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An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data, and radiology reports. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician's workflow. The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter, as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly via interface—including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting.

Evaluating safety of three doses of messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers evaluated the safety profile and adverse events associated with COVID-19 boosters or additional vaccinations.

27 Apr 2022

Correlations between SARS-CoV-2 outcomes and cancer

Researchers analyzed SARS-CoV-2 outcomes by cancer status, treatment, type, and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

25 Apr 2022

Study describes the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric primary care mental health visits

A new study describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric primary care mental health visits.

22 Apr 2022

Researchers examine the connection between physician ownership of their practices and EHR satisfaction

Despite having benefits for information exchange and patient safety, electronic health records (EHR) have had drawbacks for daily practice and the physician experience.

21 Apr 2022

CDC study highlights effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination against reinfection and hospitalization

A new study has stated that the third booster dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines is 68% effective in preventing reinfection-related hospitalization among persons with a history of SARS-CoV-2.

13 Apr 2022

Sotrovimab found to prevent hospitalization and mortality in COVID-19 outpatients

Researchers tested the efficacy of sotrovimab in non-hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

7 Apr 2022

Tech glitches at one VA Site raise concerns about a nationwide rollout

Spokane, Washington, was supposed to be the center of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ tech reinvention, the first site in the agency's decade-long project to change its medical records software. But one morning in early March, the latest system malfunction made some clinicians snap.

5 Apr 2022

Customized digital alert improves guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure

Physicians prescribed significantly more guideline-directed medications for heart failure if they received a customized digital alert via an electronic health record (EHR) system when inputting medical orders shortly after seeing a patient, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session.

3 Apr 2022

Study reveals racial and ethnic disparities in acute-care utilization by pediatric asthma patients

Black children with asthma accessed community health centers (CHCs) less than white children, while Latino children (who prefer to speak either English or Spanish) were more likely to visit CHCs for acute, chronic, and preventive care overall, according to a new, large study.

29 Mar 2022

Deploying artificial intelligence to prevent delayed and missed care

Medical imaging is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in health care with providers ordering dozens of imaging studies for their patients every day.

16 Mar 2022

New study analyzes COVID-19 outcomes in patients with cancer

If a cancer patient tests positive for COVID-19, are they more likely to become hospitalized from the disease?

10 Mar 2022

Researchers develop scoring tools to determine hospitalization and mortality risk in COVID-19 patients

Researchers conducted a large retrospective study on a cohort of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 patients, developing and validating a simple and precise scoring tool to risk stratify COVID-19 ambulatory and emergency department patients for subsequent hospitalizations and mortalities.

8 Mar 2022

Study measures recovery rate of SARS-CoV-2-induced olfactory loss

Researchers estimated the trajectory of COVID-19-induced olfactory loss over six months duration and assessed predictive features related to the recovery of olfactory function.

21 Feb 2022

Trauma centers expand care to treat patients with mental health and substance use disorders

Most patients who show signs of alcohol or opioid/stimulant drug use associated with injury now undergo screening and/or intervention in Level I and II trauma centers, according to national survey results.

14 Feb 2022

Gene variants associated with acute kidney injury in Black veterans hospitalized with COVID-19

Gene variants increased the risk of acute kidney injury and death in veterans of African ancestry who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

10 Feb 2022

Prevalence of genetic susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmia may be underestimated, study says

By sequencing known genes associated with cardiac arrhythmia risk in more than 20,000 people without an indication for genetic testing, scientists were able to identify pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants in nearly one percent of individuals, according to a study published in Circulation.

9 Feb 2022

Intervention combining education and workflow improves screenings for geriatric conditions

Falls and dementia are some of the most common syndromes affecting the health of older adults, but many primary care physicians are not specifically trained to screen for them.

13 Jan 2022

Additional SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses elicit robust seroresponse among patients receiving maintenance dialysis

Researchers thus recently published a report wherein they examined the seroresponse to an additional dose of vaccine in patients on maintenance dialysis.

7 Jan 2022

Addition of wound care nurse to prone-positioning team reduces the odds of pressure injuries in patients

The addition of a certified wound and skin care nurse to a multiprofessional prone-positioning team at Penn Medicine Princeton Health significantly reduced the odds of patients with COVID-19 developing pressure injuries, according to a study published in American Journal of Critical Care.

5 Jan 2022

AI can detect signs of lung-clogging blot clots in electrocardiograms, shows study

Pulmonary embolisms are dangerous, lung-clogging blot clots. In a pilot study, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai showed for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can detect signs of these clots in electrocardiograms (EKGs), a finding which may one day help doctors with screening.

22 Dec 2021