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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.
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.
Avaap CMO Dr. Craig Joseph will be on-site at HIMSS 2018 discussing the latest trends, technologies and tools that enhance the experience with EHR. Visit Craig and the Avaap team in booth 12319 at HIMSS 2018.
Good morning! I thought I was the only one getting an early start on HIMSS.
One of the big themes of HIMSS 2018 will be, wait for it, interoperability. Now, I know what you’re saying, “Hasn’t that been a big theme for the last five years? You can’t be serious.”
Well, it has been, and I can be. We are still not there yet.
As I work with large, complicated, and sophisticated hospital groups around the country, I often see IT decisions that seem, well, that seem wrong. Maybe it’s not that they’re wrong so much as they are short-sighted. I can probably best explain with an example:
Last week, I was traveling from my hotel to my company’s main office when my colleagues and I decided a detour for coffee was absolutely necessary. We had a five-minute trip ahead of us, and one of us (not me!) had the brilliant idea to order the drinks and food on the Starbucks mobile app so that we could get in and out quickly. Naturally, we all started shouting our orders.
Someone much more intelligent than me once said that too much of a good thing may be a bad thing. Or could be a bad thing. Or something like that. You get the idea.