Epion Acquisition Helps Kyruus Push Deeper into the Patient Journey
The acquisition of Epion by Kyruus continues the company’s push to encompass more of the patient journey. The combined company can now offer healthcare organizations a more complete patient access solution. Patients can now search easily for a provider, book an available appointment, fill out all the necessary paperwork electronically ahead of that appointment and check-in online.
Healthcare IT Today caught up with Scott Andrews, General Manager of Health Systems at Kyruus at the recent Medial Practice Excellence: Leaders Conference (#MPEL22) to get more details about the acquisition and discuss how it fits into the over...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 3, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System appointment check-in Appointment Reminders Digital Front Door Epion Epion Health Find Care Everywhere Kyruus patient access Source Type: blogs
Understanding The SAMPLE History
The SAMPLE history usually comes up in the first few weeks of EMT class. It’s such a widely accepted standard that it appears in the National Registry medical and trauma skills station as well as the EMT National Standard Curriculum. As far as subjective patient history’s go…SAMPLE is the gold standard.
Like anything else in medicine, widespread utilization also comes with widespread misunderstanding. The SAMPLE history is an educational gold standard for a reason. It’s a very effective tool for remembering the major components of a medical history. It’s also often misused and highly inadequate when taug...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 2, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
Advancing American Indian and Alaska Native Health Through Research, Training, and Engagement
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations have long experienced health disparities such as higher rates of diabetes, certain cancers, and mental health conditions than those of other Americans. One contributing factor in these disparities is underrepresentation of AI/AN populations in biomedical science—as study participants, researchers, and health professionals. Unfamiliarity with health care options and opportunities, coupled with a distrust of biomedical research resulting from unethical studies in the past, have exacerbated this underrepresentation.
NIGMS-supported researchers, including Native scient...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 2, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Genes Injury and Illness COVID-19 Diseases Genomics Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don ’ t
You can imagine the EHR Product Manager that had the great idea to alert physicians to a drug to drug interaction or an allergy issue. It seems obvious that an alert like this is going to help doctors provide better care to their patients. Who wouldn’t want a notification that something they were doing had a potential issue, right?
This sounds great until you get into the nitty gritty details. Turns out there’s a lot of nuance when it comes to drug to drug interactions. Many times a doctor may ignore the risk of the interaction given other clinical needs. These alerts that aren’t useful create a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Alert Fatigue Clinical Decision Support EHR Alerts Patient Messaging Physician Alert Fatigue Value Based Care Source Type: blogs
First use of the hastag #MedTwitter was in 2009
The first use of the hastag #MedTwitter was in 2009 by one of my accounts @DrVes, did not know about this until this year. @blogborygmi"should the Twitter awards be a series of tweets" -Twitter structure is not suitable for that, although#MedTwitter can be used— Ves Dimov, M.D. (@DrVes)January 6, 2009 More: Did you know that the first medical journal club on Twitter was started by an allergist/immunologist@DrVes?#MedTwitter: If you ’re interested in connecting with the allergy& immunology community, try:#AIMedEd. We ’d love to interact& learn from other specialtieshttps://t.co/Xbl...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - October 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: blogs
Food allergies are not a joke [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I was truly gutted when watching the recent Saturday Night Live that joked about nut allergies. My son Joshua, who is 16 years old, has an anaphylactic peanut allergy. I found the segment to be insensitive to the millions of people globally who live each day
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Food allergies are not a joke [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Allergies & Immunology Source Type: blogs
What is carbon dioxide angiography? Cardiology Basics
Carbon dioxide angiography is done using carbon dioxide injection into the blood vessel. Usually iodine containing radiocontrast dyes are injected into the blood vessels and continuous X-ray imaging done, to obtain angiograms.
Contrast material is needed to visualize the blood vessel separately from the other body tissue. But usual iodinated radiocontrast dyes have a potential risk of causing acute kidney injury. This is more so in those with already impaired renal function. It is in this situation that carbon dioxide angiography is usually considered.
Usual angiograms appear dark while carbon dioxide angiogram look...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 17, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 10 October, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Lots of stuff this week – with Optus still causing trouple-----https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/doh-releases-30-20-rule-fact-sheetDoH releases 30/20 rule fact sheetThe new telehealth compliance measure came into effect on 1 October, despite calls to delay its implementation.The 30/20 rule limits the number of MBS it...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 10, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 26 September, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----I have to say the first article calls into question just how the Feds have been procuring IT and what implications there are for Federal Digital Health – a worry!Otherwise a few other good ones as well!-----https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/government-tech-policy/audit-office-releases-scathing-report-on-dta-s-ignoring-of-p...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
A nut allergy nightmare at 35,000 feet [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “People developing anaphylaxis will not always have five extra minutes to spare. I do appreciate that auto-injectors are expensive, but it is not at all expensive to have an ampule or vial of epinephrine on board, which can be drawn up in five seconds.
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A nut allergy nightmare at 35,000 feet [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Allergies & Immunology Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - September 13, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and any related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon, a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Do we need to temper our expectations of Paxlovid?
The twice-vaxxed, twice-boosted First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, tested negative for COVID after taking Paxlovid. And then she rebounded, just like her husband did weeks ago or like Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief Medical Advisor to the president Anthony Fauci did in June or like the 1
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Do we need to temper our expectations of Paxlovid? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 10, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Benjamin Geisler, MD, MPH Tags: Meds COVID Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
5 things this allergist-immunologist will never do [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Jumping on the recent TikTok trend of medical professionals sharing the things they would never do given their knowledge and expertise, I am sharing the five things I would never do as a board-certified allergist-immunologist.” Kara Wada is an allergist-immunologist. She shares her story and
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5 things this allergist-immunologist will never do [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Allergies & Immunology Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 22 August, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----This week we seem to have more in the way of State-Based initiatives as well as the usual rubbish info sessions from the ADHA.Also the usual from of NBN news and news of #myHR Rule 42 – which I had never heard of!-----https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/contributors/opinion/critical-staff-shortages-affect-more-than-frontli...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
