Health
Hospitals try voice recognition for health records
If your doctor is talking to an iPad the next time you see her, she may actually be flipping through your file.
Apr 17, 2012
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Report: Electronic health records still need work
(AP) -- America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.
Jan 27, 2012
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Medical economics
Does care during pregnancy differ based on patient race in the US?
In an analysis of perinatal care provided in the United States, investigators found few differences by race for care that was based on guidelines or expert recommendations; however, discretionary care (for which professional ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Radiology & Imaging
Axillary lymphadenopathy after COVID-19 vaccine booster—time to resolution on ultrasound follow-up
According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), axillary lymphadenopathy after a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose has a mean time to resolution of 102 days, shorter than the time ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same
The Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents to stay home, and many other regions of the vast country quickly followed suit to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
Mar 30, 2020
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Health
Amid virus crisis, officials announce health care tech rules
With coronavirus topping Americans' concerns, senior Trump administration officials tried to switch subjects Monday by announcing final rules aimed at delivering on the unfulfilled promise of electronic health records.
Mar 9, 2020
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Health
Leveraging information technology to address health disparities
Disparities in health care delivery and health outcomes present distressing challenges to underserved populations, who often experience a greater burden of chronic diseases and are more likely to show signs of poor disease ...
May 16, 2019
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NAM special publication outlines steps toward making health care systems fully interoperable
While health care has made great strides in recent years with the proliferation of electronic health records (EHRs), establishment of regional health information exchanges, and development of data exchange standards and interfaces, ...
Oct 12, 2018
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Health
Increased communication between hospitals improves patient care and survival rates
Well more than a million patients are transferred between hospitals each year in the U.S. This process is challenging both for hospitals and patients and breakdowns in communication are common.
Jul 16, 2018
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Health
New research collaboratory aims to harness the power of data to improve health
Health care professionals have long theorized that medical conditions, like asthma or cancer, are a result of not only genetics but also environmental and lifestyle factors. These theories, however, have been difficult to ...
Feb 7, 2018
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