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By the Clinical Impact Subgroup,
EHRA Opioid Crisis Task Force
During National Health IT Week, we celebrate and take pride in the value that health information and technology has brought to patients and their healthcare providers. We also look ahead to new benefits that health IT can bring.
EHRA is committed to bringing together forward-looking experts from among our 34 member companies to collaborate on solving industry challenges. In 2018, we formed an Opioid Crisis Task Force to research and provide recommendations on ways EHR technology can help with solving the complex puzzle of the opioid crisis. (more…)
Posted by EHR Association on October 12, 2018
https://ehrablog.org/2018/10/12/coming-soon-guide-to-implementing-cdc-opioid-rx-guidelines-within-the-ehr/
EHRA member companies were out in force at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas, and not just in booths on the exhibit floor.
In a small conference room on the 4th floor of the Sands Convention Center, EHRA volunteer executives were meeting with stakeholder groups to discuss how EHRs can be optimized to improve usability, interoperability, and patient safety. We listened, we asked questions, and we shared our perspectives on the challenges and what the next steps could be.
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Posted by EHR Association on March 29, 2018
https://ehrablog.org/2018/03/29/himss18-listening-learning-leading/
Today begins National Health IT Week, a nationwide awareness week focused on the value of health IT. EHRA is honored to be a National Health IT Week Partner, and proud of the contributions that EHRs make every day toward improved patient care in the U.S.
Recently, the advantages of EHRs were in the spotlight in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida. Headlines like “Electronic Health Records Rise Above Harvey’s Floodwaters” and “EHRs at Houston hospitals remain resilient against Hurricane Harvey” lead into stories about how EHRs contribute to effective continuing care in disasters. (more…)
Posted by EHR Association on October 2, 2017
https://ehrablog.org/2017/10/02/celebrating-the-value-of-ehrs-during-national-health-it-week/
