One of the biggest challenges for health systems as their workforces return to the hospital and practice setting – whether it’s due to the end of self-quarantine or the easing of a work-at-home policy – is minimizing the number of shared touchpoints that employees have. Organizations are trying to do everything they can to reduce […]
If you’ve been employed at a hospital or health system during the past decade, chances are you’ve worked with or at least encountered an outside consultant or consulting team. Maybe you saw us roaming the halls or hunched over our laptops in conference rooms. Maybe we shadowed your day-to-day work to see what you do. […]
As hospitals continue to reschedule the backlog of elective surgeries cancelled due to COVID-19, guidelines and best practices continue to evolve. Increasing urgency due to the cumulative effect of delays on patient health and hospital revenues has pushed hospitals to quickly implement new workflows using the best information available. Whether your organization is in the […]
“Why do I have to add the vitals to my note if I already documented them?” “I ordered and documented a procedure; why doesn’t the system know the charge?” As an Epic builder, I hear a lot of complaints, like those above, from providers who want to know why so much data entry is required […]
Employee safety, always a top priority for healthcare organizations, has become even more important as workplaces around the country have begun to reopen and shift from COVID-19 response to recovery. According to an April survey of 305 U.S.-based CFOs by PwC, 22 percent of businesses plan to incorporate contact tracing into their Return to Work […]
Kronos users in healthcare have a lot to think about right now, from contact tracing to employee attestation to keeping terminals sanitized. However, there’s another concern that should be top of mind for many customers on Workforce Central: Flash. No, we’re not talking about the comic book hero. In IT circles, Flash is a decades-old […]
Healthcare IT Leaders is honored to announce its advancement to Nuvolo Elite Partner Status, a recognition of advanced implementation expertise and go-to-market maturity in support of the Nuvolo solution. Nuvolo’s cloud-based Enterprise Asset Management and Workforce Management software, built on the ServiceNow (NOW) platform, is transforming full-lifecycle facilities and service management for healthcare and other […]
Millions of people around the world were recently struck with a rapid transition to remote work. In fact, according to a CNBC All America Survey, 42% of U.S. workers who did not work from home before now do. For some, it may be a dream come true, but for others, it’s posing many challenges While there […]
Downtime in Epic occurs for numerous reasons, planned or unplanned. Whether your organization needs the latest Special Update, or your server room is unexpectedly flooded, tension in your clinical practice will run a bit higher when Epic is down. This anxiety can lead to mistakes or preventable service desk calls. You can reduce this worry […]
COVID-19 treatment scenarios are accelerating adoption of technologies that connect providers, patients and caregivers virtually without requiring physical office visits. One company well positioned to take advantage of this trend is NJ-based medtech startup, Noteworth. The Noteworth platform is designed to remove the barriers to tech enabled care, using intuitive workflows for clinicians and a […]
A key part of any Epic project is developing specifications for what actually needs to get implemented. Your client's operational leadership should have a good idea of what workflows and processes need to be accounted for, but they don't generally know how to translate their needs into functional Epic design. Conversely, as a consultant, you […]
Many hospital systems utilize workforce management solutions primarily to track schedules and manage payroll. In the last few weeks, we have seen hospitals leverage Kronos in a number of ways in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it’s providing access to new triage centers on the fly or creating new codes for additional time worked […]