EClinicalWorks Podcasts

In the latest episode of eCW Podcast, Morgan Borenstein highlights the newest enhancements to healow TeleVists, along with introducing healow Meet. Hear about the five-step activation wizard, sending messages to waiting patients, and inviting up to two additional contacts to a TeleVisit. healow Meet group telehealth solution allows healthcare provi…

In this podcast episode, Kunal Wagh discusses the Safety and Compliance Dashboard feature of eClinicalWorks that helps practices monitor potential patient safety issues and ensure compliance. The dashboard provides access to over 180 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including unlocked encounters, percentage of uncoded allergies, and inaccessible …

In our latest episode of the eCW Podcast, hear from our own Sharmeelee Tasto how clinical and technical teams collaborated in person and online in unscripted testing of eClinicalWorks V12 before its release to customers. The hackathon, as it’s referred to, was a recommendation from the Patient Safety Board to increase clinician involvement in the p…

Find out how healthcare professionals at Chisholm Trail Pediatrics, a nine-provider two-location pediatrics practice, are using healow Patient Engagement solutions like healow CHECK-IN, healow Pay, and customizable appointment reminders via text message to provide better care to patients and their families.…

Virginia’s Johnson Health Center wasn’t maximizing use eClinicalWorks, but EHR Implementation Services optimized their engagement with the browser version and improved customization and care delivery.

One of the lesser-known aspects of the eClinicalWorks EHR, Rules Engine Alerts contain enormous power to improve care by holding providers accountable for attending to care issues as they arise. Jose Rocha of Performance Medical Management explains how a practice can use alerts to help ensure that providers and staff deal with care issues on the sp…

At Brookhaven Heart & MD365, Dr. Sateesh Joseph and staff use Remote Patient Monitoring to more closely monitor patients’ high blood pressure, enabling providers to reduce in-office visits, improve outcomes, and focus more of their efforts on those complex cardiac patients who need more attention.

eCW Podcast host Adam Siladi and Dr. Dhrumil Shah, a physician and Chief Medical Information Officer at Compass Medical, a 150-provider, multispecialty group in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, discuss how a team-based approach can help reduce the risks of provider burnout while helping today’s busy medical practices achieve the goals of value-base…

Because two-thirds of their patients lack insurance and are self-pay, HealthWorks for Northern Virginia can’t rely upon insurance payer data to obtain the patient records they need. But as Jesse Burke explains, using healow Insights PRISMA enables HealthWorks to get the data they need at the point of care, because PRISMA gathers information from al…

For the last two years, Prima CARE, a medical practice with more than a dozen locations in Southeastern Massachusetts, has been using healow Insights to improve patient care. A secure, bidirectional interface allows practices to exchange patient information from any available internal or external network or hospital in the area or across the nation…

Monica Salopek of Acadiana Health & Wellness in Lafayette, Louisiana, said that providers are the driving force behind successful implementation of Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs. Her practice launched the CCM program to focus on patients who need more one-on-one attention. They have succeeded with it thanks to the initiative and strong com…

In this edition of the eCW Podcast, we explore how Sun Life Family Health Center, a federally qualified Health Center in Casa Grande, Arizona, has made effective use of the payer data they obtain through healow Insights. The service has been a key to obtaining the data and insight they need to close gaps in care, derive greater value from annual Me…

Abbreviating medications and procedures may be convenient, but physicians today are learning to break old habits and are avoiding abbreviations that can be misinterpreted and lead to patient harm.

New price transparency rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services required hospitals and hospital-owned organizations to post machine-readable files in plain language that will allow patients to generate estimates for what they will pay for a given medical service. By using the healow Price Transparency tool, medical organizations can …

Is your practice still billing patients with paper statements, incurring the costs of printing and postage, putting up with errors, and waiting weeks or even months to get paid? There is a better solution! healow Payment Services lets patients make copayments or settle balances at any point during the cycle of care. Payments can be made through you…

The latest eClinicalWorks Behavioral Health module offers Bridge Community Health Clinic, an FQHC in Wausau, Wisconsin, the tools they need to deliver quality care. Dr. Dakota Kaiser, Clinical Director of Behavioral Health, cites phased treatment plans, the Data, Assessment, and Plan tool, integrated timer, in-place editing, and new options to prot…

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pioneer Physicians Network, a 70-provider organization in the Greater Akron, Ohio area decided to “right size” their practice. They used Revenue Cycle Management services from eClinicalWorks to shift burdensome work off their staff, allowing them to maximize the effectiveness of existing personnel and resources…

In this edition of the eClinicalWorks Podcast, Farah Saeed, a member of the Interoperability Team at eClinicalWorks discusses the importance of practices received ADT (admission, discharge, and transfer) notifications from hospitals for patients under their care. By enabling Direct messaging and using the eClinicalWorks Transition of Care Notificat…

In this edition of the eClinicalWorks Podcast, host Brian Saal and eClinicalWorks's own Deb Wade discuss how the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) software in eClinicalWorks helps providers run drug checks and safely prescribe opioids and other controlled substances to their patients. They explore how eClinicalWorks works with prescriptio…

In this edition of the eCW Podcast, we talk with David Uptagrafft, Director of Operations at Innova Primary Care. He discusses how eClinicalWorks® Population Health tools such as eBO® and the eClinicalWorks Chronic Care Management solution have helped Innova accurately track physician performance and outperform many larger organizations’ quality me…

When entries in providers’ Progress Notes don’t match standard abbreviations in the medication database, uncoded allergies can arise. Such uncoded allergies will not trigger drug allergy alerts, which can lead to patient safety issues. eClinicalWorks has developed a mapping tool to automatically convert uncoded allergies to coded allergies, helping…

To mark National Health Center Week 2021, the eCW Podcast team met with three of the many hundreds of health centers we work with nationwide to learn more about their latest strategies. Our customers share how they are using our telehealth solution, healow TeleVisits™, along with other Patient Engagement tools to expand access to care and reduce no…

To mark National Health Center Week 2021, the eCW Podcast team met with three of the many hundreds of health centers we work with nationwide to learn more about their latest strategies. Our customers share how they are using our telehealth solution, healow TeleVisits™, along with other Patient Engagement tools to expand access to care and reduce no…

To mark National Health Center Week 2021, the eCW Podcast team met with three of the many hundreds of health centers we work with nationwide to learn more about their latest strategies. Our customers share how they are using our telehealth solution, healow TeleVisits™, along with other Patient Engagement tools to expand access to care and reduce no…

In this edition of the eCW Podcast, host Brian Saal and Marzia Fatima, from the Business Development and Enterprise Strategy Group at eClinicalWorks, explore key features of the eClinicalWorks EHR — including some innovations and several existing but sometimes overlooked tools. They focus on how these features can help medical practices of all size…

This edition of the eCW Podcast examines how better patient experiences and better patient outcomes are both the product of more effective use of Population Health solutions. When providers use these solutions for their patients with chronic conditions, those transitioning among care settings, and those in need of behavioral health services, the re…

New options such as visit-type charges, service authorization requests, and an option to designate no-show appointment charges are making the eClinicalWorks® billing software even better. This edition of the eCW Podcast explores all that and some tried-and-true options practices won’t want to overlook.…

Following up on your patients’ referrals is a critical part of ensuring thorough care. eClinicalWorks® offers providers an easy way to gain greater visibility into referral details.

Regularly updating your EHR is vital for enhancing usability and patient safety. With the V11.52 series, eClinicalWorks offers enhancements for drug interaction checks, uncoded allergies, electronic Rx workflows, and flu clinics and reminder campaigns, and better voice recognition for daily documentation of patient care.…

Find out how patient-facing technology has helped patients become more engaged in their own health, improved processes for clinical staff, and continues to pave the way for a tech-friendly healthcare world with tools such as online appointment booking for PrimeCARE Medical Clinic, a 28-provider group with four locations throughout central and south…

If your doors remain open, patients might keep coming to your practice during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. But Georgia’s Dekalb Pediatric Associates wasn’t taking any chances. By using the full range of Patient Engagement tools from eClinicalWorks® and healow®, including online booking, telehealth, and contactless check-in, they have both e…

The eClinicalWorks® Vaccine Administration Management Solution functions is helping practices book, manage, and document vaccine administration, track shot inventory, and handle billing and reporting.

Listen to this eCW Podcast to learn how Internists Associates of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania has used healow TeleVisits™, healow CHECK-IN™, eClinicalMessenger® campaigns, and healow Pay to maintain continuity of care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic while enhancing safety and meeting the expectations of their 8,800 patients.…

At Lighthouse Family Medicine in Colleyville, Texas, Dr. Kenneth LeCroy and colleagues are using eClinicalWorks® and healow® to keep up with patient volumes and improve satisfaction. They are engaging patients through eClinicalMessenger® and blast emails, including letting them know where they can get COVID-19 vaccines. eClinicalWorks Scribe® has m…

Wearable health devices are revolutionizing healthcare, adding critical, real-time information about patients to the wealth of data available from primary care and specialty providers, hospitals, clinics, and payers. In this edition of the eClinicalWorks Podcast, Melissa Alexander explains how the healow app integrates with a growing array of weara…

As healthcare has shifted from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement models, payers and providers alike have faced the challenge of sharing the patient data necessary to support claims and meet reporting requirements. As Frank Vo explains, healow Insights empowers payers and providers alike, providing for discrete EHR data, point-of-care ale…

Effective interoperability has long been sought as the “holy grail” to improving healthcare. From a once-elusive goal, interoperability is now within reach of physicians everywhere thanks to the growing strength of nationwide networks, including Commonwealth® Health Alliance and Carequality. Hussie Elhaj, a member of the Business Development and En…

Listen to CEO William Kurtycz explain how Hyndman Area Health Center used eClinicalWorks Business Optimizer (eBO®) and the eClinicalWorks® Chronic Care Management module to close gaps in care and improve quality measures. Training and support teams from eClinicalWorks helped get the practice set up and running, enabling them to take full advantage …

Hear how Michelle Hurtt was able to leverage multiple tools from eClinicalWorks® and measure and track their effectiveness. Kiosk and Messenger Campaigns have helped create a more efficient front office workflow for Allied Physicians of Michiana. Listen as Michelle Hurtt explains how both HEDIS® and eBO® analytics were used to track and display res…

Dr. Steven Lamie discusses how healow TeleVisits™ and the CCM module have reshaped the Chronic Care Management program at the Thirlby Clinic. He explains how they have recently adopted healow CHECK-IN™ and healow® Open Access® into their workflow to create a more efficient process for their patients.…

David Uptagrafft, Director of Operations at Innova Primary Care, shares how his practice was able to overcome the challenges presented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Innova Primary Care was able to operate without any gaps in care thanks to telehealth, online appointment booking, the eClinicalWorks® Chronic Care Management module, and healow Pay™ wi…

We spoke with Renee Oates of Primary Care of Southwest Georgia and found out how she was able to use healow TeleVisits™ to manage the coronavirus pandemic and to maximize usage of available resources from eClinicalWorks. They were able to pull reports quickly and effectively, generate widespread notifications, and continue to provide care to all of…

Ashley Clement describes how Southeast Community Health Systems made the switch to the eClinicalWorks® EHR at the end of 2019. With the use of different training aids and marketing materials, the health center was able to notify their patients of their telehealth adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ashley Clement explains how they combined featu…

Palak explains how orthopedic specialty groups have effortlessly added healow TeleVisits to their workflows during the pandemic. Televisits are helping cut down on no-shows, integrating seamlessly into the eClinicalWorks EMR, and working in conjunction with Patient Portal and healow Open Access™ appointment booking.…

Amandeep describes how pediatric groups have taken to eClinicalWorks telehealth solution and are using all the tools eClinicalWorks has to offer — from campaign notifications to customizable questionnaires and wearable tracking devices. She emphasizes the optimal user experience and how televisits can be accessed across many different device platfo…

Minesh discusses how gastro specialty groups are using televisits to provide a more efficient patient experience, and how eClinicalWorks is regularly enhancing the software to make it even more accessible to both the patient and provider. He shares how a Florida gastro group is helping to prevent unnecessary urgent care visits.…

Jimeet speaks about how patients have been asking for televisits, and how, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have finally gained traction. Behavioral health specialty groups have benefited greatly from the eClinicalWorks telehealth solutions, which have made physicians more easily accessible to their patients.…

Listen as Dr. Jeff Gelblum Sr. of First Choice Neurology out of Florida describes the practice’s shift to using healow TeleVisits™ almost exclusively during the COVID-19 pandemic. From chronic care appointments to new patient visits, patients of all ages enjoyed learning how to adapt to this new way of interacting with their provider virtually from…

The pandemic has shown practices that engagement and satisfaction are the most important factors for patients. For a practice to be successful in today’s environment, they must continue to grow and evolve to meet all their patients' needs and expectations. Hussein Elhaj discusses how expanded service surveys, wearable tracker data, Patient Portal a…

As practices begin to reopen, rather than reverting to the old ways of operating, many offices realize this is a great opportunity to reshape their Patient Engagement. In this podcast, Sidd Shah explains the need for reformatting the appointment process during the COVID-19 era. From automating the office visit through text message notifications and…