EHR Intelligence October 28, 2020
Christopher Jason

Researchers at the epicenter of COVID-19 quickly developed an EHR COVID-19 screening tool to help clinicians and boost patient care.

The development of an EHR-integrated COVID-19 screening tool can result in a population health tracking dashboard to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in Healthcare.

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 occurred in January 2020 in Washington state, with the first COVID-related US death happening at the end of February. Puget Sound, WA saw the nation’s first COVID-19 outbreak, prompting the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to give out screening recommendations shortly after.

As a result, the Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System expected an influx of COVID-19 screenings and...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: EMR / EHR, Health IT, Healthcare System, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, VA / DoD
OIG: Scheduling error in VA's EHR had dire consequences
OIG: VA EHR system issues have led to patient harm, one patient death
Humana, DUOS partner on digital care for veterans
OIG reports detail errors with VA, Oracle EHR deployment
VA's Oracle Health EHR faces more scrutiny

Share This Article