Providers must boost vigilance to limit EHR risks
When it comes to electronic health records, a lack of planning could lead to patient death, which is why hospitals must implement policies and procedures to reduce EHR risks. While the health IT...
View ArticleCancer-fighting nano-robots programmed to seek and destroy tumours
In a major advancement in nanomedicine, researchers have successfully programmed nanorobots to shrink tumours by cutting off their blood supply. “We have developed the first fully autonomous, DNA...
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EHR’s Facilitating Clinical Research
We the people have spent billions putting EHRs into use. Let’s get big pharma to start utilizing and investing in this clinical infrastructure to engage doctors and their patients in research...
View ArticleBCBS California Launches Initiative to Create Real-Time Digital Health Records
Beginning this week, Blue Cross Blue Shield of California announced it will require network providers, including those participating in the nonprofit health plan’s nationally recognized Accountable...
View ArticleNuance Study Reveals Rework Is Root Cause of Staff Burnout in Hospitals
Nuance has unveiled new study data in an infographic about the importance of reducing rework. The healthcare system is built on the premise of rework with clinical documentation specialists and coders...
View ArticleEHRs get most blame for epidemic of physician burnout
For every hour doctors spend on direct patient care, they spend two hours on data entry and administrative tasks. Read the source article at Health Data Management The post EHRs get most blame for...
View ArticleCMS Initiative Aims to Improve Patient Access to Health Data
– Patient access to health data may become easier for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries as CMS launches several new initiatives aimed at putting patients at the center of their own care through...
View ArticleNeed Your Docs to Adopt New Tech? First, Find Out What Motivates Them
11 months before the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) rolled out their new Epic electronic medical record (EMR) in response to a government mandate, they hired John Showalter, MD, as...
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Patients Need The Personal
When my daughter was young, she was a bit “different”. She didn’t relate to kids easily. She had a hard time making friends. She liked everyone, unfortunately, the feeling didn’t seem to be mutual. My...
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Patient Centricity: UX in Clinical Research
UX is increasingly becoming vital to the tech industry and it’s not hard to see why. UX, or user experience design, enhances user satisfaction with a product by improving its usability, accessibility,...
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New Privacy Regulations – Understanding the CLOUD Act and GDPR
Two new regulatory frameworks have been in the news recently, and both promise significant implications for security and privacy around the globe. But America’s CLOUD Act and Europe’s General Data...
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Healthcare Reform Shouldn’t Just be About Lowering Premiums
One of my biggest pet peeves about the US healthcare system is the lack of transparency in pricing. Last Christmas, my girlfriend fell while skiing in powder and injured her knee. We knew at the time...
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Bio-Hectic Security
Biometric security in the last decade has moved out of cheesy sci-fi thrillers or James Bond films, and into our everyday lives. Thumbprint scanners and now facial recognition software provides...
View ArticleMany Employees of Companies have Trouble Controlling Sensitive Data in Email
Nearly half (45%) of employees have accidentally included banking information in email sent to an unintended recipient outside the organization, a new study found. The Clearswift survey of 600 senior...
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Elligo Health Research Announces Acquisition of ePatientFinder Clinical Trial...
Austin, Texas, May 24, 2018 — Elligo Health Research, which improves clinical trial access by engaging the 97 percent of physicians currently not offering clinical research to their patients, has...
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