Healthcare Informatics

Time to Electrify | If the healthcare industry is the Titanic and healthcare IT is the icy water ahead—with both visible and invisible icebergs scattered about—who has the navigational tools and experience in place to prevent a major threat? Threats like HIPAA 5010, federal and state scheduled regulatory compliance standards, and a younger generation of tech-savvy medical professionals who expect information in the palm of their hands, not on a clipboard. According to current federal statistical data, to date, roughly 11% of healthcare facilities have already deployed Electronic Health Records (EHR). This means 89% have not. The perfect storm of federal and state mandates colliding with antiquated healthcare IT practices is imminent, but this does not mean your practice needs to panic or implement reactive solutions that may not be the best fit. Not unlike the late ‘90’s Y2K-spawned scare and scramble, the upcoming healthcare IT mandates have spawned similar panic; or denial amongst Healthcare practitioners. Regardless of reaction to these new regulations and policies, healthcare professionals and their practices are going to need a roadmap to “electrify” and automate paper workflows — and this is where Vivo’s nimble, senior experience in healthcare informatics adds an ever present value. Our partnerships don’t simply end with a consulting roadmap, or direction on which navigational tools suit your practice most effectively. We implement our recommendations, keeping the programs management process seamless and always aligned with the needs of the individual healthcare practitioner and practice as a whole. If a practice would like to consider electrifying, the journey has really just begun. From here, we come in and guide our partners through a trusted model: > Assessment—this includes:
  • Goals assessment
  • System/infrastructure requirements
  • Workflow analysis (literally, how you do your work), billing cycles, scheduling, etc.
  • User requirements
  • High level roadmap
  • Product/Vendor review and selection
  • Project oversight
  • Training
  • Data input and/or migration
  • Federal reimbursement assistance
To learn more about how our model has helped to electrify our partners, for more information on Vivo’s Healthcare Informatics Practice and to inquire about a free initial Healthcare EHR assessment, please send us an email and we’ll be swift to respond to your request > healthcare@vivoinc.com