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Addressing Race-based Algorithms in Medical Care

by Marcus Boggis | 05/27/2021

As a bi-racial person, this article in Becker’s Health IT really resonated with me. The article raises important issues of how race is addressed in medical care through the use of algorithms. These algorithms factor race into medical decisions, however they tend to look at race as a social factor rather a biological one.

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Is the Cures Act a Game Changer? Patients Now See Clinical Notes

by Pat Folcarelli, RN, PhD, CRICO | 03/31/2021

Patients already have access to information through patient portals at most hospitals and other institutions. With the arrival of the Cures Act, clinicians and hospitals may notice that there’s increasing activity on those patient portals. It’s also possible there could be some additional questions of the notes. But it still remains to be seen what impact this will have in terms of patients accessing their notes.

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COVID Delays New Fed Rule Opening Clinical Notes to Patients

by Margaret Janes, RN, JD, Tom Augello, CRICO | 10/30/2020

The goal of the act is to provide better provider/patient communication, improve provisions for patient rights and engagement, and reduce patient safety risk. It includes requirements that patients have access without extra charge to all of their medical records. These include clinical notes regarding: consultation, history and physical, procedure, progress, and discharge summaries, as well as imaging/lab/pathology report narratives.

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The Power of the Picture

by Hojjat Salmasian, MD, MPH, PHD | 01/22/2020

Innovations in patient safety do not have to be complicated. Sometimes, a solution to ensuring patients receive the right treatment is as simple as having their photograph taken and displayed in their electronic health record.

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Researchers Design System to Alert Physicians of Tests Pending at Discharge Needing Action

by Adam Schaffer, MD, MPH and Anuj K. Dalal, MD | 08/01/2018

Inpatient physicians face a deluge of test results that come back on their patients. This is an ongoing challenge—and potential patient safety risk—that is proving to be a difficult problem to solve.

Imagining an EHR that Reduces Clinician Burnout

by David Y. Ting, MD, FACP, FAAP | 06/05/2018

Part 1: Defining the Problem

It has been well-documented that 30–65 percent of physicians in the United States exhibit signs of burnout, and unfortunately the trend is increasing. Indeed, at my institution, we’ve found in a bi-annual survey of nearly 2000 practicing physicians that the rate of burnout has increased from 42–46 percent over the past three years, with some departments registering over 70 percent burnout rates.

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Telemedicine: Less Travel, More Rules

by Caren-Elise Titus | 04/12/2018

While telemedicine drastically reduces travel requirements for both patients and clinicians, it can increase the rules and regulations that clinicians need to to navigate.

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EHR Downtime: What Clinicians Need to Know

by Alison Anderson | 01/18/2018

What happens when your EHR isn’t available?

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Next Phase of Opening Doctor Notes to Patients

by Tom Augello, CRICO | 05/05/2016

The “radical” idea of showing patients what their doctors write in their medical records is starting to catch on. Initially Harvard researchers for the OpenNotes project needed to win over the physicians and institutions. They were convinced, in part, by the fact that partial funding came from a medical professional liability insurer (CRICO).

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March Safety Salute | BWH PROSPECT

by Katharine Schuler, CRICO | 03/17/2015

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is working to improve patient-provider communication.

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Addressing Race-based Algorithms in Medical Care

Is the Cures Act a Game Changer? Patients Now See Clinical Notes

COVID Delays New Fed Rule Opening Clinical Notes to Patients

The Power of the Picture

Researchers Design System to Alert Physicians of Tests Pending at Discharge Needing Action

Imagining an EHR that Reduces Clinician Burnout

Telemedicine: Less Travel, More Rules

EHR Downtime: What Clinicians Need to Know

Next Phase of Opening Doctor Notes to Patients

March Safety Salute | BWH PROSPECT

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