To Transform or Not To Transform: The Benefits of Digital Transformation in Healthcare
By: Natalie Cheng June 28th 2021 To transform or not to transform? Under normal circumstances, digital transformation and technological changes would take years. However, due to the pandemic, technological changes in healthcare that would’ve taken years ended up being accelerated and implemented within a few months. For example, the pandemic impacted the rise and adoption […]
Breaking News! Epic sepsis model poorly predicts sepsis, but there’s a solution.
By: Natalie Cheng June 24th 2021 “…Epic sepsis model poorly predicts sepsis.” – JAMA June 21, 2021 This study reports that “the Epic Sepsis Model poorly predicts sepsis; its widespread adoption despite poor performance raises fundamental concerns about sepsis management on a national level.” “However – Epic is a wonderful EHR.Luminare’s sepsis alert & workflow […]
Healthcare Interoperability: The Phrase of the New Roaring ‘20s
By: Natalie Cheng June 21st 2021 It’s the roaring 20’s….2020s that is, and the topic that many in healthcare and technology are discussing is interoperability. According to HealthIT.gov, “interoperability is the ability of two or more systems to exchange health information and use the information once it is received.” The concept sounds simple enough, but […]
The Impact of the 21st Century Cures Act on Innovation
By: Natalie Cheng June 14th 2021 What is the 21st Century Cures Act and why is it so important to healthcare innovation? To start, the 21st Century Cures Act or Cures Act for short was signed into law in December 2016 and is designed to help accelerate medical product development and bring new innovations and […]
Why Should Organizations Pursue Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) Certification?
By: Natalie Cheng June 7th 2021 Hospitals that are looking to build up their stroke centers should look into getting accreditation. The Joint Commission offers four advanced stroke certifications for hospitals: Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) certification is the most demanding and is designed for those hospitals that have specific abilities to receive and treat complex […]
The Problems with Information Blocking in Healthcare
By: Natalie Cheng June 2nd 2021 What is information blocking in healthcare and why is it hurting health systems? According to HealthIT.gov, information blocking is “a practice by a health IT developer of certified health IT, health information network, health information exchange, or health care provider that, except as required by law or specified by […]
Delivering High Quality Patient Care Through Standardization and Healthcare Integration
By: Natalie Cheng May 24th 2021 Delivering high quality healthcare has been magnified under the microscope of the pandemic. Maintaining a high quality of patient care is important and has been difficult due to COVID. Even though every patient is different, standardized processes, healthcare integration, and uniform implementation is needed in order to best treat […]
How to Bridge the Health Equity Gap with Interoperability, Governance, and Technology
By: Natalie Cheng May 17th 2021 Uncovered. Brought to light. The pandemic has done just this to a variety of issues ranging from racial injustice to the health equity gap. Issues that have existed for centuries are being brought to the forefront and put under the national spotlight. One issue that sits deeply in our […]
Improving Patient Care With BPCI Advanced
By: Natalie Cheng May 11th 2021 Today, delivering high quality patient care is tougher than ever with a pandemic still going on. Hospitals and healthcare organizations are being pulled in a multitude of directions including treating COVID patients, administering vaccines, dealing with existing patients, and those that may now just be returning after delaying treatment […]
Case Study: The Dangers of Assumption in Sepsis Cases
By: Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Mihir Pethe Dec 8th 2020 Consider the case of an 82-year-old woman with a history of heart block who had a pacemaker implanted four years ago. She comes to the ER with her 48-year-old son, who is her primary caregiver. She appears confused and fatigued, although her son says she is […]
