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(AP)—The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-doctors-hospitals-electronic.html Health Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:02 EST news288457736 (HealthDay)—Since 2008 there has been an increase in the proportion of children's hospitals adopting electronic health records (EHRs), with EHRs in almost 60 percent of children's hospitals in 2011, according to research published online April 15 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-percent-peds-hospitals-electronic-health.html Health Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:30:01 EST news285422467 Research by Professor Alan Rushton, King's College London and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) gives new insight into the long-term effects and outcomes for children adopted from abroad. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-british-chinese.html Health Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:44:49 EST news280143877 (HealthDay)—Family practice physicians are adopting electronic health record (EHR) systems at a fast pace, with 68 percent using an EHR system by 2011, and 80 percent expected to be users by 2013, according to research published in the January/February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-family-docs-early-electronic-health.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:01 EST news277565386 (HealthDay)—The number of employed physicians is rising, prompting adoption of physician employment principles by the American Medical Association, presented at the American Medical Association Interim Meeting, held from Nov. 8 to 10 in Honolulu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ama-physician-employment-principles.html Other Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:20:02 EST news273262161 (HealthDay)—Pediatricians' adoption of fully functional electronic health record (EHR) systems is lagging and fraught with financial and productivity concerns, according to a study published online Nov. 19 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pediatrician-ehr-lagging.html Pediatrics Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:50:02 EST news272555843 Couples who adopt after unsuccessful IVF treatment have a better quality of life than both childless couples and couples without fertility problems, reveals a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-good-quality-life-couples.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:55:07 EST news271936391 Children's parties or activity days, where prospective adopters meet children awaiting adoption, could be part of the solution to the current adoption crisis, according to research that will be showcased during the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-days-children-families.html Health Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:10:01 EST news270438758 (HealthDay)—As more children are adopted each year, pediatricians must be knowledgeable about adoption issues and model positive language for adoptive families, according to a clinical report published online Sept. 24 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pediatricians-families.html Pediatrics Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:10:02 EST news267799875 In a Policy Forum article in this week's PLOS Medicine Madhukar Pai from McGill University, Canada and colleagues discuss a framework for how point-of-care testing can be applied to infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-barriers-point-of-care-low-resource.html Health Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:00:09 EST news265972760 (HealthDay) -- A majority of U.S. physicians have now adopted an electronic health record system as part of their routine practice, a new national survey reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-doctors-embracing-electronic-health-survey.html Health Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:03:50 EST news261756219 (HealthDay) -- Adoption of strategies such as Six Sigma methodology in hospital operating rooms (ORs) leads to improvements in patient flow and employee engagement, according to a study published in the July issue of the AORN Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-sigma-techniques-room-patient.html Surgery Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:48:51 EST news260368993 Canada should show leadership in supporting adoption of the rotavirus vaccination in developing countries, but it must also ensure that all Canadian infants are vaccinated against the virus, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-waging-war-rotavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:05 EST news253273911 Researchers have found that parents of young children who anger easily and over-react are more likely to have toddlers who act out and become upset easily. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-over-reactive-parenting-linked-negative-emotions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:59:27 EST news249040536 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers interested in stress at work have been concerned at the increased intensity of work in the EU over the past 20 years. A more detailed breakdown has shown that this increase between 1995 and 2005 occurred in all countries with only one exception, the UK. Our early adoption of computers may be the key. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-pcs-blame-stressed-workers.html Health Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:33:40 EST news236780332 Strong leadership, communication and teamwork are essential to successful organizations, especially health care facilities. However, how those organizations achieve improvement is not clearly understood, says a University of Missouri researcher. Amy Vogelsmeier, assistant professor in the Sinclair School of Nursing, found that leadership is critical to supporting open communication and relationship building to generate improvement, such as enhanced safety practices and new technology adoption, in health care organizations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-strong-leadership-sophisticated-aging-population.html Health Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:51:31 EST news235134473