SNF two hours later, her care team receives...

Upon a patient’s discharge from a hospital, the care team faxed a 40-page transition-of-care document to the patient’s cardiologist. But the fax sat in a bin inside the cardiologist’s office for three days before being manually entered into the provider’s electronic health record (EHR). During that time, no one realized that the patient had been...