It Has Been One Of Those Good and Bad News Weeks For The Digital Health Proponents.

First the good news:Health IT adoption has positive effect on medical outcomes By Greg Slabodkin Published February 07 2018, 7:29am EST There is a positive association between the adoption of health information technology and its effect on medical outcomes in terms of efficiency or effectiveness. That ’s the conclusion of a new study published this week in the Journal of Medical Internet Research that analyzed the current literature on the subject over the last five years. Researchers queried the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrie val System Online by PubMed databases for peer-reviewed publications. Studies from CINAHL and PubMed that defined an HIT intervention and a corresponding effect on medical outcomes stated in terms of efficiency or effectiveness were eligible for selection. Ultimately, 37 studies were chosen out of 3 ,636 papers for the review.At least one improved medical outcome as a result of HIT adoption was... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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