Increasing access to behavioral health resources
Performance Improvement Practice Leader Wally Ward shares how healthcare systems can leverage people, data, and technology to enhance mental health care access and freeze the squeeze.
Posts in: Performance Improvement
Performance Improvement
June 8, 2021
Polishing your portal to empower patients
Nordic's Tanner Pederson provides tips for optimizing your referral workflows to allow your patients to become their own referral coordinator.
Performance Improvement
February 2, 2021
Optimizing and aligning your workqueue building blocks
Nordic's Everett Hayes shares tips for realigning your EHR workqueues to achieve optimal results.
Performance Improvement
January 13, 2021
American use of the EHR: What can we learn from others?
Citing a recent JAMA Internal Medicine study, Dr. Craig Joseph dives into the differences between EHR use in the U.S. versus non-U.S. countries. Some results are more surprising than you'd think.
Performance Improvement
January 7, 2021
Remote relationships: How to build trust during strategic engagements
Nordic's Managing Director of Performance Improvement Kelly Krulisky offers lessons learned when building relationships in a remote work environment.
Performance Improvement
December 23, 2020
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
Dr. Craig Joseph discusses the "default effect," highlighting how default EHR actions can not only improve the user experience, but also help clinical users take the best care of their patients.
Performance Improvement
December 14, 2020
Preparing for the 2021 E/M code transition begins with education
Nordic's Senior Manager - Performance Improvement Kristin Stewart provides a high-level overview of the E/M code changes, offering advice on how to prepare your transition-critical training strategy.
Performance Improvement
December 7, 2020
Hittin' the road to a Single Billing Office
Learn three main areas to consider when planning a journey to a Single Billing Office.
Performance Improvement
December 3, 2020
COVID-19 vaccinations: Now is the time for healthcare IT to step up
Nordic's CMO Dr. Craig Joseph shares what healthcare IT experts should be doing right now to prepare to administer the COVID-19 vaccines.
Performance Improvement
November 10, 2020
De-adopting low-value EHR practices
Inspired by a recent article from the Journal of the American Medical Association about de-adopting low-value care, Dr. Craig Joseph shares three EHR practices he believes should be de-adopted for better results.
Performance Improvement
November 9, 2020
Can you hear me now? Avoiding a bad connection from your digital front door
Nordic's Director of Performance Improvement Blake Sollenberger, offers his take on deploying an effective digital front door strategy that prevents patients from seeking a better connection with other providers.
Performance Improvement
October 29, 2020
How to find your broken EHR windows
In his second blog post on broken EHR windows, Dr. Craig Joseph discusses how to find those problem areas in your system.