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"From a patient safety perspective, this was a very important milestone for us to achieve to ensure that we are providing the highest level of care to one of our most vulnerable patient populations," the health system's chief nurse executive says.
Boston Children's Hospital recently announced its plans to transition to a unified Epic electronic health record. Similar to Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and Pittsburgh-based UPMC, Boston Children's – which currently uses both Epic and Cerner PowerChart – says it plans to make the migration to a single Epic platform across all its care sites in 2024. Boston Children's IT department is "working hard to make this transition as painless as possible," according to the hospital. In tandem with that project, Boston Children's is working on another majo...
The technology will lay the "groundwork for future healthcare innovations," says the hospital's CIO, with a scalable network able to support in-home remote patient monitoring and AI-enabled specialist prioritization.
The functionality is currently available for beta testing with some customers, allowing them to join scheduled sessions by clicking a link within a patient's chart.
Redmond announced a slew of updates to its collaboration app aimed at front-line workers, including enhancements to the virtual visit experience.