By Hannah Nelson
July 17, 2023 – Despite EHR coding changes enacted in 2021 aimed at reducing documentation burden, an Epic Research report has found that the average EHR clinical note length has continued to increase.
Researchers…
By Hannah Nelson
July 14, 2023 – Healthix, a health information exchange (HIE) serving New York City and Long Island, has partnered with health IT vendor Unite Us to drive social determinants of health (SDOH) interoperability.
The…
By Mark Melchionna
July 13, 2023 – Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) researchers used natural language processing (NLP), a type of artificial intelligence (AI), to enhance COVID-19 treatment through…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 13, 2023 – Upon review of numerous research articles, a study found that telehealth increased access to abortion care throughout the US and was as effective as in-person abortion services while limiting…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 12, 2023 – A new study found that although mobile health (mHealth) applications are said to promote physical activity, research surrounding them often fails to account for critical factors, indicating low generalizability…
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Hospitals and health systems, overburdened by pandemic-induced staff shortages, are in need of tech to improve workflows, reduce stress and save money. The claims denial process, which is a significant time suck and prone…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 11, 2023 – Developed by scientists at Harvard Medical School, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool can help guide surgical practices by decoding the DNA of a brain tumor during surgery, providing useful…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 11, 2023 – In an effort to build better semantic interoperability of health information, the Sequoia Project and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) have created Data Usability Taking Root, an…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 11, 2023 – New research indicated that treating the musculoskeletal health of patients with neck and low back pain did not benefit significantly from an individually tailored artificial intelligence (AI)-based application.
The World…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 11, 2023 – Following adjustments to Utah law related to birth control prescribing, Intermountain Health created a program that allows pharmacists to virtually prescribe self-administered forms of birth control.
Laws surrounding the ability…
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