Search Tag: electronic health records
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
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
#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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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