Healthcare IT News March 26, 2020
“EHR disaster preparedness testing in the future will need to be able to simulate large volumes of patients over long periods of time,” says one nursing informatics consultant.
A central problem the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted is the fact that EHR systems are large, slow monoliths that don’t quickly adapt to new, emergent demands on their design and workflow.
Future planning will also need to include routine practice run-throughs for building rapid-alternative-care sites, as many hospitals are setting up alternative patient-care sites during this pandemic. Most EHR systems, however, are very location-based.
“EHR disaster preparedness testing in the future will need to be able to simulate large volumes of patients over long periods of time,” Dana Bensinger, RN-BC, informatics nurse...