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Cameron Sees No Need for National Mesothelioma Registry
Thoracic surgeon Dr. Robert Cameron, a longtime leader in the fight against pleural mesothelioma cancer, believes there is no benefit to establishing a government-funded national registry for the disease. While many of his colleagues support the idea of creating the first National Mesothelioma Registry, Cameron feels the time, effort and money spent would be better used elsewhere in helping patients. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is currently conducting a National Mesothelioma Registry feasibility study for this rare and aggressive cancer. As part of that feasibility study, NIOSH opened a public ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - July 25, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Source Type: news

Partner Locally or Fail Repeatedly
By Richard Stanley, Senior Product Manager, Digital Health ; UN Technology Innovation Labs (UNTIL)July 19, 2019The technical nature of international development work means that to get ahead, there is a pressure to specialize. Many staff become experts within silos without always enjoying the benefits of trying something new through immersion in other spheres of development work.That can particularly true within the emerging field of public-sector technology innovation. Familiarity with the methods of dot.coms is important, but are there blind spots for the insights of those who spent time carrying out actual development ...
Source: IntraHealth International - July 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbishopp Tags: Digital Health Technology Source Type: news

Corrigendum to 'Predicting burn patient mortality with electronic medical records' [Surgery 164 (2018) 839-847] - Cheung M, Cobb AN, Kuo PC.
The authors regret to have to issue the following changes to Table 2 in order to optimally protect the privacy of the data sources within the State Inpatient Databases: all values that are ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 29, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Effective EMR usage can save time and effort
Some in the national medical community are calling for revamps to electronic medical records systems, but local advocates say some simple adaptations could fix a lot of the issues. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 19, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Lane Source Type: news

Your Facebook Profile Can Indicate If You Have A Medical Condition, Study Finds
(CNN) — Your social media could reveal a lot more about you than you think. Say, for example, whether you have a medical condition. In a new study, researchers were able to predict 21 types of medical conditions — ranging from pregnancy to skin disorders — by analyzing people’s Facebook profiles. Facebook status updates were “particularly effective at predicting diabetes and mental health conditions including anxiety, depression and psychoses,” the study found. The study will be published June 19 in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published since 2006 “Peop...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Offbeat CNN Facebook Source Type: news

Your (500) Physician(s) Will See You Now
The day of solo practitioners is coming to an end. Mega practices are becoming the norm in American medical care. There are lots of factors promoting these changes - reimbursement models, electronic medical records, work-life balance and price negotiation. Its unlikely this trend will reverse course (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 31, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Peter Ubel, Contributor Source Type: news

Physician Burnout Costs the U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year
Burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion as well as feeling cynical, ineffective or unaccomplished at work, is bad for both employees and employers. For doctors and hospitals, though, the ramifications can be especially dire. Doctors in the U.S. experience symptoms of burnout at almost twice the rate of other workers, often citing as contributors the long hours, a fear of being sued, and having to deal with growing bureaucracy, like filling out clunky and time-consuming electronic medical records. Burned-out doctors tend to make more medical errors, and their patients have worse outcomes and are less satisfied. Docto...
Source: TIME: Health - May 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mandy Oaklander Tags: Uncategorized burnout embargoed study health care system medical practice medicine Source Type: news

Cerner controls a quarter of electronic medical records market
Cerner Corp., along with its competitor Epic Systems Corp., ruled the electronic health record (EHR) market in 2018, with a combined 85 percent market share in the large, 500-plus-bed hospital space, according to KLAS Research reports cited in Healthcare Dive. Epic holds a 58 percent share, while Cerner holds 27 percent. The split is closer when it comes to all acute care hospitals in the U.S. In this larger market, Epic has a 28 percent market share and North Kansas City-based Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN)… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 8, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Lily Lieberman Source Type: news

Cerner controls a quarter of electronic medical records market
Cerner Corp., along with its competitor Epic Systems Corp., ruled the electronic health record (EHR) market in 2018, with a combined 85 percent market share in the large, 500-plus-bed hospital space, according to KLAS Research reports cited in Healthcare Dive. Epic holds a 58 percent share, while Cerner holds 27 percent. The split is closer when it comes to all acute care hospitals in the U.S. In this larger market, Epic has a 28 percent market share and North Kansas City-based Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN)… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 8, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Lily Lieberman Source Type: news

U.S. Doctors Use Medical Records to Fight Measles Outbreak U.S. Doctors Use Medical Records to Fight Measles Outbreak
U.S. doctors are tapping into their electronic medical records to identify unvaccinated patients and potentially infected individuals to help contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 25 years.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - May 6, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

U.S. doctors use medical records to fight measles outbreak
U.S. doctors are tapping into their electronic medical records to identify unvaccinated patients and potentially infected individuals to help contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 25 years. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Washington U medical school hires first CIO
Washington University School of Medicine has hired Maria Russo to serve as its chief information officer, a newly created position, effective May 1. Russo currently serves as executive director for systems integration in Kaiser Permanente’s Washington Region, as well as leading a support team for the hospital and health plan’s electronic medical records in Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California region. She also previously served as ch ief information officer and senior vice president of… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 23, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Brian Robbins Source Type: news

Paul Levy to Step Down after Transformative Decade as Chair of Medicine
During his 10 years as Charles A. Dewey Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), Paul Levy, M.D., has guided his faculty through the advent of electronic medical records, the implementation of a new compensation plan, the growth of regional and population health models of care and a host of other changes. Now it ’s time for one more change—one that he’ll preside over with the same steady leadership as all the others. Levy will step down as chair after his successor is found. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 20, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Interns Spend Most Time With EMRs, Not Patients Interns Spend Most Time With EMRs, Not Patients
Interns spent most of the day on indirect patient care; most of this time was spent working with electronic medical records (EMRs) and multitasking, according to the iCOMPARE study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news

Pancreatic Cancer Collective funds two AI teams to identify high-risk populations
(Stand Up To Cancer) The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, the strategic partnership of Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer, announced two teams to identifying high-risk pancreatic cancer populations: one using molecular and genetic data from datasets to develop new and accessible ways to identify high-risk individuals; one applying machine learning analysis to real world data comprising radiological images, electronic medical records, and information collected by physicians. Each team will receive up to $1 million over two years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - March 28, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news