Search Tag: electronic health records

IT Management

Comparative-ehr-metrics-insights-into-physician-usage-efficiency

2024 18 Mar

  Electronic health records (EHRs) have revolutionised physicians' daily work, yet concerns persist regarding their negative impact on patient safety, work-life balance, and burnout. Physicians spend a considerable portion of their time on EHR-related tasks, often exceeding the time spent directly with patients. Standardising EHR use measurement...Read more

Executive Health Management

Comparative-ehr-metrics-insights-into-physician-usage-efficiency

2024 18 Mar

  Electronic health records (EHRs) have revolutionised physicians' daily work, yet concerns persist regarding their negative impact on patient safety, work-life balance, and burnout. Physicians spend a considerable portion of their time on EHR-related tasks, often exceeding the time spent directly with patients. Standardising EHR use measurement...Read more

Decision Support

The-benefits-of-using-digital-health-tools

2024 30 Jan

  It’s no secret that technological advances have completely revolutionised almost every industry - and the healthcare sector is no exception. The recent advent of digital health tools, such as  online health courses , telehealth services, and wearable devices - coupled with some pretty momentous events -  have transformed how healthcare services...Read more

IT Management

Blockchain-in-healthcare-five-initiatives

2023 08 Dec

    Beyond its roles in gaming or cryptocurrency, blockchain technology has found surprising traction in the medical domain. This revelation caught many off guard and gained momentum after the COVID-19 pandemic.   Researchers have unearthed the profound significance of blockchain across diverse realms reliant on information data. It...Read more

ICU Management

Applying-international-sepsis-guidelines-by-screening-high-risk-hospitalised-patients-with-psp

2023 13 Oct

Hospital and ICU nosocomial sepsis screening for acutely ill and high-risk patients and daily measurement of PSP to diagnose nosocomial sepsis three to five days before the onset of symptoms.     Introduction Sepsis is a major public health threat and is responsible for 11 million deaths per year (Rudd et al. 2020) among 48.9 million cases....Read more

Health Management

In-search-of-gold-in-health-data

2022 13 Sep

The low quality of health data is at the core of why we are not making the most of data science. However, new ways of dealing with acquiring those data can overcome this situation. Key Points High-quality health data are essential for healthcare delivery, health research and innovation. However, two key problems must...Read more

Executive Health Management

How-to-make-ehrs-smarter-and-safer

2022 19 Jul

Computer-based patient records were declared an essential technology for healthcare in 1991 by the National Academies. It was believed that patient records would support patient care, improve quality of care, enhance the productivity of healthcare professionals, reduce administrative costs, support clinical research and accommodate future developments...Read more

Health Management

Learning-from-each-other-an-artificial-intelligence-perspective-in-healthcare

2022 08 Jul

An overview of how exchange of knowledge can advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare with total data privacy. Key Points Artificial Intelligence is playing an important role in taking better decisions across multiple sectors and the healthcare sector is not an exception. Rule of thumb: The larger the datasets the better...Read more

IT Management

Precision-health-putting-an-overview-of-a-patients-cancer-data-at-doctors-fingertips

2021 30 Nov

When Prof. James Brenton was seeing one of his patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital recently for ovarian cancer treatment, he needed to review all her studies and treatments. The information was complex and lengthy: blood test results, genomic tests, imaging studies and reports from past therapy. Brenton hadn’t been able to attend the tumor board meeting...Read more

Executive Health Management

5-ways-big-data-can-benefit-the-healthcare-industry

2021 10 Nov

Vlad Vahromovs is an accomplished tech executive with over 15 years of executive leadership experience delivering cutting-edge solutions to industry giants, He is the CEO of Intellectsoft , the technology partner of Fortune 500 companies including EY, Nestle, and Jaguar. Vlad holds modern courses degrees from Stanford and Erasmus University Rotterdam....Read more

Digital Transformation

5-ways-big-data-can-benefit-the-healthcare-industry

2021 10 Nov

Vlad Vahromovs is an accomplished tech executive with over 15 years of executive leadership experience delivering cutting-edge solutions to industry giants, He is the CEO of Intellectsoft , the technology partner of Fortune 500 companies including EY, Nestle, and Jaguar. Vlad holds modern courses degrees from Stanford and Erasmus University Rotterdam....Read more

Health Management

Digital-anamnesis-integrating-classic-history-taking-with-digital-health

2021 12 Jul

The “Digital Anamnesis” concept and the proposed model may have useful  implications for medical education, in a medical practice and for conceptualisation  of modern Electronic Health Records Key Points Medical history taking is a historically, and key part of clinical practice and provides a correct diagnosis 76% of the...Read more

IT Management

Better-outcomes-through-patient-portals

2020 05 Jun

Online patient portals help healthcare providers to reduce the time patients spend in the facility and to cut medical costs, a new study shows.   You might also like: Patient responsibility for following up on test results   The study , conducted by The University of Texas at Austin and published in June 2020 issue of MIS Quarterly...Read more

Executive Health Management

A-human-centric-approach-for-data-collection

2019 22 May

The promise of personalised medicine     Based on extensive market research, the precision medicine sector is fast becoming a multibillion market. It consists of innumerable companies involved in the research and development, manufacturing and commercialisation of several novel drugs and diagnostic kits to boost the precision medicine workflow...Read more

Executive Health Management

Let-doctors-be-doctors-it-s-about-time

2019 27 Mar

LetDoctorsBeDoctors.com is a forum for healthcare professionals that allows them to communicate their vision for the future of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). (Watch video at end of article) The objective is for healthcare professionals to share their frustrations and concerns about EHR as well as make recommendations. It is believed that by...Read more

IMAGING Management

Sir2019-smart-speakers-help-physicians-in-the-or

2019 26 Mar

 #SIR19ATX:  Research demonstrates value of Amazon Echo and Google Home during medical procedures AUSTIN, TEXAS — Smart speakers that are customarily used in your living room can be programmed to act as an aid to physicians in hospital operating rooms, according to new research presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s...Read more

ICU Management

Emergency-admission-risk-machine-learning-model-works-well

2018 20 Nov

Machine learning can be used to analyse electronic health records and predict the risk of emergency hospital admissions, according to a new study from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found. You might also like: Hospital readmissions and machine learning The study is published in PLOS Medicine [open...Read more

IT Management

You-say-tomatoes-i-say-tomaahtoes-ehrs-need-common-standards

2018 25 Jul

There is a lot of variability in the way electronic health records are actually used by physicians, which highlights the need for basic standards in EHR design and implementation, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Researchers from the American Medical Association and MedStar Health...Read more

IT Management

Ehrs-need-time-to-prove-worth

2018 11 Jul

New research published in Health Affairs suggests that use of electronic health records (EHRs) can help improve quality of care after all. During the six-year study period (2008-2013), researchers found that mortality rates were initially higher among hospitals with more digital capabilities, but fell over time, as hospitals learned how to work...Read more

IT Management

Disappointing-and-time-consuming-can-ehrs-be-made-useful

2018 20 Jun

Electronic health record (EHR) systems were supposed to improve the documentation process and retrieval of patient information to help with diagnostic and treatment decisions. Instead, EHRs became a source of physician discontent and burnout. Most doctors hate EHRs, and it isn’t clear that they make patients any better off either.  Now, experts...Read more

Executive Health Management

Ehealth-transforming-healthcare-in-disruptive-times

2018 23 May

Where is eHealth in Ireland heading and where could it lead us?   Examining the state of eHealth, its challenges and opportunities at the European Association of Hospital Managers congress in Dublin.   With digital innovations dramatically transforming every layer of the healthcare landscape, intensive discussions are required to manage...Read more

IT Management

How-to-turn-around-failing-ehrs

2018 01 May

Electronic health records were supposed to cut medical costs by driving down administrative expenses. However, despite a wider adoption of EHRs, reductions in billing costs have not been realised, says a new study by Harvard Business School and Duke University researchers. “The theory was that part of having electronic records was to lower the cost....Read more

Executive Health Management

Help-or-hindrance-ehrs-and-admin-cost-reductions

2018 27 Feb

Despite huge investments in healthcare IT, EHR systems in particular, hospitals have not benefited much in terms of improving administrative efficiency. Electronic health records were supposed to bring down administrative costs but, as a new study in JAMA suggests, they may not be getting the job done. Administrative costs accounted for much as a...Read more

Health Management

Smart-contracts-in-healthcare

2018 25 Jan

Looking at the future of Smart Contracts in healthcar e.   Could Smart Contract-enabled blockchains help protect patient data while also promoting watertight agreements in healthcare?   H o w Blockchain and Smart Contracts will impact the funding of research and innovation in healthcare   D e...Read more

Health Management

Let-s-change-before-we-have-to

2018 25 Jan

  The rac e is on to implement technology effectively for improved liaising and better health outcome s.   Health technology can change healthcare but only with implementation of basics such as collaboration, communication and easy exchange, combined with transformation of some traditional workflows.   AirBNB, TripAdvisor,...Read more

IT Management

Increasing-importance-of-ehr-related-risk-mitigation-strategies

2017 24 Oct

A new report from The Doctors Company, a physician-owned malpractice insurer, shows a significant increase in malpractice claims for errors attributed to electronic health records. There were 161 claims for which EHRs were either the cause or (more likely) a contributing factor between 2011 and 2016, compared to just two claims during the period 2007-2010....Read more

IMAGING Management

Mount-sinai-s-database-integrates-clinical-imaging-with-ehrs

2017 04 Jun

The Mount Sinai Health System's new Imaging Research Warehouse (IRW), developed by the Mount Sinai Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute (TMII), integrates clinical imaging with electronic health records. As the database expands, it will give researchers new access to information about more than one million Mount Sinai patients. The system...Read more

IMAGING Management

Radiologists-as-data-scientists-of-medicine

2017 11 Apr

Emerging technologies – such as machine learning and data analytics – will provide enormous opportunities for radiologists to augment and improve the quality of care they provide to their patients, according to a report to appear in Journal of the American College of Radiology. The report urges radiologists to maintain an active role in guiding the...Read more

IT Management

Price-push-for-interoperability-continues

2017 12 Mar

The Trump administration will continue to push interoperability in order to promote the growth of health information technology and electronic health records, according to HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price.   An article in Modern Healthcare says Price sent a letter to Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) to elaborate on policy positions he'd given during his congressional...Read more