EHR Intelligence March 25, 2020
Researchers at University California, San Diego are digging into EHR optimization to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Healthcare leaders are looking to EHR optimization to help manage the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine.
“While the incidence of COVID-19 continues to rise, healthcare systems are rapidly preparing and adapting to increasing clinical demands,” wrote the authors of the study. “Inherent to the operational management of a pandemic in the era of modern medicine is leveraging the capabilities of the EHR, which can be useful for developing tools to support standard management of patients.”
“Technology-based tools can effectively support institutions during a pandemic by facilitating the immediate widespread...