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Physicians spend an average of 90 minutes after hours focused on coding work, according to time and productivity studies.

They also result in faster time to patient care and a better understanding of the information, results showed.

Tressa Springmann, CIO at LifeBridge Health, describes how her Baltimore-based health system has adapted its EHR and IT systems for complex COVID-19 vaccine scheduling and administration - and how it plans to capitalize on shifting provider-consumer paradigms.

The new appointees join tens of thousands of career officials during a time when expertise is critical to tackling the ongoing pandemic.

Restoring elective procedures is the primary growth strategy goal heading into 2021.

Flowsheet functionality can be simplified and the comments made more readily visible, which reduces provider effort.

The American Board of Telehealth will offer discounted access to its telemedicine-focused classes to American Telemedicine Association members.

Kim Garriott, CIO of healthcare at NetApp, says innovation increases when you have leaders who think in inclusive ways.

Randy Gaboriault, chief digital and information officer at ChristianaCare, describes how the health system developed a new Alexa Skill designed for home care patients, and discusses larger emerging trends around AI and remote patient monitoring.

Estimations show that between now and March 20, 7% of U.S. counties will experience “significant strains” on their hospital workforces.