The Daily Pennsylvanian: New Penn Medicine Initiative Streamlines Access To Electronic Health Records

“Penn Medicine has launched a new initiative designed to serve as the middleman between electronic health records and clinicians, providing information clinicians would need to treat a patient in a timely way. Unsatisfied with the current state of Electronic Health Records, healthcare professionals at Penn Med decided to take matters into their own hands. Called PennChart, the initiative will provide automated real-time updates that notify clinicians when a patient requires specific types of treatment. The current system requires clinicians to sift through often cumbersome EHRs to gather the same information.” Read more at The Daily Pennsylvanian