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With the healthcare environment changing so rapidly, organizations face added pressure to be “more creative and come up with different ways to accomplish the same goal,” says Taylor Davis, who believes the industry is having a watershed moment.
As hospitals became inundated with patients during the early stages of Covid, the majority of vendors showed they were willing to put people before providers, and provided much-needed support, according to a recent KLAS report.
When it comes to physician burnout, it’s rarely the technology that’s to blame, says KLAS’ Taylor Davis, who discusses the primary factors, and discusses strategies that have proven successful for some organizations.
Data show that physicians at Stage 7 organizations tend to have an above-average user experience, but does that actually translate into delivering better care? Taylor Davis shares findings from a recent KLAS report.
Both clinicians and IT professionals struggle in translating their particular needs to one another. But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Taylor Davis, who discusses how the Arch Collaborative is working to narrow the gap.
Having the right tools in place is a critical part of a population health strategy, but it shouldn’t be the first priority, says Taylor Davis, who believes long-lasting success “starts with people.”
The EHR usability issues that affect clinicians run much deeper than simply not liking how screens are set up, according to KLAS, which has found that technology often makes care providers feel “powerless.”
Are older physicians more likely to be dissatisfied with EHRs? Can switching EHRs increase adoption? Taylor Davis of KLAS tackles these popular myths and uncovers some surprising truths.
When it comes to how close population health solutions are to being fully developed, the gap between what vendors and providers believe is alarmingly big, says Taylor Davis of KLAS.
