Taming the Tsunami of Clinical Data for Better Patient Care ?
Twenty years ago, one of the biggest challenges for my fellow hospitalists and me was accessing relevant patient data. Many times, after admitting patients to the cardiology intensive care unit, I would have to chase down the paper printouts of their echocardiogram results to be able to provide the urgent care they needed.
Ironically, today, healthcare providers face the opposite problem. Clinicians are overwhelmed by a tidal wave of information, most of which is not even usable in their electronic health record (EHR) systems.
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Twenty years ago, one of the biggest challenges for my fellow hospitalists and me was accessing relevant patient data. Many times, after admitting patients to the cardiology intensive care unit, I would have to chase down the paper printouts of their echocardiogram results to be able to provide the urgent care they needed.
Ironically, today, healthcare providers face the opposite problem. Clinicians are overwhelmed by a tidal wave of information, most of which is not even usable in their electronic health record (EHR) systems.
READ THE FULL BLOG HERE
JUMP TO THE PODCAST