What should Athenahealth users know about Infera? The Infera clinical decision support application from Inferscience is now available in the Athenahealth Marketplace. It reads structured and unstructured patient data from the EHR, then analyzes the unique details of the patient’s condition against its evidence-based clinical rules, delivering specific care recommendations in real time. Infera is integrated with Athenaclinicals EHR and is certified by the Athenahealth More Disruption Please … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Epic & Cerner Embrace of 3rd Party Collaboration
In healthcare, we’re accustomed to things moving slowly. But every so often, trends accelerate and leaps are made, for better or sometimes worse. Recent news from two large EHR vendors about the adoption of open APIs signals an encouraging trend. When we launched our Infera Clinical Decision Support system seven months ago, we did so with Allscripts and athenahealth EHRs, because their initial set of APIs made it possible for Infera to harness the rich data from the patient charts to deliver … [Read more...]
Doctors Should Expect More than the Type of Clinical Decision Support They’re Used To
The term “clinical decision support” (CDS) has been used for a long time to describe many different mechanisms offering clinical knowledge to clinicians in the clinical setting. But most organizations utilize solutions that deliver what can best be described as “passive support” requiring both user initiation and a lot of extra work for the clinician. While CDS to date has provided clinicians with access to peer-reviewed clinical literature and treatment guidelines through stand-alone … [Read more...]
Product Update: Infera Now Integrates with athenahealth EHRs
Inferscience is pleased to announce its acceptance into the athenahealth athenaMDP program and the inclusion of Infera, our next-generation clinical decision support system (CDSS) in the athenaMDP Marketplace (here). Users of athenaClinicals can begin using Infera immediately. “We are thrilled to become an athenahealth Technology Partner and to make Infera available to all athenaClinicals users. We believe our solution will transform the doctor’s visit,” said Dr. Sunil Nihalani, CEO & … [Read more...]
What You Need to Know About Infera CDSS for Allscripts EHRs
What should Allscripts users know about Infera? The Infera clinical decision support application from Inferscience is now available in the Allscripts app store. It reads structured and unstructured patient data from the EHR, then analyzes the unique details of the patient’s condition against its evidence-based clinical rules, delivering specific care recommendations in real time. Infera is integrated with Allscripts Professional and Touchworks EHRs and is certified by the Allscripts … [Read more...]
Can EHR Integration with CDS Tools Help Providers Show Compliance with Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Imaging Tests?
The PAMA (Protecting Access to Medicare Act 2014) law signed by president Obama and passed in April 2014, mandates that physicians consult appropriate use criteria (AUC) before ordering advanced imaging tests. While originally intended for implementation on January 1, 2017, Medicare has postponed the implementation for now, but given the spiraling costs of healthcare, we can be certain that sooner or later providers will need to show that appropriate use criteria are met for advanced imaging … [Read more...]
The Promise of Clinician-triggered Clinical Decision Support Solutions
Clinical care guidelines are a good thing... Accountable care, evidence-based care, guideline directed medical therapy are all buzzwords these days, for good reason -- care based on standards and evidence-based guidelines has been shown to improve the quality of care, save lives, and prevent unnecessary, costly treatment, procedures and hospitalizations. ...but implementing them is challenging. The idealism of evidence-based care, however, clashes with the reality of medical practice … [Read more...]
Product Update: Infera Now Integrates with Allscripts EHRs
Inferscience is pleased to announce its certification with the Allscripts Developer Program. Our clinical decision support solution Infera® now integrates with ProEHR and TouchWorks. “We are most excited about being certified by the Allscripts Developer Program. We believe our solution will transform the doctor’s visit,” said Dr. Sunil Nihalani, CEO & Founder of Inferscience. “Our goal is to improve patient outcomes, not by inundating physicians with pop-ups and forms, but by providing … [Read more...]