J2 recently released Consensus, a digital interoperability system that connects healthcare organizations through the entire continuum of care. To help providers through these challenging times, we are offering the Consensus online record-retrieval service at no charge. Your organization will be able to quickly query for secure online patient records across […]
Data sharing and collaboration play a key role in patient care through the entire healthcare continuum. In our last blog on communication and patient safety, we discussed a study by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations that indicated communication errors were the root cause of almost 70% of all sentinel events (Joint Commission, […]
Efficiency and effectiveness in medical communication creates a culture of trust and excellence, which in turn generates and reinforces value to care teams, patients, and families. The clinical transition process, an integral part of patient care, is a perfect example of the need for strong communication. Communication between clinicians regarding patient condition, treatment plan, and […]
Ready for an incredible statistic? A 2019 study reported in Health IT Security found that 90% of healthcare organizations still rely on fax machines to transmit patient records and other ePHI. Clearly, the industry was not able to meet the challenge, set out several years ago by CMS Administrator Seema Verma, to make doctors’ offices […]
On March 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a press release titled, “HHS Finalizes Historic Rules to Provide Patients More Control of their Health Data.” The new rules come from two of the department’s major regulators: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and the Centers […]
Imagine this scenario. While visiting his daughter and grandchild out of state, a man experiences shortness of breath and chest pains. His daughter rushes him to an urgent care. Thanks to their patient query technology, the medical staff is able to quickly locate important data from the man’s primary care physician before treating him. Score […]
