Achieving a Return on Investment from EHR Systems

NEW YORK, NY, May 6, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - An upcoming challenge for healthcare executives today is to ensure meaningful use compliance of their electronic health record (EHR) amongst their facilities as the non-compliance penalties become effective starting 2016, according to John Chuang, President, and Scott Hopes, Chief Medical Officer, at ONYX Healthcare USA, Inc. "Over USD 30 billion has been spent on implementing EHRs in hospitals and physician practices, but as incentive payments end and penalties for not achieving Meaningful Use come into force, they must now see a clear improvement in clinical outcomes and productivity. They need to extract savings and efficiencies through the use of technologies," Hopes suggests. ONYX Healthcare USA, Inc. is a turnkey telemedicine and patient engagement solution provider at the marcus evans National Healthcare CFO Summit Spring 2015 and the National Healthcare CXO Summit Spring 2015, in Palm Beach, Florida, May 17-19. - Now that hospitals have implemented EHR systems, what steps should they take to achieve the desired, and intended, outcomes?Chuang: Everyone has been so focused on implementing EHR systems that they have not paid enough attention to having a user-friendly human interface, to make sure healthcare professionals have easy access to all the different systems they put in place.Hopes: This has been one of the shortcomings in the rapid implementation of EHRs. What has occurred is a productivity paradox. The systems that were intended to improve productivity have actually achieved the opposite. Chuang: Healthcare organizations need a centrally managed physician and patient engagement turnkey computing solution, which is user-friendly and safe for the healthcare space, which can provide a single point-of-care easy access to all the different EHR/PACS/HIS systems within the facility.- How complicated is it to achieve such an alignment of EHR systems? Does this come down to hardware?Chuang: We have come to realize that there is no simple out-of-the-box solution, where a hospital can just buy a few computers and get the desired outcome. It is critical that the technology provider understands the process flow in the healthcare space and has the capability to custom build its solution for the workflow that is unique to each hospital. Many healthcare consultants are familiar with the industry, but not current with the computing technology. On the other hand, many computing platform manufacturers who do not focus on the healthcare space have no insights into the healthcare process flow and dedicate no resources to provide purpose built solutions for each part of the workflow. In order to provide a true turnkey solution for each type of healthcare facility, it will require not only the proper hardware technology but also the appropriate software technology bundled with consulting service tailored towards each facility.- How are the disparate systems impacting results? What is the solution?Hopes: We have disparate EHR and clinical data systems in this space. The lack of point of care access to EHR systems has resulted in a reduction in productivity. The key challenge is in getting physician utilization of the EHR in the hospital setting. Until they fully engage with the system in the hospital, it will be difficult to achieve efficiencies and improve clinical outcomes. That is a key requirement to getting a return on investment. Currently, there is one system in the hospital and another in the physician's office, which most likely the physician cannot access from the hospital. If other physicians are consulting on the case, there may be a third, fourth or even fifth EHR system, none of which talk with each other. One of the solutions we have brought to the market is for physicians to access multiple EHR systems at the point of care, bring them on one page so they can make an informed clinical decision. The systems need to be readily accessible so physicians can access the information, give their treatment recommendation, and move on to the next patient. We cannot expect them to sit down at a desk or wheel a cart around. With the current hardware and technology put into place in the majority of organizations, physicians have to navigate multiple pages on the system before they get to what they need to treat the patient.For more information please send an email to [email protected] or visit the event websites below:National Healthcare CFO Summit Spring 2015:www.nhcfosummit.com/JohnChuangScottHopes2Interview National Healthcare CXO Summit Spring 2015:www.nhcxosummit.com/JohnChuang_ScottHopes2Interviewmarcus evans group - healthcare sector portal - www.marcusevans.com/reviews/healthcareThe Healthcare Network - marcus evans Summits group delivers peer-to-peer information on strategic matters, professional trends and breakthrough innovations. - LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4394922&trk=hb_side_g - YouTube: www.youtube.com/MarcusEvansHealth - Twitter: www.twitter.com/meSummitHealth - SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/healthcareseries About ONYX Healthcare USA, Inc.ONYX Healthcare USA, Inc. is a 100% medically focus subsidiary company of ASUS Group (Revenue: US$ 17B+) with 15 plus years of medical device design experiences and ISO13485/ISO9001/FDA Registered manufacturing practices. From hospitals to long term care facilities, ONYX focuses on providing turnkey telemedicine and patient engagement computing solutions such as surgical workstation, patient infotainment terminal, and mobile nursing workstation, and medical tablet to enhance workflow efficiency and patient experiences. http://usa.onyx-healthcare.com.About marcus evans Summitsmarcus evans Summits are high level business forums for the world's leading decision-makers to meet, learn and discuss strategies and solutions. Held at exclusive locations around the world, these events provide attendees with a unique opportunity to individually tailor their schedules of keynote presentations, think tanks, seminars and one-on-one business meetings. For more information, please visit www.marcusevans.com.- Twitter: www.twitter.com/meSummitsGlobal - YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/MarcusEvansGroup - SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/MarcusEvansSummitsAll rights reserved. The above content may be republished or reproduced. 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