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Healthcare information technology veteran Ed Marx, most recently chief information officer at the Cleveland Clinic, has joined the careMESH Board of Advisors.January 10
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Using online portals can give patients access to health information and secure messaging. However, hospitals are not properly preparing patients to take advantage of the platforms.December 17
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Errors reading CT scans are one of the most likely results of patient injury, according to a recent study of claims against diagnostic and interventional radiologists.December 6
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Globally, healthcare has a cost problem that is jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of many private providers.December 2
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The American Medical Association has adopted a policy supporting the voluntary inclusion of a transgender patient’s preferred name and clinically relevant sex-specific anatomy in electronic health records.November 19
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NextGen Healthcare, a large vendor of ambulatory medical records systems, on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Medfusion, a patient experience platform developer.November 13
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Penn Medicine researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that identifies oncology patients at risk of short-term mortality who need end-of-life conversations with clinicians.November 11
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The use of medical scribes had a positive impact on workflow in an outpatient surgical setting, increasing the number of patients seen and the level of resident involvement.October 29
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Many doctors are profoundly unhappy with the capabilities of their electronic health records systems, and calls are growing for vendors to do better.October 24
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A recently announced collaboration between Nuance Communications and Microsoft is part of a growing movement to use information technology to assist—and not burden—doctors.October 24
