By Shania Kennedy
May 30, 2023 – Computed tomography (CT) scans for coronary artery calcium significantly improved risk predictions for heart disease in middle-aged patients compared to polygenic risk scores, according to a study published last…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 24, 2023 – Published in JAMA Network Open, new study findings indicate that insured adults, particularly those who were younger, had higher participation rates in overall and telehealth-enabled addiction treatment following the…
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About half of ransomware attacks have disrupted healthcare delivery among the largest hospitals and healthcare systems, according to a JAMA study published earlier this year. But at smaller and medium-sized providers, often with tighter security budgets and…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 19, 2023 – A study published in JAMA Network Open found that in the process of thyroid nodule management, an optimized artificial intelligence (AI) strategy assisted senior radiologists while a traditional AI…
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A colleague clued me in about an article that was published in JAMA Network Open last week, “Perspectives on the Intersection of Electronic Health Records and Health Care Team Communication, Function, and Well-being.” The…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 17, 2023 – Clinician EHR documentation time went down slightly following changes to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding requirements, according to a research letter…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 15, 2023 – While clinicians reported the EHR as the dominant communication modality across teams, they noted that EHR-based communication negatively affects care team well-being, according to a study published in JAMA…
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The following is a guest article by TJ Houske, Senior Vice President of Technology, Operations, and Engineering at OTAVA
Ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations doubled in the last five years, according to a new study…
By Sara Heath
May 08, 2023 – Healthcare providers looking to deepen meaningful patient-provider communication may consider prompting their patients to ask them questions, a new JAMA Network Open study indicated.
The study, which looked particularly at…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
May 05, 2023 – For patients who speak languages other than English, including the millions of immigrants in the US, language barriers have hindered COVID-19 vaccine access. Consequently, these barriers impacted the risk…
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