Virtual simulation used by 65% of nursing education programs, study finds The shortage of clinical training sites for nurses is worsening by the day and healthcare organizations and hospitals keep requiring more practice-ready nurses. In this instance there is a dire need for accelerated technology adoption in nursing education and it is believed that virtual reality [...]
The age of smart homes is already upon us and while it has automated much of our daily lives, experts believe that all those gadgets and sensors can also help us with healthcare. Smart homes sensors can easily collect behavioral data and health measurements that can assist providers and healthcare specialists in improving our quality of [...]
More than half of healthcare executives are already witnessing success with encouraging outcomes and improving patient satisfaction. Also the uncertain future of the ACA is seen to be making telemedicine even more important. According to a survey, hospital executives are gradually prioritizing telemedicine for the purpose of delivering medical services as the Healthcare industry shifts to [...]
Symptom checker functionality has been added into the Epic’s MyChart portal by Mayo Clinic and EHR vendor Epic Systems. Patients can use the symptom checker feature to measure common conditions such as migraine, swelling, anxiety, dizziness, cold or flu. Based on algorithms, Mayo’s symptom checker is based on the data entered by users. It covers more [...]
Epic Systems Corp has announced to release a digital tool ‘Share Everywhere’ which will allow patients to share their medical records with any health care provider provided they have an Epic EHR. The announcement is seen as a huge step toward the ever-elusive digital exchange of medical information. Share Everywhere will allow patients to grant access [...]
EHR and EMR are two terms that are being used interchangeably in the Health IT industry, yet these two terms are not the same. An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is the digital version of a medical chart, displaying health information of a patient, which could be stored in a computer. An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is [...]
Clinicians have been using Electronic Health Records (EHR) for quite a while, but one question they can’t get over is whether a cloud-based system is better than an on-premise or not. Cloud-based systems may be comparatively new in the market but their benefits are immense. Not only they are economical, but they can also be accessed from [...]
