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Partnership Transforms Clinical EMR Data into Actionable Insights
“ This is a significant milestone that will enable healthcare providers and health systems to deliver significant value to their patients , physicians , clinicians , nurses , care managers and executives ,” said David Delafield , Chief Financial Officer at Medical Group WA / AK , Providence Health and Services in Seattle . “ Stakeholders at all levels of the organisation will be able to leverage the clinical data from Epic and self-service visual analytics from Tableau to enable performance improvement .”
Business analytics software provider Tableau Software has entered into a technology agreement with Epic that will enable joint customers to deliver actionable insights from Tableau to EMR end-users , empowering physicians , clinicians , nurses and case managers for clinical analysis .
As part of this agreement , customer-created Tableau workbooks and dashboards will be integrated with Epic ’ s EMR , allowing direct access from end-user workflows . In addition , the community of joint customers will share knowledge , innovation and best practices to accelerate time-to-value
from both technologies , focusing on helping customers leverage their data assets .
Dr . Ari Robicsek , VP of Clinical Analytics and Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at NorthShore University Health System , welcomes the relationship . “ Tableau has been essential in our effort to transform clinical data from Epic into actionable insights , enabling us to deliver these insights into the real-life workflows of clinicians and healthcare administrators . Examples include predictive models that drive our Population Health and readmission reduction efforts and actionable quality dashboards for primary care providers .” He further added , “ This has delighted our physicians , achieved high levels of adoption , and resulted in demonstrably better patient outcomes .”
“ We ’ re very excited to be working with Epic ,” said Andy Dé , Managing Director for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Tableau . “ We continue to experience strong market adoption for Tableau at the enterprise level nationally in healthcare . This relationship is a direct result of customers ’ demand and will deliver value to healthcare providers through the delivery of rapid , actionable insights from their clinical data , for measurable impact on health outcomes .” •
First-ever Mobile Telehealth Development Kit
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American Well has unveiled the first-ever mobile Telehealth Software Development Kit ( SDK ). With the Telehealth Mobile SDK , virtually any health brand – including hospitals , insurers , retailers or medical publishers – can add online doctor visits into their native mobile apps , making on-demand care a part of their owned consumer experience .
The mobile SDK , allows providers to embed telehealth functions and services directly into existing iOS and Android apps . By integrating the American Well solution providers can use the technology to manage their own clinicians and provide telehealth consultations , or they are able to tap into the company ’ s network of on-demand providers .
April / May 2016
" The SDK is a game changer for how consumers will access online healthcare in the future ," said Dr . Roy Schoenberg , CEO and co-founder , American Well . " For the first time , any company with a consumer-facing health application can embed online doctor visits into that app – making telehealth an integral part of their own brand experience . Not only does this build brand loyalty with consumers by offering a compelling service , it makes online healthcare easier to access than ever before . We believe one day every consumer will use telehealth with their doctor , and the SDK is our guarantee that future is imminent ."
There are many examples of how having an immediate doctor ' s visit available in-app helps consumers and makes for a better