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Why HIT Tools Can Help Organizations Navigate the Challenges of Growth

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Apr 14, 2017 | Analytics

With the big bang of electronic medical record installations mostly over, many in the industry wonder what comes next. Optimization is at the top of most providers’ lists, seeking to better use EMRs to achieve clinical and financial outcomes. However, other...

3 Ways to Improve Return on IT Investment

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Mar 22, 2017 | Healthcare IT

This past February, the President announced that the delivery of healthcare to America’s 300 million residents embraced more complexity than he previously realized. Only a few days before, at the annual HIMSS conference in Orlando, former Speaker of the House John...

Reconsider Documentation Vision for EHRs

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Dec 21, 2016 | Archives

Remember the blue book? Starting as early as junior high school, teachers handed out that pale blue 8-by-8- inch booklet when each student had 50 minutes to handwrite as fast as possible everything they knew about a particular subject. Urban legend suggested teachers...

Build a Care Team

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Dec 7, 2016 | Healthcare IT

With healthcare complexity increasing daily, traditional models of delivering care fail to offer a viable framework capable of delivering high quality care at a reasonable cost. The rapid and ever-changing medical knowledge makes It impossible for any healthcare...

Digital Documentation: More or Less

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Nov 15, 2016 | Healthcare IT

Remember the blue book? Starting as early as junior high school, teachers would hand out that pale blue 8” x 8” booklet, giving each student 50 minutes to handwrite everything they knew about a particular subject. Urban legend suggested teachers issued grades based on...