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There’s no denying that 2020 created major disruption in the healthcare space, the largest many have seen in a lifetime. During this time digital health came to the forefront. However, with vaccine distribution kicking into gear, 2021 may have its own advancements.
MobiHealthNews sat down with healthcare veteran Paul Brient, SVP and chief product officer at athenahealth.
Looking back at 2020, it’s no secret that one of the big game changers was the uptick in virtual visits due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Within a week or two the healthcare system went from 1% or 2% of visits being virtual to 30-40% of visits being virtual,” Brient said.
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Never in the history of electronic health records has there been a more important public health recordkeeping task than the one that is at hand at this very moment in the nation’s history: tracking COVID-19 vaccinations.
As a result of this all-important development, EHR vendors from across the industry have been preparing their products and their healthcare provider organization users to make sure that when a patient receives this critical vaccination, it is recorded correctly, pushed to the necessary parties, and is accessible now and in the future by all the appropriate caregivers.
Healthcare IT News discussed this huge issue with top executives at Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, DrChrono, Epic, Greenway Health, Meditech and NextGen Healthcare.