Zoom, Cerner Beta-Testing Integration of Zoom With Electronic Health Records

Zoom has announced it is inviting users of Cerner electronic health record (EHR) systems to participate in beta testing of an integration of Zoom sessions with the health information tech company’s EHR platforms, according to a Zoom blog post.

This integration will enable telehealth sessions in which healthcare providers can launch a secure session by clicking a link in the patient’s chart; share test results and complete EHR documentation during the session, and enter and exit the session without disconnecting so that different providers can speak with the patient, the post stated.

Currently, patients can join a telehealth session by clicking a link that is sent to their email address; soon, they will be able to click a link within their patient portal, according to the post.

“Zoom’s ability to integrate with popular electronic health record (EHR) platforms, including Cerner and Epic, makes it even easier to schedule, join, and document telehealth visits directly in a patient’s EHR,” Zoom Global Healthcare Lead Ron Emerson wrote in the post.

Since Oct. 1, Cerner’s president and CEO has been Dr. David Feinberg, who previously as vice president of Google Health.

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“Throughout my career, I’ve been guided by the goal of improving patient health and reducing the complexity of the healthcare system,” Feinberg said in an Aug. 19 press release. “I am thrilled to join a company that is so uniquely well-positioned to provide technology solutions that enable clinicians to take better care of patients while driving better clinical, operational and financial outcomes for organizations of all sizes.”

In other news, interoperability and data exchange is driving patient/consumer expectations more than ever.

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The PYMNTS study Connected Healthcare: What Consumers Want From Their Healthcare Customer Experiences, a Rectangle Health collaboration, found that “most patients want to use at least one digital method to manage their healthcare services or interactions with their providers,” such as medical histories digitally, filling out medical forms digitally, communicating with healthcare providers securely and receiving digital payment notifications.

Get the study: What Consumers Want From Their Healthcare Customer Experiences