Weekly Roundup – March 30, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. Leveraging an Outside Provider for the EHR Service Desk. UI Health CIO Audrius Polikaitis talked to John about how the Illinois health system consolidated its help desk onto a “single front door” powered by HCTec. The move proved helpful following a transition to Epic and powered virtual onboarding during the pandemic. Read more… It’s Time to Get Patient Addresses Straight. There’s no reason that clinical applications can’t get patient addresses right, especially now that ONC has adopted a standard (albeit voluntary) called Project USA. Andy Oram talked to Brent Francom at Smarty about working with vendors to integrate its API for address standardization and tackle the problem once and for all. Read more… The Advantages, Challenges, and Costs of Healthcare at Home. This was our latest question for the Healthcare IT Today community. Insights included a need for greater staffing and reimbursement, the potential for care plan personalization, and the array of services that address clinical and non-clinical needs. Read more… Improving Healthcare Interpretation Efficiency in Virtual Care. John Lynn touched on Boostlingo’s ability to integrate interpreter serv...
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