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Adverse health correlates of intimate partner violence against older women: mining electronic health records - Y ılmaz S, Gunay E, Lee DH, Whiting K, Silver K, Koyutürk M, Karakurt G.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is often studied as a problem that predominantly affects younger women. However, studies show that older women are also frequently victims of abuse even though the physical effects of abuse are harder to detect. In this stud... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Predicting suicide attempts among people with diabetes using a large multicenter electronic health records dataset - Narindrarangkura P, Alafaireet PE, Khan U, Kim MS.
OBJECTIVE: People with diabetes have a higher risk of suicidal behaviors than the general population. However, few studies have focused on understanding this relationship. We investigated risk factors and predicted suicide attempts in people with diabetes ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Association Between Time to Appropriate Antimicrobial Treatment and 30-day Mortality in Patients With Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Conclusions: Delays in appropriate antimicrobial treatment were associated with increased 30-day mortality after 12 hours from blood culture collection, but not at 1, 3, and 6 hours, in BSI. These results indicate a benchmark for providing rapid microbiological diagnostics of blood cultures. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AMA, Surgeon General Propose Ways to Prevent Doctor Burnout
(MedPage Today) -- What if the electronic health record (EHR) said to doctors working late: "Hey, it's 11 p.m. Do you really have to respond to that email tonight or can it wait until the morning? You need your sleep so you don't burn out." Sending... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 10, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Molnupiravir and risk of hospital admission or death in adults with covid-19: emulation of a randomized target trial using electronic health records
Emulation of a randomized target trial (n=85,998) suggests molnupiravir might have reduced hospital admission/death at 30 days in these patients in community during recent omicron predominant era (event rates 2.7% vs 3.8%, RR 0.72; 95% CI 0.64-0.79) compared with no treatment. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Protecting survivors of intimate partner violence under the Cures Act - Shum M, Ryus C, Chen P, Powers E, Jubanyik K, Tiyyagura G.
Survivors of intimate partner violence and their children often seek care in emergency departments (EDs) after intimate partner violence exposure. Abusers may interfere with health care by accessing the electronic health records of victims legally, as a pr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Enhancing treatment for persistent hypertension through electronic records
To address the root causes of treatment-resistant hypertension, Yale ’s Yuan Lu proposes including new, actionable nomenclature for electronic health records. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - March 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Long Waits, Short Appointments, Huge Bills: U.S. Health Care Is Causing Patient Burnout
You haven’t been feeling well lately. You’re more tired than usual, a bit sluggish. You wonder if there’s something wrong with your diet. Or maybe you’re anemic? You call your primary-care doctor’s office to schedule an appointment. They inform you the next available appointment is in three weeks. So, you wait. And then you wait some more. And then, when you arrive on the day of your appointment, you wait even more. You fill out the mountain of required paperwork, but the doctor still isn’t ready to see you. You flip through a magazine for a while, then scroll through your phone unt...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized feature healthscienceclimate Magazine medicine Source Type: news

Deep Learning Model Helps Predict Neonatal Outcomes
FRIDAY, Feb. 17, 2023 -- A multitask deep learning model based on data from electronic health records (EHRs) can predict neonatal outcomes, according to a study published in the Feb. 15 issue of Science Translational Medicine. Davide De Francesco,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Psychiatric emergencies among urban youth during COVID-19: volume and acuity in a multi-channel program for the publicly insured - Oblath R, Oh A, Herrera CN, Duncan A, Zhen-Duan J.
This study sought to characterize changes in the utilization of psychiatric emergency services among children and adolescents during distinct phases of 2020, as compared with prior years. We conducted a retrospective review of electronic health records fro... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Medicare Advantage Ads in Your Patient Portal? CMS Says They Shouldn't Be There
(MedPage Today) -- When John Heafield opened his electronic health record (EHR) portal in November to check for reports from his doctors, he was shocked and offended. There at the top of his inbox was a message suggesting he should enroll in a... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Using natural language processing to identify child maltreatment in health systems - Negriff S, Lynch FL, Cronkite DJ, Pardee RE, Penfold RB.
BACKGROUND: Rates of child maltreatment (CM) obtained from electronic health records are much lower than national child welfare prevalence rates indicate. There is a need to understand how CM is documented to improve reporting and surveillance. OBJ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Mayo study uses electronic health record data to assess metformin failure risk, optimize care
A recent Mayo Clinic study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology& Metabolism has found that using machine learning and electronic health record (EHR) data can help pinpoint patients with Type 2 diabetes who are at high-risk of experiencing metformin failure. Metformin is a widely used medication for treating diabetes; however, it is not always effective in controlling blood sugar levels. Although it is the first line of therapy used for treatment, metformin has… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 10, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Update on Sepsis Epidemiology in the Era of COVID-19
Timely and accurate data on the epidemiology of sepsis is essential to inform public policy, clinical practice, and research priorities. Recent studies have illuminated several ongoing questions about sepsis epidemiology, including the incidence and outcomes of sepsis in non-Western countries and in specialized populations such as surgical patients, patients with cancer, and the elderly. There have also been new insights into the limitations of current surveillance methods using administrative data and increasing experience tracking sepsis incidence and outcomes using “big data” approaches that take advantage of detail...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news