Staffing problems hit UK virtual wards, Canada’s EMR woes, US primary care doctors and telehealth, digital front door pain points, Facebook data transfers and NHS, EMIS outages hit UK GPs, how voice tech and AI could help burnout, US hospital EMR market share
NHS body says England can’t staff virtual hospital wards
Bloomberg ~ Ali Asad Zulfiqar ~ 24/05/2023
England’s health-worker shortage is so severe that the National Health Service can’t staff “virtual wards” that were meant to relieve the burden on its struggling hospitals.
Canada’s broken electronic medical records model
The Tyee ~ Andrew MacLeod ~ 01/06/2023
Across BC and the country, patients, doctors and the health-care system suffer from a faulty patchwork of incompatible systems.
Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine
Healthcare IT News ~ Andrea Fox ~ 31/05/2023
Clinicians said jumping from in-person visits to telehealth and back was frustrating – and noted that patients were less tolerant of waiting for a virtual appointment, the researchers said.
FierceHealthcare ~ Anastassia Gliadkovskaya ~ 01/06/2023
Despite the increased adoption of digital health tools and telehealth in the past three years, patients and providers see the “digital front door” as still being a less-than-ideal entry point into healthcare, according to a new Experian Health report.
NHS could take action against trusts for Facebook breach
Digital Health News ~ Andrea Chipman ~ 31/05/2023
NHS England is investigating the reported transfer of private details of patient information from 20 NHS trusts to Facebook without consent, and could “take further action” against those involved.
Outages that paralysed GP EPR systems resolved – EMIS
Digital Health News ~ Andrea Chipman ~ 30/05/2023
Repeated outages that caused “significant disruption” to GP surgeries across the country on Friday has been resolved, according to a spokesperson for EMIS.
Burnout continues to crush clinicians, but voice tech and AI could help
Medcity News ~ Patrick Higley ~ 30/05/2023
In addition to reducing workload, NLP and ambient voice technology can also improve the quality of care that clinicians provide.
US hospital EMR market share growth driven by small hospitals
HIT Consultant ~ Syed Hamza Sohail ~ 30/05/2023
EMR purchasing continued at a strong pace in 2022 and included a significant uptick in migrations and small-organization decisions. Improvements to clinician satisfaction, interoperability, and revenue cycle stability were the primary drivers.
