Connected Care: How Phoenix Children’s Optimized Its EHR To Enhance Patient Care

It’s been 17 years since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act enforced the use of electronic health records. While the EHR is commonplace in hospitals across the country, a growing documentation burden shows that there’s still room for optimization that improves both clinician experiences and patient outcomes. In recent years, Phoenix Children’s pivoted away from an EHR optimization lens focused on the technology itself to an emphasis on clinical optimization for safety, quality and patient outcomes. That initiative demonstrated the need for clinical...