Category: Interoperability

Managing your dental practice schedule, daily operations, and teaching future dentists is a constant balancing act. Manual intake packets, phone‑based appointment scheduling, and disjointed patient communication messaging systems steal time from both educators and patients. As a result, inefficient workflows, missed appointments, and simple manual administrative tasks that could be…Read more

Interoperability in healthcare is crucial for modernizing health IT infrastructure, improving patient outcomes, and streamlining operational efficiencies. However, achieving true healthcare interoperability remains a significant challenge due to the complexity of integrating disparate systems necessary for a modern healthcare organization in the digital age. This article explores interoperability in healthcare,…Read more

Interoperability is necessary for the attainment of a more efficient healthcare system and the use of HIEs. It puts important patient data at physicians’ fingertips, allowing for more informed decision-making and better continuity of care. Interoperability is on the rise, spurred by government efforts to increase health information exchange; however,…Read more

Studies have shown a link between poor health literacy, increased costs to the healthcare system, and poorer patient outcomes. 50% of patients walk out of their physician’s office not knowing what they were told or what they were supposed to do. This can result in a range of costly health…Read more

Many of the today’s leading health information technology organizations that offer a full suite of solutions, such as McKesson, are on a general trend of developing less and less software.  As these organizations dedicate fewer resources to maintaining their previous developed software it makes it hard to trust in these…Read more

Updated on June 21, 2020. Greenway Health™ provides electronic health records (EHR), practice management (PM), and revenue cycle services (RCS) for ambulatory clinics and various specialty practices. Greenway Health™ users frequently come to Bridge seeking a solution to increase patient engagement in their healthcare organizations. Bridge offers an industry-leading user…Read more

Updated on June 15, 2020. Centricity™ was introduced to the market in 2003 by GE Healthcare™; since then, the software has been acquired by multiple companies including GE Medical Systems™ in 2002, then sold to Virence on July 11, 2018, and is now owned by Athenahealth®, who bought it on…Read more

Updated on August 13, 2020. athenahealth® has two product lines, the athenahealth® core product, and the recently acquired Centricity product line. athenahealth® bought Centricity™ on Feb. 7, 2019, from Virence Health. Bridge is capable of integrating with both of the athenahealth® EHR/PM product lines. Healthcare organizations using athenahealth® frequently come…Read more

As a result of acquiring 3rd party software vendors, many of the today’s leading Electronic Health Records (EHR) organizations, such as Allscripts®, offer multiple software platforms, including EHR, patient portals and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solutions.  Their patient portals, often lack customizability and have trouble adapting the software to organizations’…Read more

Updated on April 17, 2020. How Bridge Increases Patient Engagement for NextGen® Users NextGen® is a healthcare solutions provider that supports ambulatory and specialty practices, and it’s users frequently come to Bridge seeking a solution to increase patient engagement in their healthcare organizations. Bridge offers an industry-leading user experience through…Read more