Patient engagement is critical to achieve Meaningful Use Stage 1 and Stage 2. It's no secret that patient portals increase patient satisfaction, lower hospital operating costs and promote higher usage of better data.
Medhost has published an insightful whitepaper that proposes 7 questions one should ask during the vendor selection process:
1. Is it certified as a modular and/or ambulatory inpatient EHR by ONC?
2. Does it enable access to patient records from any location and device?
3. Does it provide HIPAA-compliant messaging with the entire care community?
4. Does it offer features such as a Caregiver persona?
5. Does it update demographic information seamlessly?
6. Does it support your population health management strategy?
7. Can you enable an EMPI view of patients’ health records across the enterprise?
Medhost has published an insightful whitepaper that proposes 7 questions one should ask during the vendor selection process:
1. Is it certified as a modular and/or ambulatory inpatient EHR by ONC?
2. Does it enable access to patient records from any location and device?
3. Does it provide HIPAA-compliant messaging with the entire care community?
4. Does it offer features such as a Caregiver persona?
5. Does it update demographic information seamlessly?
6. Does it support your population health management strategy?
7. Can you enable an EMPI view of patients’ health records across the enterprise?