Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccines found effective in reducing risk of long COVID symptoms
A recent study has revealed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing long COVID.
Jan 12, 2024
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News tagged with electronic health
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Flagging dementia patients for better hospital care
Cedars-Sinai investigators are using electronic health records to identify hospitalized patients likely to have dementia. The method they developed, detailed in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Health informatics
Majority of US hospitals found COVID-19 reporting directives to be inconsistent
The U.S. health care response during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic unveiled challenges in public health reporting systems and electronic clinical data exchange.
Jan 10, 2024
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Biomedical technology
Researchers develop tool to identify dust lung disease risk
A new dust testing methodology developed by University of Queensland researchers offers workers better protection from diseases such as black lung and silicosis. The research is published in the journal Minerals.
Jan 9, 2024
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Health informatics
New research identifies high rates and common causes of diagnostic errors in hospitals across the nation
A new study from researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California San Francisco, has shed light on the rate and impact of diagnostic errors in hospital settings.
Jan 8, 2024
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Pediatrics
Real-world analysis: COVID-19 vaccine strongly effective for children and adolescents during delta and omicron
Children and adolescents who received one of the main COVID-19 vaccines were significantly protected from the illness and showed no increased signs of cardiac complications compared to young people who were not vaccinated, ...
Jan 8, 2024
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Medications
Diabetes and weight-loss drugs—Ozempic and Wegovy—not associated with increased suicidal thoughts, finds study
A new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine reveals that a chemical used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-management drug Wegovy is not associated with an increased risk for suicidal ...
Jan 5, 2024
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Health informatics
Many dead patients still listed as alive in electronic health records, researchers say
Nearly one in five deceased patients are marked alive in electronic health records (EHRs) and 80 percent received primary care outreach after their death, according to a research letter published online Dec. 4 in JAMA Internal ...
Jan 1, 2024
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Health
Where you live matters: A first-of-its-kind study illustrates how racism is interrelated with poor health
A team of health equity researchers from several institutions has leveraged a complex web of data to test a hypothesis: That structural racism is associated with resources and structures at the neighborhood level that are ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Cardiology
Where patients live impacts whether they pick up their heart-failure medications
People who live in neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty and unemployment are less likely to fill their heart-failure drug prescriptions than those living in wealthier areas, a new study shows. The findings not only ...
Dec 14, 2023
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