Posts Tagged ‘electronic health records’
Parents, not doctors, recall weight advice
UC DAVIS (US) — Parents of overweight children and their pediatricians disagree about the extent of weight-related counseling that occurs during visits, researchers say. Continue…
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 16:36 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Apr 25, 2011 15:48 - 0 Comments
Electronic data expands genetic pool
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Mining existing patient data from electronic medical records for genetic testing will speed up the process and make it less expensive as well. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2009 11:08 - 3 Comments
Getting the bugs out of giving meds
ILLINOIS (US)—Software design principles and debugging methods are helping researchers identify a way to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related to errors in how drugs are administered to hospital patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 24, 2009 4:00 - 2 Comments
Hackers looking at your health records?
“”We regulate drugs, transportation, communication, food, and many other goods and services,” says law professor Sharona Hoffman. “A safe and effective transition to computerized medical records cannot be achieved without federal regulation.”
