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Incidence of child maltreatment diagnosis in electronic health records of a large integrated healthcare system: 2001-2018 - Negriff S.
The purpose of this study was to identify the number of children (... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

New Tool Helps Gauge Risk of Undiagnosed Dementia New Tool Helps Gauge Risk of Undiagnosed Dementia
The eRADAR tool uses clinical data routinely collected in the electronic health record to identify older adults at risk of having undiagnosed dementia and who may benefit from cognitive testing.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - August 9, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Changing CT order entry process helps cut contrast media use
Modifying the imaging order entry process in an electronic health record ca...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: CT contrast shortage mostly resolved, but supply chain issue lingers JAMA letter outlines 5 strategies for conserving CT contrast The contrast media shortage's impact on radiology Diversify, divide to conquer the CT contrast shortage crisis CT contrast shortage is rippling throughout radiology (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 5, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

A critical review of text mining applications for suicide research - Boggs JM, Kafka JM.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Applying text mining to suicide research holds a great deal of promise. In this manuscript, literature from 2019 to 2021 is critically reviewed for text mining projects that use electronic health records, social media data, and death rec... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Alcohol use among young adults in northern California during the COVID-19 pandemic-an electronic health records-based study - Metz VE, Palzes VA, Chi FW, Campbell CI, Sterling SA.
BACKGROUND: Individuals globally were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in myriad of ways, including social isolation and economic hardship, resulting in negative impacts on mental health and substance use. Young adults have been subjected to extraordinary... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news

Preset Opioid Rx May Not Impact Pain Control After Tonsillectomy
WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 -- A lower default number of doses for opioid prescriptions in electronic health record systems does not appear to impact pain control among teens and young adults undergoing tonsillectomy, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 27, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Clinicians, Patients Have Different Perceptions About EHR Use
TUESDAY, July 26, 2022 -- A discrepancy exists between patient and practitioner experiences with and attitudes about electronic health record (EHR) use, according to a study published in the July/August issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. Ellen... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 26, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Hair Loss, Impotence Join List of Long COVID Symptoms
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 -- People with long-haul COVID experience a wider set of symptoms than once thought, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction, British researchers report. An analysis of electronic health records for 2.4 million U.K.... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 25, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Patient expectations of and experiences with a suicide risk identification algorithm in clinical practice - Yarborough BJH, Stumbo SP, Schneider JL, Richards JE, Hooker SA, Rossom RC.
BACKGROUND: Suicide risk prediction models derived from electronic health records (EHR) and insurance claims are a novel innovation in suicide prevention but patient perspectives on their use have been understudied. METHODS: In this qualitative stu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 25, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Using the Power of Machine Learning to Hone in on HF Subtypes Using the Power of Machine Learning to Hone in on HF Subtypes
Researchers say they ' ve identified and validated five subtypes in patients with incident heart failure (HF) using electronic health records and machine learning.First Look (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - July 22, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Waning effectiveness of BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 covid-19 vaccines over six months since second dose: OpenSAFELY cohort study using linked electronic health records
Study (n=1,951,866 Pfizer; n=3,219,349 AZ; n=2,422,980 unvaccinated) found rate at which vaccine effectiveness waned was consistent for covid-19 related hospital admission& related death,& positive SARS-CoV-2 test, and was similar across age and clinical vulnerability subgroups (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

In pursuit of the holy grail: Improving C. difficile testing appropriateness with iterative electronic health record clinical decision support and targeted test restriction
Conclusions: Test restriction was more effective than EHR-based clinical decision support to reduce C. difficile testing in our 3-hospital system. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sex, age and existing health problems increase risk of long COVID, NIHR
Women, people aged 50-60, and people with poor pre-pandemic mental or physical health are more at risk of long COVID, according to research funded by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation. Around two million people in the UK are affected by long COVID, experiencing symptoms for 12 weeks or more after they ' ve been infected. The new research looked at data from 10 UK long-term studies established before the pandemic, which have tracked participants over many years. Data from these studies were combined with 1.1 million anonymised electronic health records from English general practices. (Source: Current Awareness Ser...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Learning models for traumatic brain injury mortality prediction on pediatric electronic health records - Fonseca J, Liu X, Oliveira HP, Pereira T.
BACKGROUND: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of injury related mortality in the world, with severe cases reaching mortality rates of 30-40%. It is highly heterogeneous both in causes and consequences, complicating medical interpret... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Big data and long COVID, The Lancet Digital Health
In this issue, Emily Pfaff and colleagues show that machine learning analysis of electronic health records could be crucial in diagnosing patients with long COVID. This is the latest in a plethora of studies to use big data to determine prevalence, symptoms, or risk factors for long COVID. But is big data helping to treat patients with this heterogeneous condition, or should we be redirecting our efforts elsewhere? (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news