News tagged with electronic health records
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Family docs are early adopters of electronic health records
(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 ...
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Jan 16, 2013 |
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Researchers identify ways to improve quality of care measurement from electronic health records
Health care providers and hospitals are being offered up to $27 billion in federal financial incentives to use electronic health records (EHRs) in ways that demonstrably improve the quality of care. The incentives are based, ...
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Jan 15, 2013 |
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Decision support reduces antibiotic usage for bronchitis
(HealthDay)—Decision support strategies can help reduce the over-prescription of antibiotics for acute bronchitis in primary care settings, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in JAMA Internal Me ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Change in PSA levels over time can help predict aggressive prostate cancer
Measurements taken over time of prostate specific antigen, the most commonly used screening test for prostate cancer in men, improve the accuracy of aggressive prostate cancer detection when compared to a single measurement ...
Cancer
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Many more doctors using electronic health records
(HealthDay)—More than two-thirds of family doctors now use electronic health records, and the percentage doing so doubled between 2005 and 2011, a new study finds.
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Jan 15, 2013 |
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Novel racial/ethnic differences found in diabetic kidney disease
(HealthDay)—Rates of proteinuric and nonproteinuric diabetic kidney disease (DKD) vary significantly across racial/ethnic groups, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Diabetes Care.
Diabetes
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Study finds routine tests done on patients with microscopic blood in urine can be avoided
The presence of microscopic hematuria – blood found in urine that can't be seen by the naked eye – does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published ...
Cancer
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Electronic health records with technical assistance can improve patient care in New York City
The relationship between a physician practice's adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and quality improvements in patient care remains unclear. However, a new study published in the January issue of Health Affairs by Wei ...
Health
Jan 07, 2013 |
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More changes in health care needed to fulfill promise of health information technology
Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of health information technology has not been reached because the systems deployed are neither interconnected nor ...
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Jan 07, 2013 |
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E-mail prompts improve code status documentation
(HealthDay)—For patients with advanced lung cancer, prompting oncologists via e-mail successfully improved both the rate and timing of outpatient code status documentation in patients' electronic health ...
Cancer
Jan 05, 2013 |
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Printed reminders for doctors improve health care
In an age when physicians are often short on time and deluged with information, printed reminders about screening tests, vaccinations and other health topics can help them provide care that more closely reflects ...
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Dec 12, 2012 |
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EHR algorithm can be used to detect, classify diabetes
(HealthDay)—Data from electronic health records (EHRs) can be used to detect more cases of diabetes than claim codes alone and can be used to accurately distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according ...
Diabetes
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Study finds association between oxygen deprivation before birth and ADHD
Children who had in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions, situations during which the brain is deprived of oxygen, were significantly more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder later in life ...
Attention deficit disorders
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Electronic visits offer accurate diagnoses, may lead to overprescribing of antibiotics
One of the first studies to compare patients who see their doctors in person to those who receive care through the Internet, known as an e-visit, underscores both the promise and the pitfalls of this technology.
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Nov 19, 2012 |
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Pediatrician adoption of EHR systems lagging behind
(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. ...
Pediatrics
Nov 19, 2012 |
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