Raef Fahmy

At Selah Digital, we’ve developed a game-changing app: the 24/7 Nurse Triage Solution. This app empowers healthcare teams to provide real-time, protocol-driven care around the clock—improving patient outcomes while reducing unnecessary ER visits. With a user-friendly interface, it streamlines workflows and allows nurses to focus on what matters most: patient care. Our app isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about merging cutting-edge technology with empathy to ensure healthcare remains personal, even in a fast-paced world. Discover how this app is transforming care delivery by combining innovation with compassion. Read more here: https://bit.ly/407CM0F #HealthcareApp #NurseTriage #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #TechWithHeart #PatientCare #SelahDigital #HealthcareTransformation

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🔍 The Epic EHR Wonderland: A Tale of High Hopes and Lingering Dissatisfaction Since the rollout of Epic EHR, funded by the HITECH Act of 2009, healthcare providers have faced mixed experiences. A 2022 study from Finland and Denmark revealed that 32% of users were dissatisfied with Epic, citing poor usability despite improved technical performance. Strikingly, only a small fraction of physicians (4.7%) and nurses (7.3%) found accessing patient information easy, with even fewer agreeing that it improved patient care. Meanwhile, a 2019 US study showed that while modern EHRs enhanced certain process measures, they made no significant impact on patient outcomes. Worse, the emotional toll on healthcare workers is substantial. A 2020 study found that physicians working after hours on EHR tasks were 4.8 to 12.5 times more likely to experience emotional exhaustion. As we continue to navigate the balance between technology and care, it’s critical to re-examine whether systems like Epic are truly serving healthcare providers and patients. #HealthcareIT #EpicEHR #PhysicianBurnout #HealthcareInnovation #DigitalHealth

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🙌🏻 Good. Also if you need help renegotiating these types of agreements 👋🏻 We have over 1.5 million benchmarks (and growing), I would love to show you exactly how to save money on joint contracts.

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If you're headed to #FHIRDEVDAYS, you won't want to miss this session delivered by Jeff Brown, HL7CE. This presentation will give an overview of what the Da Vinci Burden Reduction solution provides as an automated workflow to achieve seamless Prior Authorization for services, the individual roles of the three Implementation Guides in this process, and how these guides may be leveraged to solve various other healthcare needs. Thursday June 13th 9-9:45am.

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What are prior authorizations really? The health insurance companies would tell you that they are necessary to make sure that the patient isn't getting any "unnecessary care". How do they make these decisions? They look at your chart, and apply an algorithm (probably uses AI at this point), and then make the decision. Example: Patient with bone on bone knee arthritis see's a joint surgeon who recommends a knee replacement. The health insurance company denies it, stating that physical therapy has not been tried and failed first. Maybe that sounds good, unless you are the patient with excruciating pain from bone on bone arthritis who can't tolerate even a single PT session. The question is who would you rather trust your care to: A health insurance company who is financially incentivized to deny care based off of a barely readable clinic note and a computer algorithm OR You doctor who HAS ACTUALLY SEEN AND EXAMINED YOU, and mostly always wants you to get better. The bottom line is that health insurance companies could not care less if you suffer or experience bad outcomes. They get to keep money by not paying for your care and have absolutely zero liability. Your physician wants you to get better and has liability if things go wrong. #healthcare #orthopedics #medicine

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