Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more

Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s…

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News 3/1/23

News 3/1/23

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Cerebral announces its third round of layoffs in the past few months as the beleaguered direct-to-consumer telemedicine company attempts to reorganize and streamline its services.
Cerebral has struggled since the federal government launched an…

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3 Care Orgs Tap EHR Implementations for Clinical Workflow Optimization

3 Care Orgs Tap EHR Implementations for Clinical Workflow Optimization

– With high levels of clinician burnout across the care continuum, healthcare organizations are leveraging EHR implementations for clinical workflow optimization. FAMILY CLINIC MOVES TO ECLINICALWORKS SYSTEM FOR SCALABILITY Care Choice Family Clinic, PLLC in Plano, TX, will implement a health IT system from EHR vendor eClinicalWorks’ to customize workflows and improve operational efficiency. The implementation is set to allow the new family practice to deliver comprehensive patient care and scale as needed. Care Choice Family Clinic cares for patients two years old and up, focusing on primary care, sick visits, and minor urgent care. “I had experience with eClinicalWorks at…

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CDS Coalition requests FDA rescind final decision support guidance

CDS Coalition requests FDA rescind final decision support guidance

The CDS Coalition is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pull back on its clinical decision support guidance in order to ensure that the agency better balances its regulatory oversight with the healthcare sector’s need for innovation, while comporting with the statutory language of the 21st Century Cures Act. ‘Flagrant’ disregard for Congressional law and intent
The coalition’s stakeholders – clinical decision support software developers, patient advocacy organizations, clinical societies, healthcare providers and healthcare payers – say the FDA’s guidance exceeds Congress’s statutory definitions of what is considered CDS and threatens to undermine lawmakers’ goals.
“The Office of the National Coordinator for…

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