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Outreach Messages Up Well-Child Visits, Vaccination Completion
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 -- Outreach messages delivered via electronic health record patient portals increase the rates of scheduling and completing well-child visits and receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published online Nov. 18 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of suicidal behaviors: a retrospective analysis of integrated electronic health records in a population of 7.5 million - Valero-Bover D, Fradera M, Carot-Sans G, Parra I, Piera-Jim énez J, Pontes C, Palao D.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused remarkable psychological overwhelming and an increase in stressors that may trigger suicidal behaviors. However, its impact on the rate of suicidal behaviors has been poorly reported. We conducted a population-based retrosp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Electronic Health Record Data Can Predict Readmission in Children
MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2022 -- A new risk prediction model may identify infants and children at risk for hospital readmission, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in JAMA Network Open. Denise M. Goodman, M.D., from Ann& Robert H. Lurie... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

History of suicide attempt and clozapine treatment in veterans with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder - Jones GH, Mitchell BG, Bernard J, Walder A, Okusaga OO.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether a history of suicide attempt increases the odds of receiving clozapine treatment in veterans with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. METHODS: Electronic health record data were obtained for veterans with schiz... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Could Diet Be Another Vital Sign in the Electronic Health Record? Could Diet Be Another Vital Sign in the Electronic Health Record?
As she tired of treating obesity-related complications, physician Kristi Artz decided to address the root cause and undergo further training in nutrition. Now she ' s working to incorporate diet into EHRs.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - November 11, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Continuous Glucose Measures May Soon Be Incorporated Into EHR Continuous Glucose Measures May Soon Be Incorporated Into EHR
Project represents the first consensus standard for integration of wearable device data into the electronic health record, in this case for continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Electronic alerts improve long-term uptake of lipid lowering medication
A new Yale study finds that simple, personalized alerts in patients ’ electronic health records led to a wider use of recommended lipid-lowering therapies. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - November 7, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Paxlovid May Reduce Risk of Long Covid in Eligible Patients, Study Finds
The research looked at patients who qualified for the antiviral through age or health conditions. Those who took it shortly after infection were 26 percent less likely to have symptoms 90 days later. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Long Covid Paxlovid (Drug) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Chronic Condition (Health) Research Electronic Health Records Veterans Disease Rates Veterans Health Administration Source Type: news

Septic shock prediction and knowledge discovery through temporal pattern mining
Sepsis is the body ' s adverse response to infection which can lead to septic shock and eventually death if not treated in a timely manner. Analyzing patterns in sepsis patients ' health status over time can help predict septic shock before its onset allowing healthcare providers to be more proactive. Temporal pattern mining methods can be used to identify trends in a patient ' s health status over time. If these methods return too many patterns, however, this can hinder knowledge discovery and practical implementation at the bedside in acute care settings. We propose a framework to find a small number of relevant temporal...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Opioid-related variables did not improve suicide risk prediction models in samples with mental health diagnoses - Yarborough BJH, Stumbo SP, Rosales AG, Ahmedani BK, Boggs JM, Daida YG, Negriff S, Rossom RC, Simon G, Perrin NA.
BACKGROUND: Suicide risk prediction models derived from machine learning of electronic health records and insurance claims are an innovation in suicide prevention. Some models do not include opioid-related variables despite the relationship between opioids... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

EHR Time Improves Quality; Low-Cost Colon Cancer Screening; Tumors From 3D Printers
(MedPage Today) -- A study of 291 primary care physicians showed that devoting more time to electronic health records (EHRs) was associated with improvements in several quality indicators, including breast cancer screening. (Brigham and Women's... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - October 21, 2022 Category: Hematology Source Type: news

Health system discloses breach tied to online data tracker
The personal health information of up to 3 million patients in Illinois and Wisconsin may have been exposed to outside companies through tracking technology used on a large hospital system’s electronic health records website (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

VA pushes back expansion of troubles Oracle Cerner system another six months
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will delay further rollouts of an Oracle Cerner records system for another six months due to continuing performance issues with the $16 billion project. The VA announced Thursday that it would put off extending an Oracle Cerner electronic health records system to further facilities until June 2023. In July, the VA said it would delay new installations until January 2023 in order to address issues with the system. However, in Thursday ’s release, VA officials… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 17, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brian Kaberline Source Type: news

Unmet need in major depressive disorder and acute suicidal ideation/behavior: findings from a longitudinal electronic health record data analysis - Neslusan C, Chen YW, Sharma M, Voelker J.
AIMS: Using a national electronic health records (EHR) database, the current study describes treatments, depression severity, and health care resource utilisation (HRU) among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and acute suicidal ideation or beha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Identifying children at risk for maltreatment using emergency medical services' data: an exploratory study - Bressler CJ, Malthaner L, Pondel N, Letson MM, Kline D, Leonard JC.
The objective of this study was to use natural language processing to query Emergency Medical Services (EMS) electronic health records (EHRs) to identify variables associated with child maltreatment. We hypothesized the variables identified would show an a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news