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(PhysOrg.com) -- A McMaster University-led research team has developed an innovative software tool that gives family doctors up-to-date information on their patients in two seconds or less. http://www.physorg.com/news178392104.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:20:01 EST news178392104 The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks. http://www.physorg.com/news177919146.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:10:01 EST news177919146 Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies place on their patients' care, according to findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey published online today in the journal Health Affairs. The responses of U.S. doctors also stand out in the 11-country survey because the vast majority (69%) report that their practices do not have provisions for after-hours care, forcing patients to seek care in emergency departments. U.S. doctors were also far less likely to use health information technology that helps reduce errors and improve care -only 46 percent of U.S. doctors use electronic medical records compared to 99 percent of doctors in the Netherlands and 97 percent of doctors in New Zealand and Norway. http://www.physorg.com/news176620665.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:18:23 EST news176620665 ST. PAUL, Minn. -People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according to a new study published in the November 4, 2009, issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study is one of the first to examine how MS relapses affect people during different time periods of the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news176579798.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:10:02 EST news176579798 A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news176396422.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:03 EST news176396422 A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that many patients are dissatisfied with the way they receive results of radiology tests and want more access to information in their medical records, specifically, detailed, lay-language results from those tests. http://www.physorg.com/news176387378.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:30:05 EST news176387378 In two new studies, presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego, researchers explored the connection between high stress, high exposure occupations and long-term gastrointestinal disorders. The studies, performed by the United States Navy and the State University of New York (SUNY), Stonybrook, examine the long term effects of infectious gastroenteritis (IGE) among active duty military and the interaction between gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) and mental health disorders among World Trade Center workers, respectively. Both studies will be the highlight of an ACG roundtable discussion being held on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news175777566.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:03 EST news175777566 New Mayo Clinic research has found that survival rates of patients with Barrett's esophagus, which can be a precursor for esophageal cancer, are no different than the survival rates for the general population. These findings were presented today at the 2009 American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Meeting in San Diego. http://www.physorg.com/news175787545.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:52:56 EST news175787545 Emergency medical responders typically know very little about the patients they treat at mass disasters, accident scenes, or other sites where an ambulance is dispatched for rapid response. That's true everyplace in the United States except Indianapolis, the capital of the most health-wired state in the nation. http://www.physorg.com/news175261656.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:48:43 EST news175261656 Given sufficient training and support, nurses can safely and effectively prescribe antiretroviral therapy (ART) to patients with HIV, according to a Rwandan study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news174633906.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:50:02 EST news174633906 Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women. http://www.physorg.com/news174586085.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:08:29 EST news174586085 (AP) -- Doctor's offices and hospitals have slowly started the difficult switch from outmoded paper records to sophisticated electronic systems in a bid to improve care and cut costs. http://www.physorg.com/news173516637.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:40:01 EST news173516637 Doctors could predict a patient's risk of receiving a domestic abuse diagnosis years in advance by using electronic medical records as an early warning system, according to research published on BMJ.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news173515334.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:42:39 EST news173515334 Building upon four decades of research and real world operation of electronic medical records and health information exchange, Regenstrief Institute researchers have developed, tested and are now operating innovative technologies to allow for the bi-directional flow of evidence-based medical information between clinical sources and public health organizations. http://www.physorg.com/news172757790.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:30:01 EST news172757790 (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 Google on Thursday invited people to store "end-of-life" wishes at its free online health records management service. http://www.physorg.com/news167029783.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:10:11 EST news167029783 States that have passed privacy laws restricting the ability of hospitals to disclose patient information have seen the sharing of electronic medical records suffer by more than 24%, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). http://www.physorg.com/news166716239.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:04:40 EST news166716239 Billing claims from health insurance companies can provide insights on the long-term health of kidney transplant patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that valuable health information can be obtained by analyzing medical insurers' reimbursement documents, a process that is much simpler and cheaper than many other forms of clinical investigation. http://www.physorg.com/news164594120.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:00:02 EST news164594120 The Obama Administration's goal to improve the entire health care system in the USA begins with an incremental first step by introducing nearly 500,000 physicians to electronic medical records via the American Recovery and Investment Act 2009. Some physicians, hospitals and clinics throughout the world all ready use some form of health care management software which includes electronic medical record programs. http://www.physorg.com/news161935473.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 07:05:17 EST news161935473 As President Barack Obama calls for streamlining heath care by fully converting to electronic medical records and as Congress prepares to debate issues of patient privacy, one question has largely gone unasked: What do patients want? http://www.physorg.com/news161871615.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 13:20:41 EST news161871615 Dr. Jared Strote at the University of Washington Medical Center led a group that examined the medical records of nearly 900 patients subdued by the Seattle Police Department with a Taser over a six-year period. Less than one percent required hospital admission for an injury related to the restraint incident. No deaths occurred, even when patients exhibited signs of excited delirium. http://www.physorg.com/news161750228.html Medicine & Health Sun, 17 May 2009 03:37:37 EST news161750228 (AP) -- University of California, Berkeley, officials said Friday that hackers infiltrated restricted computer databases, putting at risk health and other personal information on 160,000 students, alumni and others. http://www.physorg.com/news161026041.html Technology Fri, 08 May 2009 18:27:55 EST news161026041 (AP) -- General Electric Co. said Thursday that it will invest $6 billion over the next six years in an attempt to lower the cost of health care and improve the quality of medical care in underserved regions of the United States and abroad. http://www.physorg.com/news160942068.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 19:08:24 EST news160942068 Turns out most Americans are all for moving to a comprehensive system of electronic medical records. They just don't think it's going to save us any money when it comes to health care. http://www.physorg.com/news160219155.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:19:41 EST news160219155 Heart patients who receive primary care at community health clinics - especially women - are less likely to have a consultation with a cardiologist than those who receive primary care at hospitals, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news160069192.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:40:18 EST news160069192 US retail titan Wal-Mart is poised to enter the medical data market with the launch of a package that would help small doctor's practices to digitize their medical records, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news156003028.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:11:05 EST news156003028 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 Across the nation concerns about health-care quality and costs are growing. For the first time, both candidates aspiring to the nation's highest office are looking to greater reliance on electronic medical records as critical to any remedy. http://www.physorg.com/news143286717.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:51:57 EST news143286717