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Demographic predictors of emergency service utilization patterns in youth at risk of suicide - Bajaj MA, Wilcox HC, Adams LB, Berman AL, Cwik M, Kitchen C, Miller L, Nestadt PS, Slade EP, Haroz EE.
OBJECTIVE: To explore demographic predictors of Emergency Department (ED) utilization among youth with a history of suicidality (i.e., ideation or behaviors). METHODS: Electronic health records were extracted from 2017 to 2021 for 3094 8-22 year-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Characterizing suicidal ideation, suicidal behaviors, and service utilization among unhoused individuals using a health information exchange - Ho ZV, Arias SA, Kunicki ZJ, Sarkar IN, Chen ES.
INTRODUCTION: Unhoused individuals have high rates of suicidal ideation (SI) and suicidal behaviors (SB), but few have studied the relative timing of homelessness and SI/SB. Our study examines the potential to use state-wide electronic health record dat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Results of a quality improvement initiative to increase the completion rate of electronic health records for patient encounters at a large urban fire-based non-transporting EMS agency - Allgood RA, Faris GW, Supples M, Lardaro T, Crowe RP.
INTRODUCTION: Documentation of patient care is essential for both out-of-hospital and in-hospital clinical management. Secondarily, documentation is key for monitoring and improving quality; however, in some EMS systems initial care is often provided by no... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

A.I. May Someday Work Medical Miracles. For Now, It Helps Do Paperwork.
The best use for generative A.I. in health care, doctors say, is to ease the heavy burden of documentation that takes them hours a day and contributes to burnout. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Steve Lohr Tags: Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records Computers and the Internet ChatGPT Food and Drug Administration Mayo Clinic University of Kansas Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Source Type: news

Comprehensive analysis of electronic health records to characterize the association between intimate partner violence and mental health - Karakurt G, Y ılmaz S, Kumari M, Gao K, Koyutürk M.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) involves physical, emotional, and sexual harm to the survivor. To characterize the relationship between mental health and IPV, we utilized electronic health records (EHR) data from IBM Explorys. Focusing on 15 mental health ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Leveraging natural language processing to improve electronic health record suicide risk prediction for Veterans Health Administration users - Levis M, Levy J, Dent KR, Dufort V, Gobbel GT, Watts BV, Shiner B.
BACKGROUND: Suicide risk prediction models frequently rely on structured electronic health record (EHR) data, including patient demographics and health care usage variables. Unstructured EHR data, such as clinical notes, may improve predictive accuracy by ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

The Moral Crisis of America ’s Doctors
The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eyal Press Tags: Doctors American Medical Assn Corporations Insurance Emergency Medical Treatment Electronic Health Records Hospitals Blackstone Group, The Source Type: news

Predicting Dementia Risk; Brains in Space; Epilepsy and Osteoporosis
(MedPage Today) -- Individual assessments of 10-year dementia risk using existing prediction models had high error rates, an analysis of electronic health records showed. (JAMA Network Open) Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) reduced... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - June 14, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Chief of CDC ’s ‘weather service’ strives to help local health agencies use infectious disease forecasting
In August 2021, amid criticism for bungling its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched an ambitious effort to prevent a similarly poor performance going forward. The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) is intended to become the nation’s pandemic “weather service.” It aims to forecast the location, scale, and severity of infectious disease outbreaks in enough detail to help local officials advise on practical issues like whether nursing homes should allow visitors or a school district should require masking. CDC’s 12th center is als...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Disparities associated with electronic behavioral alerts for safety and violence concerns in the emergency department - Haimovich AD, Taylor RA, Chang-Sing E, Brashear T, Cramer LD, Lopez K, Wong AH.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Although electronic behavioral alerts are placed as an alert flag in the electronic health record to notify staff of previous behavioral and/or violent incidents in emergency departments (EDs), they have the potential to reinforce negative... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news

GP data could reduce blood tests for methotrexate patients
Evidence from routinely collected patient data can be used to accurately predict who may experience side effects from methotrexate, the most commonly used immune-suppressing medicine in the UK, researchers have suggested. Using information that can be readily drawn from electronic health records and during routine consultations, the new findings could allow clinicians to decide how... Read moreThe post GP data could reduce blood tests for methotrexate patients appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - June 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Cancer Clinical Dermatology Source Type: news

Dr. GPT Will See You Now
Doctors have been understandably skeptical of claims that artificial intelligence will transform medicine. Recall the misleading claims that radiologists might soon be obsolete, years of annoying automated pop ups in electronic health records, and the deployment of IBM’s near-useless Watson. But…#ibm #openai #willmanidis #medicare #stripe #samuelhammond #medicareadvantage (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CDC: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking comment on a proposed information collection titled "National Electronic Health Records Survey (NEHRS)." The NEHRS will collect information about the use of electronic health records (EHRs) systems, documentation of social determinants of health, interoperability, exchange of patient health information with public health agencies, and use of telemedicine among office-based and outpatient physicians in the United States. Comments are due July 18, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - May 19, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

EHR Burden Reduction EHR Burden Reduction
EHRs are an invaluable resource for patient data, but many clinicians consider it to be burdensome. What can be done to help ease the documentation workload?American Nurse Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing Journal Article Source Type: news

Epic Systems says generative AI could help with health systems' financial woes
Through a new partnership with Microsoft Corp., Verona-based Epic Systems Corp. is incorporating generative artificial intelligence into its electronic health records software. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Teddy Nykiel Source Type: news