http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news179133924.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:50:01 EST news179133924 As electronic health records become more widely deployed, increasing amounts of health information are being collected. This data has many beneficial applications, such as research, public health, and health system planning. In a recent study, Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute argues that there is a need for robust de-identification of patient data to avoid the negative impact that individual consent requirements have on studies using health record data for secondary purposes. http://www.physorg.com/news177918760.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:07 EST news177918760 Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new analysis by the RAND Corporation. http://www.physorg.com/news177186304.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:25:52 EST news177186304 Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed drugs. A study in the August issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine found that when clinicians received computerized alerts, which compared medication brands, they changed 23.3 percent of prescriptions for four heavily marketed sleep medications to comparable generic equivalents. http://www.physorg.com/news176997282.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:30:04 EST news176997282 Routine use of electronic health records may improve the quality of care provided in community-based primary care practices more than other common strategies intended to raise the quality of medical care, according to a new study by RAND Corporation researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news173987022.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:00:05 EST news173987022 The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data. The new Web site was created in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as a number of professional organizations, to enable more effective use of newborn screening test results in assessing child health and improving lifelong health care. http://www.physorg.com/news172237294.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:42:03 EST news172237294 A new framework of recommendations created by health informatics researchers may help doctors and hospitals prepare for a federal initiative to expand the use of electronic health records (EHRs). The recommendations from faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine appear in a commentary in the Sept. 9 edition of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://www.physorg.com/news171652574.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:30:02 EST news171652574 An innovative program that cut cardiac deaths by 73 percent by linking coronary artery disease patients and teams of pharmacists, nurses, primary care doctors, and cardiologists with an electronic health record also kept the patients healthy two years after they left the program by keeping them in touch with their care givers electronically, according to a randomized study by Kaiser Permanente published in The American Journal of Managed Care this month. http://www.physorg.com/news168858641.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:50:01 EST news168858641 (AP) -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself. http://www.physorg.com/news168613120.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:10:02 EST news168613120 The results of a new study of the pen and paper workarounds employed by healthcare providers who use an electronic medical record system may help make electronic medical records even more useful to health-care providers and the patients they serve. http://www.physorg.com/news167310335.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:20:01 EST news167310335 A reminder program aimed at screening for breast cancer when it is most treatable boosted mammography rates by more than 17 percentage points, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The program used electronic health records to identify women who would soon be due for a mammogram and reached out to them via postcards, automated voice messages and personal phone calls. http://www.physorg.com/news166769438.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:50:49 EST news166769438 An electronic system with personalized patient information shared by diabetes patients and their primary care providers improved diabetes care and clinical outcomes, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://www.physorg.com/news166118291.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:01 EST news166118291 Children of parents who refuse vaccines are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough compared to fully immunized children, according to a new study led by a vaccine research team at Kaiser Permanente Colorado's Institute for Health Research. http://www.physorg.com/news162553629.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 10:47:46 EST news162553629 There is broad consensus that electronic health records (EHR) have the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare providers. Yet, to date, there has been no reliable estimate of the prevalence of EHR use among U.S. hospitals. In a new study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Massachusetts General Hospital and George Washington University found that less than 2% of surveyed hospitals had implemented comprehensive EHR; further, less than 8% had basic EHR in place. It is the first nationally representative study of the prevalence of EHR in hospitals. http://www.physorg.com/news157222044.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:47:57 EST news157222044 Clarifying legal rights of patient control over electronic health records could be the key to making the best use of the huge amount of electronic medical information that the "Stimulus" funding will create in the next few years, according to a national commentary co-authored by a Wake Forest University and a Duke University faculty member. http://www.physorg.com/news157132186.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:50:53 EST news157132186 Health information technology programs implemented in New York state are active and functioning a full two years after being established, and could serve as models for new federal initiatives, according to a study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College. http://www.physorg.com/news155915682.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:55:18 EST news155915682 Google is letting patients share electronic medical records with loved ones or care providers who may be needed to help in emergencies. http://www.physorg.com/news155495341.html Technology Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:09:23 EST news155495341 For years controversy has surrounded whether electronic medical records (EMR) would lead to increased patient safety, cut medical errors, and reduce healthcare costs. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a way to get another bonus from the implementation of electronic medical records: testing the efficacy of treatments for disease. http://www.physorg.com/news153150092.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:41:53 EST news153150092