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Are Things On The Improve With The Quality And Useability Of Electronic Medical Records?
This appeared on the Australian Medical Association ’s web site few days ago.02 Dec 2019EMR – Friend Or Foe?By Dr Bernadette Wilks, Co-Chair, Ama Council Of Doctors In Training By now, most have been exposed to the electronic medical record (EMR), also known by a number of related terms such as electronic health record (EHR) and electronic patient records (EPR). I have presented twice within a fortnight on the topic of EMR, with a focus upon the EMR ’s impact upon medical education and training. However, like all things in medicine; this impact is not limited to teaching and training but extends across all...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - December 19, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Artificial Intelligence vs. Tuberculosis, Part 1
By SAURABH JHA, MD Slumdog TB No one knows who gave Rahul Roy tuberculosis. Roy’s charmed life as a successful trader involved traveling in his Mercedes C class between his apartment on the plush Nepean Sea Road in South Mumbai and offices in Bombay Stock Exchange. He cared little for Mumbai’s weather. He seldom rolled down his car windows – his ambient atmosphere, optimized for his comfort, rarely changed. Historically TB, or “consumption” as it was known, was a Bohemian malady; the chronic suffering produced a rhapsody which produced fine art. TB was fashionable in Victorian Britain, in part, because c...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Artificial Intelligence Health Tech Saurabh Jha TB tuberculosis Source Type: blogs

Project Nightingale
Technology always seems to outrun ethics. But just because something can be done does not mean that it should be done. Usually this discussion is focused on the latest life-sustaining medical device, but with emergence of electronic medical records, a whole new set of problems have appeared Last month, Rob Copeland of The Wall Street Journal (behind pay wall) published a … Continue reading "Project Nightingale" (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 2, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Neil Skjoldal Tags: Health Care Privacy Technology bioethics syndicated Source Type: blogs

Philips ’ New General Purpose Monitor with Early Warning Scoring to Prevent Adverse Events
Philips is releasing a new vital signs monitor designed to offer advanced warning on worsening patient status within general care clinical environments. The EarlyVue VS30 is a newly FDA cleared device featuring Philips’ Early Warning Scoring technology that spots tell-tale signs of degradation in patient health, and notifies clinicians sometimes even hours before the onset of symptomatic deterioration. The technology allows for earlier intervention and the prevention of serious events. Notifications and the information display can be set to match each patient’s unique needs and the clinic can also adopt ...
Source: Medgadget - November 7, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Surgery Source Type: blogs

The Tyranny Of Electronic Medical Records - A Cry From The Heart For Improvement.
This appeared earlier in the week.Our Hospital ’s New Software Frets About My ‘Deficiencies’But the patient records system, called Epic, has a few shortcomings of its own, including a voice that amplifies the insecurities that come with being a doctor. By Emily Silverman, M.D.· Nov. 1, 2019We had been waiting for this day for years — the day our hospital in San Francisco would shed its antiquated electronic health records system in favor of a more modern alternative called Epic, which has been, or will soon be, adopted by many of the nation’s top medical centers. O...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 6, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Why electronic medical records should be standardized
How can we possibly get to standardization in medicine? And is that a good thing? Standardized checklists save lives; rigid procedures for sterilization of equipment saves lives; universal compliance with recommended beneficial treatments saves lives. And while it’s sometimes a wonderful thing to let a surgeon solve a problem creatively or to allow a patient […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 22, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/fred-n-pelzman" rel="tag" > Fred N. Pelzman, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Health IT Source Type: blogs

Machine Learning Helps Predict Risk of Heart Failure in Patients with Diabetes
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical center have developed a new machine learning algorithm that predicts the risk of heart failure hospitalization for people suffering from type 2 diabetes. Their work demonstrates that among 147 different demographic, clinical, and biological data, there is an important top 10 list of predictors, which includes BMI, age, hypertentsion, creatinine, HDL-C, and QRS duration. One day, insightful algorithms such as these will hopefully be integrated into electronic health record systems, allowing physicians to identify risk factors for individual patie...
Source: Medgadget - September 19, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Cardiology Informatics Medicine Source Type: blogs

I Really Do Worry About The Na ïve Optimism We See From Some Regarding Digital Health.
In this study, we used the Australian health care system as a model. We reviewed the current landscape of digital health in Australia and discussed how electronic medical records (EMRs) can be further developed into a personalized, integrated health care... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David. (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 17, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Protecting Health Data Outside of HIPAA: Will the Protecting Personal Health Data Act Tame the Wild West ?
Vince Kuraitis Deven McGraw By DEVEN McGRAW and VINCE KURAITIS This post is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Privacy? Sharing? Both?” Introduction In our previous post, we described the “Wild West of Unprotected Health Data.” Will the cavalry arrive to protect the vast quantities of your personal health data that are broadly unprotected from sharing and use by third parties? Congress is seriously considering legislation to better protect the privacy of consumers’ personal data, given the patchwork of existing privacy protections. For the most part, the bills,...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Data Health Policy The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both? Deven McGraw HIPAA personal health data Protecting Personal Health Data Act Vince Kuraitis Source Type: blogs

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 19th August, 2019.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Again a fun mix of good news and bad news with things going along well, and not so well !-----https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/computer-blunder-forces-queensland-hospitals-back-to-paper-records-20190815-p52hg3.htmlComputer blunder forces Queensland hospitals back to paper recordsBy Toby CrockfordAugust 15, 2019 — 9....
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 18, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

What Happens To Your Medical Data After You Die?
How familiar are you with your digital health data footprint? Do you even know what kind of health data is generated about you and where it is stored? And what happens with this ever-growing pile of information after you die? Who owns this data and who can get access to it? Why could this even be interesting and for whom? We have dived into the mainly overlooked area of posthumous medical data and almost got lost. Here are our findings but just a heads up: it’s messy and complicated. Little digital breadcrumbs everywhere Just as Hansel and Gretel dropped little breadcrumbs along the path in the forest to be able to...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 27, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Future of Medicine Security & Privacy data data privacy data security EHR electronic electronic health records electronic medical records EMR health data Healthcare medical data technology Source Type: blogs

IBD and Liver Disease Link Revealed by Explorsys, Now an IBM Company
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have discovered a relationship between IBD and non-alcoholic liver disease, postulating that immune factors are involved in both the intestinal and liver lesions (see:Studies Reveal Heightened Liver Disease Rates in IBD Patients Immune-mediated factors may be involved). Below is an excerpt from the article but make note of the reference to the use of Explorsys, a research tool owned by IBM:...Cleveland Clinic researchers and their collaborators have found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience higher rates of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepati...
Source: Lab Soft News - July 20, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Diagnostics Electronic Health Record (EHR) Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Medical Research Predictive Analytics Preventive Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs

Lineup of EHR Vendors; Senior Use of Patient Portals Notable
I haven't blogged about EHR sales and companies for a very long time so it's time to revisit this topic. A recent article in theDark Daily served this purpose (see:EHR Sales Reached $31.5 Billion in 2018 Despite Concerns over Usability, Interoperability, and Ties to Medical Errors) so I provide an excerpt from it below:Sales of electronic health record (EHR) systems and related hardware and services reached $31.5 billion in 2018....The Kalorama report, titled, “EMR 2019: The Market for Electronic Medical Records,” ranks EHR companies based on revenue rather than market penetration. Kansas City-based Cerner hold...
Source: Lab Soft News - July 3, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Electronic Health Record (EHR) Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Medical Consumerism Quality of Care Source Type: blogs

So Much For The Idea Electronic Medical Records Improve Care Co-Ordination. Not Really Suited For That Role!
This report appeared last week:Inquest into the death of Melissa King MinterEllison Australia June 20 2019 On 14 June 2019, the Coroner's Court of New South Wales released its findings into the death of Melissa King. The circumstances of her death highlight the risks associated with the use of electronic progress notes as a means of communicating concerns about the treatment decisions made in respect of patients.BackgroundMs King was 33 years old at the time of her death at Blacktown Hospital. On Wednesday 10 August 2016, she had called the National Home Doctor Service on account of having vomiting and diarrhoea for two to...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - June 27, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Being an emergency physician is magical
A great deal has been written about physician burnout, especially in emergency medicine. Inefficient electronic medical records, rapidly decreasing resources, increasing job demands, litigation risks, huge debt burdens from training, and on and on. But in my opinion, much of this is common to any career. Show me a person that doesn’t ask themselves at […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 20, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/howie-mell" rel="tag" > Howie Mell, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs