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Health Information Exchange Connects Docs With EHRs During Disaster
Alexandra Wilson Pecci, April 10, 2018
HIE connectivity enabled care for evacuated patients when Hurricane Irma hit.
Overridden Alerts Linked to Increase in Adverse Drug Events
Alexandra Wilson Pecci, March 27, 2018
Overriding alerts that are clinically relevant can potentially lead to harm.
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4 Ways AI Can Help Build a Better Consumer Engagement Strategy
Keith Roberts, March 27, 2018
Many of us are aware that artificial intelligence is being used in factory robots, driverless cars, and robotic surgery. Few imagine that AI has any role to play in engaging healthcare consumers. Increasingly, it does.
Researchers Followed EHR Patterns to Find Undiagnosed Genetic Diseases
John Commins, March 16, 2018
Data gleaned from electronic health records suggests that patients diagnosed with heart failure, stroke, infertility, and kidney failure could actually be suffering from rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases.
Teaching AI to Distinguish Between Clinical Findings Produces 91% Accuracy Rate
Alexandra Wilson Pecci, March 13, 2018
A new study suggests that automated methods can be used to identify findings in radiology reports.

Telemedicine is getting trendy, but doctors may not be keeping up

The Washington Post, April 23, 2018

For years, doctors have been told to look at the patient — not the computer — when providing medical care. What we haven’t been told is what to do when there’s only a computer. Telemedicine is perhaps the most rapidly evolving area in health care.

Docs Behind Screen Seen as Less Compassionate

MedPage Today, April 23, 2018

Are better solutions 3 to 5 years away?

US Healthcare Leaves a Big Carbon Footprint

John Commins, April 20, 2018

Carbon dioxide emissions generated by the healthcare system could play a role in approximately 20,000 premature deaths each year that are linked to air pollution.

Comcast and Independence Health to partner on new health care platform

CNBC, April 19, 2018

Comcast is teaming up with one of the nation's largest Blue Cross health insurers, Independence Health Group, to launch a new consumer-oriented health-care technology platform.

Can triage nurses help prevent 911 overload?

NPR, April 19, 2018

Most people are familiar with some form of triage: When you go to an emergency room, you first sit down with a triage nurse who records your symptoms, takes your vital signs and assesses the urgency of your medical need.

Ford's GoRide program aims to get Nana to the doctor on time

CNET, April 19, 2018

It's not easy getting old, particularly if you're unable to drive. How do you get to medical appointments if a family member isn't available to help? Well, Ford has a solution that might help your nana when she's got to get to the doctor's office, and it's called GoRide...

FDA Medical Device Safety Action Plan Spotlights Cybersecurity

Steven Porter, April 18, 2018

Trade associations have chimed in with cybersecurity contract recommendations of their own.

HHS subverts a congressional plan to make Medicare lab payments fairer

Stat News, April 18, 2018

Not all laws live up to their names. As a case in point, consider the Protecting Access to Medicare Act that Congress passed in 2014. Among other things, it sought to fix an outdated Medicare payment system for laboratory tests by establishing a new model that was based...

Need a doctor? New UNC virtual service connects you any time, may cost less

WRAL, April 18, 2018

Got a cold? Fever? Think you need to see a doctor but don’t want to go to emergency care or the hospital? UNC Health Care is offering a new service that will connect you virtually to a real doctor any time in North Carolina for $49 or less. Yes, the doctor is always “in...

Amazon has shelved a plan to sell drugs to hospitals, and insiders say there are two reasons why

CNBC, April 17, 2018

Amazon Business, which sells bulk items to business customers, has shelved its plan to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products after considering it last year, according to people familiar with the matter.

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