Hospital Takes Step Forward Using Patient-Reported Outcome Data
I don’t usually summarize stories from other publications — I don’t want to bore you! — and I like to offer you a surprise or two. This time, though, I thought you might want to hear about an...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Creating Souped-Up Extension Of MyChart
As you probably know, MyChart is Epic’s patient portal. As portals go, it’s serviceable, but it’s a pretty basic tool. I’ve used it, and I’ve been underwhelmed by what its standard offering can do....
View ArticleSome Good Ideas On Transforming The Patient Portal
To be sure, I’m grateful for the patient portal provided to me by Kaiser Permanente, my insurer and healthcare provider. Using MyChart, the standard Epic portal, I can at least get the basics of what I...
View ArticleVendor Displays Prior Authorization Info, Drug Pricing Within MyChart Portal....
As a patient, I’ve never tracked how prior authorizations for my meds were going. Yes, I ask providers whether they’re making progress, but I never get a detailed response, nor do I demand one. Why?...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic Makes COVID-19 Risk Prediction Model Available Through Epic
Working in partnership with Epic, through which it will be delivered, the Cleveland Clinic has released a new COVID-19 risk prediction model drawing on both patient entered data and clinical...
View ArticleUVA Health Deploys AI Tool To Predict COVID-19 Complications
The University of Virginia Health System has rolled out an AI-based predictive analytics tool that monitors COVID-19 patients continuously and predicts whether they are likely to take a turn for the...
View Article10x Success Rate. 2x Enrollment. Inside Duke’s Smoking Cessation Program.
Smoking cessation programs are challenging. Not just because getting people to quit is hard, but also because it is difficult to get people to enroll in programs in the first place. The Duke Smoking...
View ArticleMeta Faces Legal Firestorm As Hospitals Cite Its Pixel Tool In Health Data...
Two health systems have become the latest healthcare organizations to name a web tracking tool created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as responsible for their data breach. This comes as the social media...
View ArticleChicago Providers Charge Fees To Answer Clinical Questions Submitted Via Portals
Back when patient portals were first introduced, one of the original concerns clinicians raised was that they were afraid that they would get too many patient messages and find themselves overwhelmed....
View ArticleKeyCare Completes $27MM Series A Investment Round to Expand Adoption and Grow...
Ziegler and multiple health systems join previous investor base to advance KeyCare’s innovative telehealth model KeyCare, the nation’s only virtual-first care platform built with Epic, today announced...
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