STORIES & SOLUTIONS FOR THE MODERN BUSINESS USER

I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about curation recently. By curation I mean allowing experts to make decisions for those of us who are not experts. My first experience with curation happened four or five years ago. I walked into an optical store with my wife to look for some new frames. My vision is so poor that when I don’t have my prescription glasses on, I can’t really see much of anything at all. So, you can imagine how helpless I am when I take off my glasses to put on a pair of frames with no lenses. Sure, I can look at the mirror from an inch away and maybe have an opinion, but c’mon! That’s not very effective. Hence, I typically just put myself in the hands of my wife.

The KLAS Arch Collaborative recently generated survey data that showed a correlation between physicians who have extra training in their electronic health record (EHR) and user satisfaction. Sound like old news?

Becker's Healthcare caught up with Jason Anderson, senior manager of Avaap, who will speak during the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference on "Why the Best CIOs May Be Missing the Biggest Revenue Opportunity," at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19. Learn more about the event and register to attend in Chicago.

Becker's Healthcare caught up with Craig Joseph, MD, CMO of Avaap, who will speak during the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference on "Why the Best CIOs May Be Missing the Biggest Revenue Opportunity," at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19. Learn more about the event and register to attend in Chicago.

Innovation is all the rage. Everybody’s doing it. You better do it too . . . if you want to be cool! Don’t get me wrong. I’m a huge fan of innovation. Who isn’t? Wait; don’t answer that. I think I already know the answer. If your job no longer exists due to innovation, you may not be a big fan. Got it.

Recently, I was presented with an interesting dilemma. The IT team had identified a potential problem whereby confusing and potentially contradictory physician orders could lead to what we in the business call a “misadventure.” Now mind you, no misadventure had occurred, but our Spidey senses were appropriately telling us to do something.

Physician-led personalization sessions result in quick wins and long-term improvements. Avaap’s approach to clinical workflow optimization combined with physician personalization is designed to improve staff effectiveness and work experience.

One of the goals of software developers must surely be to require no training to use the software. That’s the dream! Just open the app and start using it. Maybe there will be a brief introduction via a short video or some graphics overlaying the screen, then off you go. This works for straight-forward software, too. Most apps on our phones don’t require training, and we all love the apps on our phones.

The annual nurses appreciation week is underway and we’re celebrating all nurses but with a special appreciation for nursing informatics and the critical role it plays in the post-EHR implementation era. While the last decade saw providers bringing their computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and electronic health record (EHR) systems live to meet mandates or incentives, the first wave of EHR implementation is now complete for the majority of large healthcare IDNs. Provider needs are now shifting from training and optimization to interoperability, data analytics, and demonstrating value. As a result, nurses with informatics training and expertise are in higher demand.

What a week it was at the HIMSS18 Annual Conference & Exhibition! If you haven’t been to a healthcare conference in Vegas, then you don’t know what you’re missing. More than 40,000 healthcare professionals from around the globe – physicians, nurses, caregivers, technology professionals, executives, and vendors – converged on the Sands Expo and Convention Center for a week of networking, education, and sharing perspectives on the trends, initiatives, and advances that are shaping health information technology and how care is delivered and received. There was so much going on, the energy was palatable, and it’s impossible to look back and not feel like there was something we didn’t get to see while at this year’s HIMSS conference.