Lessons from an international study on using health IT for COVID-19
The novel coronavirus affected countries – and health systems – all over the world. But not every hospital used health
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Roundup: UK invests £5M in vaccine library, Philips and Lunit partner for X-ray diagnostics and more briefs
UK INVESTS £5M FOR LIBRARY OF VACCINES CPI, part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult has received a £5 million investment
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Roundup: EU Commission hosts skills roundtable for healthcare, app reduces NHS staff anxiety and more briefs
APP HELPS NHS STAFF WELLBEING DURING PANDEMIC Mental health app, My Possible Self has developed a mental health digital intervention
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VUMC researchers use EHR data to study functional seizures
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers used electronic medical record data to determine the prevalence of “functional seizures” and the comorbidities
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Pandemic-era burnout: How EHR vendors are redesigning UI and UX to battle stress
Poorly designed, time-consuming electronic health record user interfaces are a common and longstanding complaint among doctors and nurses. Interfaces that
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Saudi Arabia’s IMC to adopt InterSystems TrakCare
Saudi Arabia’s International Medical Center (IMC) has become the latest healthcare entity in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up
A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic
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Norton Healthcare integrates Epic with PDMP tools, cuts opioid Rx in half
In 2012, the state of Kentucky passed a law similar to those in many other states requiring physicians prescribing controlled
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SPECIAL REPORT: Kuwait’s digital transformation journey
“At the moment the majority of healthcare services are provided by the public sector and Kuwait’s Vision 2035 is to
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CIOs spill the beans on the phrases they hate to hear
It’s been a stressful time, to say the least, for hospital chief information officers and other IT professionals across industry. The
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