Get to Know the Novartis Health Information Technology (HIT) Team

The Novartis HIT team is composed of experienced technical subject matter experts. These informaticists specialize in patient-centered care and HIT optimization coordination. The HIT Team can offer educational resources and support to your organization’s clinical team, which may help enhance the quality of health care provided.

The HIT Team:

  • Provides education on how to optimize your infrastructure which may help improve early diagnosis, treatment, and patient management by utilizing the electronic health records (EHR) and other technical tools in prioritized therapeutic areas
  • Understands the critical connection between clinical care and IT
  • Knows health care system priorities, language, and clinical workflows
  • Will collaborate with your organization to help you identify areas for improvement and develop technology solutions that are user-centered and may help improve the quality and efficiency of patient care

The HIT Team also understands the importance of facilitating change without increasing clinician frustration and burden.

Our Expertise

Patient Identification for Stratifying Populations

We help identify gaps in patient care, playing a pivotal role in educating how and where to find clinical data for potential translation into actionable intelligence. This work supports data-driven decision making and optimized clinical processes to help identify and risk stratify patients earlier in the disease process which can help enable better outcomes.

Clinical and Operational Workflow Optimization

We provide education to help implement clinical and/or operational support tools that may help improve efficiency and improve care. This can include education about embedding care pathways and guideline-directed medical therapies into the EHR.

Patient Activation and Engagement Solutions

For clinical services to be truly effective, patients must be engaged and activated to participate in their own care. We assist with the technical integration of tools to facilitate patient activation.

Explore Our Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic Resources 

We offer scalable, electronic health record-enabled tools and resources for key therapeutic areas.

Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

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Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Patient ID Guide, Epic

This resource provides instructions to assist with the identification of patients at risk for and with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Epic electronic health record system. 

Download the Patient ID Guide (PDF 0.2 MB)


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Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Patient ID Guide, Oracle Cerner 

This resource provides instructions to assist with the identification of patients at risk for and with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system. 

Download the Patient ID Guide (PDF 0.2 MB)


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Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Patient Workflow Optimization Guide, Epic 

This resource provides instructions to optimize workflows to enhance standardization of care for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction in patients who are risk for or with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Epic electronic health record system. 

Download the Patient Workflow Optimization Guide (PDF 0.1 MB)


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Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Patient Workflow Optimization Guide, Oracle Cerner 

This resource provides instructions to optimize workflows to enhance standardization of care for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction in patients who are risk for or with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system. 

Download the Patient Workflow Optimization Guide (PDF 0.1 MB)


Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy 

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Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy Patient ID Tip Sheet, Epic 

This resource provides instructions on how reporting solutions in the Epic electronic health record system may be used to identify patients with Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and assess clinical factors in these patients. 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet (PDF 0.1 MB)


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Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy Patient ID Tip Sheet, Oracle Cerner 

This resource provides instructions on how reporting tools in the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system may be used to identify patients with Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and assess clinical factors in these patients. 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet (PDF 0.1 MB)

EHR, electronic health record.

Explore Our Neuroscience Resources 

We offer scalable, electronic health record-enabled tools and resources for key therapeutic areas.


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YourMS Digital Build Guide, Epic 

This resource provides instructions to create the YourMS questionnaire in the Epic electronic health record system. 

Download the Build Guide ID (PDF 0.1 MB)


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MSProDiscuss Digital Build Guide, Epic 

This resource provides instructions to create the MSProDiscuss questionnaire as a smart form in the Epic electronic health record system. 

Download the Build Guide ID (PDF 1.4 MB)


EHR, electronic health record.

Explore Our Oncology Resources 

We offer scalable, electronic health record-enabled tools and resources for key therapeutic areas.


Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia EHR Guide, Epic 

This resource provides an overview for Reporting Workbench Patient Reports and Best Practice Advisories (BPAs) to identify Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (CP) Patients for Evaluation in the Epic electronic health record system. 

Download the EHR Guide (PDF 0.9 MB)


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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia EHR Guide, Oracle Cerner 

This resource provides an overview for using Patient Reports and Alerts to identify Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (CP) Patients for Evaluation in the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system. 

Download the EHR Guide (PDF 0.8 MB)


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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia EHR Guide, iKnowMed 

This resource provides an overview for using Patient Reports and Alerts to identify Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (CP) Patients for Evaluation in the iKnowMed electronic health record platform. 

Download the EHR Guide (PDF 0.9 MB)


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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia EHR Guide, OncoEMR 

This resource provides an overview for using Patient Reports and Alerts to identify Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (CP) Patients for Evaluation in the OncoEMR electronic health record platform. 

Download the EHR Guide (PDF 0.8 MB)


Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Patient ID Tip Sheet, Epic 

This resource provides instructions on how to create a Patient List in the Epic electronic health record system to help identify patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet (PDF 0.1 MB)


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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Patient ID Tip Sheet, Oracle Cerner 

This resource provides instructions on how to create a Patient List in the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system to help identify patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet, Oracle Cerner (PDF 0.1 MB)


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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Best Practice Alert Guide, Epic 

This resource provides instructions on how to create a paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) best practice alert, additional criteria to assist in the identification of patients who are sub optimally treated with PNH, as well as considerations for the implementations of clinical decision support for patients with PNH. 

Download the Best Practice Alert Guide (PDF 0.4 MB)


Early Breast Cancer

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Early Breast Cancer Patient ID Tip Sheet, Epic 

This resource provides instructions on how utilizing Epic’s SlicerDicer tool or custom report feature may assist with the identification of select patients with HR+ HER2- early Breast Cancer. 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet (PDF 0.1 MB)


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Early Breast Cancer Patient ID Tip Sheet, Oracle Cerner 

This resource provides instructions on how utilizing Oracle Cerner’s Dynamic Work List, Discern Reporting, or custom report feature may assist with the identification of select patients with HR+ HER2- early Breast Cancer. 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet (PDF 0.5 MB)


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Early Breast Cancer Patient ID Tip Sheet, iKnowMed 

This resource provides instructions on how utilizing iKnowMed’s reporting capabilities, or custom report feature may assist with the identification of select patients with HR+ HER2- early Breast Cancer. 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet (PDF 0.1 MB)


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Early Breast Cancer Patient ID Tip Sheet, OncoEMR 

This resource provides instructions on how utilizing OncoEMR’s reporting capabilities, or custom report feature may assist with the identification of select patients with HR+ HER2- early Breast Cancer. 

Download the Patient ID Tip Sheet (PDF 0.1 MB)


EHR, electronic health record.