Personalization, configuration and customization in your EHR are sometimes confusing terms to differentiate. They involve different levels of making the EHR software unique to your users, groups of users, or organization. Some levels of these adjustments come as part of the base, out of box, EHR system. Others require source code changes by your vendor […]
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How to Train New Employees in your EHR when you‘re Busy
How can you train new employees in your EHR when you are already short staffed, busy, and trying to keep up? COVID-10 has exacerbated turnover in the healthcare industry. Remaining staff have little time to dedicate to training new staff members. There are several training strategies you can use. With a plan in place, you […]
Read MoreAdolescent Behavioral Health: Solutions for a National Emergency
The AAP, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and Children’s Hospital Association have declared a national emergency for adolescent behavioral health. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the last decade has seen rates of childhood mental health conditions and suicide steadily rise. Since the pandemic, the increase of mental health emergencies and suspected suicide for […]
Read MoreBehavioral Health Integration: EHR Support for Co-Treatment
Treatment for behavioral health is a critical part of wellness that affects treatment and healing for other medical issues. Having primary care or other care clinicians trained in Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) and with EHR support for co-treatment is important to whole person care. As health centers are integrating behavioral health care services into their […]
Read MoreEHR Interoperability: Playing Well with Others
“Plays well with others” is a phrase most of us remember as a desirable benchmark for success as children. It is also a benchmark for success in Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. EHR interoperability is important for supporting whole-person care because it supports seamless information sharing between disparate services, providers and systems. EHR interoperability allows […]
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