Health
When doctors know each other: Patients benefit when specialists know referring physicians, research says
Are you likely to receive better care if the specialist treating you knows your primary care physician?
Jan 3, 2023
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Medical economics
IT in health care has produced modest changes, so far
It has never been hard to imagine how information technology (IT) might improve health care services. Fast messaging replacing faxes. Electronic health records that can be accessed more easily. Software that can inform doctors' ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Health
First-year doctors spend almost 90 percent of their time away from patients
First-year doctors, or interns, spend 87 percent of their work time away from patients, half of which is spent interacting with electronic health records, according to a new study from researchers at Penn Medicine and Johns ...
Apr 15, 2019
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Gastroenterology
Artificial intelligence could help reduce hospitalizations for GI condition
When patients with ulcers or other conditions that cause bleeding in the stomach or intestines go to the emergency room, they are often admitted to the hospital. But they may not need to be, according to Yale researchers. ...
Sep 27, 2019
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Immunology
Researchers validate pediatric 'allergic march' in largest national study of its kind
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) used electronic health record (EHR) data from more than 200,000 pediatric patients to describe patterns of pediatric allergies ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Cardiology
COVID often joined by heart disease, diabetes
In a mix of bad and good news, a new large study confirms that COVID can raise the risks of new-onset heart trouble and diabetes—though those threats typically wane again after a few months.
Jul 20, 2022
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Health
Study analyzes numbers, trends in health care data breaches nationwide
Health plans—entities that cover the costs of medical care—accounted for the greatest number of patient records breached over the past seven years, according to an analysis of U.S. health care data conducted by two Massachusetts ...
Sep 25, 2018
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Health
Study: Older patients with chronic conditions benefit from reading medical appointment notes
As of April 2021, federal law requires U.S. healthcare organizations to provide patients with access to their electronic health records, including outpatient visit notes. Previous studies have shown that patients who read ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Cardiology
Trial demonstrates early AI-guided detection of heart disease in routine practice
Heart disease can take a number of forms, but some types of heart disease, such as asymptomatic low ejection fraction, can be hard to recognize, especially in the early stages when treatment would be most effective. The ECG ...
May 6, 2021
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Other
Large hospital successfully implements CPOE system with clinical decision support for radiology
In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large, tertiary-care hospital has successfully implemented a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with clinical decision ...
Feb 1, 2012
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