Healthcare IT leaders are finding innovative ways to address one of medicine’s challenges: the exponential growth of clinical knowledge that physicians must navigate daily. In our recent interview, we hear from Julia Vu, Pharm.D.,…
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AI Enhanced Firewalls, Alert Fatigue and Staffing ChallengesNext-generation firewalls paired with AI can help organizations strengthen their security posture while reducing workloads for cybersecurity professionals. AI-powered tools from organizations such as Fortinet, Juniper Networks,…
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As an organization’s IT environment grows, so does its need to efficiently manage data, applications, networks and other intricate components of modern systems.
Many organizations are growing so fast that their IT operations teams struggle…
Inpatient clinical care teams generally use tools such as bed alarms, gait belts, closer nursing station placement and more to prevent patient falls. But those interventions can hinder clinical workflows and alert fatigue can make…
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The amount of technology that’s in the hospital room today is extraordinary. We have more monitors at our fingertips than ever before that are all watching and alerting us of potential problems for the…
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NCH Healthcare System achieved a significant reduction in alert fatigue by optimizing medication alerts during their EHR transition. Collaborating with pharmacy teams, they tailored alerts using specific patient data, leading to more targeted guidance…
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Physician wellness is top of mind for health systems. The influx of generalized clinical alerts within EHRs, particularly medication-related warnings and built-in-house alerts, exacerbates stress among physicians.During its EHR transition, Florida-based NCH Healthcare System…
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Inefficiently designed Electronic Health Records (EHRs) pose significant patient safety risks, as University of Utah Health research reveals. Poor EHR usability contributes to alert fatigue and failure to identify critical errors. Hospitals must conduct…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 16, 2023 – Non-interruptive EHR nudge interventions, such as changing choice default options, can help drive care quality improvement, according to a study published in JAMIA.
Interruptive clinical decision support (CDS) interventions can…
By Hannah Nelson
March 14, 2023 – A clinical decision support (CDS) EHR alert helped increase prescription rates of a life-saving heart failure drug, according to a study published in The Journal of the…
