Smart EHR UI
Smart EHR UI products sit on top of the EHR and other data sources, surfacing and summarizing workflow-specific, relevant information to clinicians, but also write back to the EHR in useful ways. They use AI and machine learning, in addition to NLP and advanced search capabilities, to deliver a more useful interface for specific workflows than the more fully-featured EHR beneath it.
Product Usage: CareAlign is used primarily for tracking patient tasks and managing patient care on the inpatient side, acting as a visualization layer on top of Epic.
Strengths: CareAlign excels at task management and the aggregation of patient data, providing succinct patient summaries and enabling effective task coordination within a healthcare team.
Weaknesses: However, the platform lacks a proper differentiation between user roles and does not have a revision history feature, making task management potentially confusing without clear team alignment.
Overall Judgment: Despite a few minor drawbacks, CareAlign is deemed a helpful tool for inpatient care management that significantly improves efficiency and is generally preferred over the existing alternatives.