EHR Optimization in an Era of High Demand: What Clinical Informaticist Leaders Are Learning

Opioid overuse and addiction continue to contribute significantly to health issues of the nations population and to the increased cost of healthcare, making it even more vital for providers to optimally prescribe for and monitor, in the safest manner, their patients using opioid drugs.The role of clinical laboratories in developing improvements within the continuum of care for this national health crisis is key. The lab can serve a facilitative and collaborative role by helping providers better understand drug test ordering and correct interpretation, and can add tangible value by simplifying and automating delivery of straightforward and actionable information to providers.

Epic recently announced the availability of real-time benefit check (RTBC) functionality as a build option in 2018. Multiple RTBC solutions are available in Epic, each offering different capabilities. In the search for discovering the most valuable RTBC solution for your health system, it’s important to ask the right questions. According to research uncovered in the 2018 Real-Time Benefit Check National Adoption Scorecard, providers indicated that functionality such as cash price, patient assistance/affordability programs and prior authorization requirements are critical to adoption of an RTBC solution.

In this webinar, OMDIA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA experts will focus on how AI will act as a catalyst to enable the new wave of capabilities and the investments being made now to take advantage of machine learning and state-of-the-art computing.

Clinicians are under an increasing time burden to care for patients. Even under the best circumstances, technologies implemented to automate and streamline workflows may not achieve the right balance to deliver as promised and improve effectiveness, efficiency, and job satisfaction.