True EHR Integration: What It Really Is
The term "EHR integration" is often used, but many people don’t know what true EHR Integration is. More importantly, what does it look like in practice when healthcare providers are trying to deliver quality care while managing increasingly complex patient populations?
Beyond Surface-Level Connections
Many remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions claim to offer EHR integration, but the reality is often disappointing. When healthcare providers have to juggle multiple applications, remember different login credentials, and manually copy-paste data between systems, that's not integration, that's digital friction at its worst.
True integration isn't just about data interfacing or visual integration; it's about making personal health data a first-class citizen of the EHR ecosystem. Real integration means providers never have to leave their familiar workflow to access the critical patient data they need.
What True Integration Actually Means
True EHR integration creates a seamless experience where:
No window switching is required: Providers can access all patient-generated health data (PGHD) directly within their existing EHR interface
Single sign-on eliminates password fatigue: Healthcare workers can move seamlessly between applications without managing multiple credentials
Data flows automatically: No more manual data entry, PDF screenshots, or copy-paste operations
Workflows remain intact: The integration complements existing processes rather than disrupting them
Alerts arrive where providers already work: Custom notifications appear in familiar spaces like Epic InBasket
The Validic Approach: Platform-First Integration
At Validic, we've taken a platform-first approach to EHR integration that transforms how healthcare organizations implement and scale remote monitoring programs. Our solution doesn't just interface with EHRs, it becomes part of them.
Seamless Epic Integration Through App Orchard
Through our availability on Epic's App Orchard, Validic Impact demonstrates what true integration looks like in practice. Epic APIs root our platform directly into the provider's workflow, pre-populating enrollment data and making patient enrollment effortless.
Healthcare providers using Validic Impact can:
Enroll and monitor patients directly from within the patient's chart
Launch Impact from InBasket messages and navigate between alerts seamlessly
Access comprehensive patient data from over 570 connected devices without leaving Epic
Create customized rules and workflows that support their specific standards of care
Oracle Cerner: Embedded in Clinical Workflow
Our expanded collaboration with Oracle Cerner takes integration even further. Rather than adding another layer of complexity, Validic's platform embeds directly into the clinical workflow, supporting chronic condition management and providing remote monitoring capabilities without requiring additional clinical staff resources.
The Technology Behind Seamless Integration
Our platform's intentional design makes this speed possible. Built from the ground up to support broad digital health strategies, Validic transforms data from one of healthcare's largest ecosystems of personal health devices into actionable insights that integrate naturally with existing clinical workflows.
Our platform captures near-real-time data from devices measuring everything from blood pressure and glucose levels to heart rate and activity metrics. This data doesn't just sit in a separate dashboard, it becomes part of the patient's comprehensive health record, available when and where providers need it most.
Real-World Impact: Scale That Matters
True integration isn't just about individual provider convenience—it's about enabling healthcare organizations to scale remote monitoring programs effectively. Validic supports the largest RPM program in the country at Kaiser Permanente, with more than 250,000 enrolled patients and 6,000 referring providers. This scale is only possible because the integration is truly seamless.
Our platform currently serves more than 5 million active users across 530+ supported devices, demonstrating that when integration is done right, adoption follows naturally.
The Clinical Workflow Revolution
When personal health data becomes a first-class citizen of the EHR, something remarkable happens: the right data gets delivered to care teams exactly when they need it, within their existing workflow. This isn't just about technological convenience, it's about enabling better clinical decision-making and more personalized care delivery.
Providers can configure applications to fit their specific needs, create customized alerts that support their standards of care, and manage multiple clinical interventions—all without leaving the familiar EHR environment they use every day.
Making Healthcare Easier Through True Integration
The proliferation of personal health data is transforming how we diagnose, treat, and care for patients. But this transformation only reaches its full potential when the technology works with healthcare providers, not against them.
True EHR integration means that the powerful insights available through remote patient monitoring become as accessible and actionable as any other piece of clinical data. It means care teams can focus on what they do best, caring for patients, rather than navigating complex technology systems.
At Validic, we believe that digital health tools should make healthcare easier, not more complicated. That's why we've built our solutions to integrate seamlessly with the investments healthcare organizations have already made in their EHR systems.
When integration is done right, it doesn't feel like integration at all, it just feels like better healthcare.
Interested in learning more about how Validic's true EHR integration can transform your remote monitoring programs? Contact us to schedule a consultation and see our seamless integration in action.