EHR
Electronic health records
A medical scribe enters data into a computer as a doctor evaluates a patient nearby at a medical office in Vinton, Va. Research has shown an increasing emphasis on electronic health records has contributed to physician burnout, and
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Former Alberta Hospital Edmonton employee looked at private information of nearly 13,000 people. Alberta Health Services failed to ensure an employee of Alberta Hospital Edmonton knew about and followed safeguards to protect health
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Clinical study utilizes the Zimmer Biomet mymobility™ app on Apple Watch and iPhone to guide patients through pre- and post-op care. Art Salzfass, 83, and Rhona Lishinsky, 67, test the Apple Watch Series 4. Geoffrey A. Fowler,
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Expanding coverage by ushering in the private sector results in inequities in access, argue Ramya Kumar and Anne-Emanuelle Birn. A new study on universal health care shows partisans are bad at reading studies. The New Republic The BMJ
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Most rich democracies provide citizens universal coverage for medical services—but not in the United States, where tens of millions of people remain without health insurance and costs far exceed spending in any other country. Aerial
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Medicare for all — or the idea that every American should have some form of public health insurance — continues to forge its way into political debates. With such momentum, however, can come fear mongering and obstructionism.
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‘You’re part of the care,’ says daughter who monitors her mom’s cancer treatment online. Yvonne Wright says online access to her mother’s test results as she undergoes cancer treatment is helpful and
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In recent years, more and more patients around the world are logging into their health records online—but few Canadians have access to this service. Letting patients read the doctor’s notes in The New York Times Wendy Glauser,
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Close analysis shows technology yields benefits, but not all at once. UCSF study shows EHRs eventually improve hospital care. Susan Merrell By Pete Farley, University of California San Francisco July 10, 2018 An examination of how the
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It’s budget season and provincial governments are continuing to spend more on healthcare than any other portfolio. For example, Alberta spends almost half its budget on health — an estimated $22 billion this year — which is more
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Leaked report reveals lax cybersecurity over Alberta patient health records. A leaked report obtained by CBC News suggests Alberta Health Services needs to improve its cybersecurity in regards to patient records. CBC Jennie Russell,
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SPARK is designed to support innovators with market-ready or in-market digital health solutions. Currently, the SPARK pathway is for digital health innovators working with one or more Health Information Custodians (HICs). Innovators
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Patricia, left, a native of Guyana, says she feels “in control” since she started taking part in the Health With Dignity Program. She is speaking here with health coach Candace Crawford. Carlos Osorio, Toronto Star Dafna Izenberg,
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Goertzen says Manitoba wants plan to be defined, adequate, secure, and able to deal with inflation. Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor speaks to reporters after meeting with provincial and territorial health ministers in
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Quebec confirms it will opt out of federal drug plan, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, left, made it clear at the premiers’ closing news conference Friday that if the federal government wants a national drug
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PEI paramedic says information is crucial in a crisis, but many people don’t know about or use apps. Island EMS advanced care paramedic Holly Noel says any clue is useful when paramedics are dealing with a medical emergency.
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Report comes ahead of the annual premiers’ Council of the Federation meeting. Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, Ont., is shown on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. Physicians are calling on the federal government to shell out
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‘I’m confident that we’ll create a model that suits Canada,’ advisory council chair Eric Hoskins says. Former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins was asked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to head a federal
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Compared with other countries, the United States often falls short on many maternal and child health outcomes. A federal program known as Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) is designed to give pregnant women
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As our population ages, more and more seniors call 911 to get help, increasing demand on the system. Jessie Lee, left, a paramedic with Toronto Paramedic Services, developed the computer algorithm that enables paramedics to discover
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Current hype surrounding machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is enormous, with seemingly daily headlines declaring that some new model will change how a disease is diagnosed or treated. Experts are more
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One out of at least 10 patients records doctors’ visits, usually on a cell phone; Apple recently released a new Health Records feature built into the Health app as part of iOS 11.3. No longer a wave of the future, researchers
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To make progress in personalised medicine, researchers and doctors need access to health data. However, as a study by ETH researchers shows, comprehensive guidelines for the exchange of such data are lacking, being one of the primary
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Dr. Christian Jacob with PhD student Timothy Davison working with LINDSAY Virtual Human applications on a display wall in the Visualization Studio at the Digital Library, University of Calgary. University of Calgary photo By Christian
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Modernizing Medicine, a medtech company based in Florida, has developed the Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), an EHR system which the company claims can significantly streamline clinician workflow. Cloud-based and developed by
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New capabilities in Health Records help patients see medical records from multiple providers. In an important step forward in the consumerization of healthcare, this week Apple introduced an update to its Health app, in iOS 11.3
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Penn researchers ask, ‘What if doctors could just subscribe to news feeds about their patients?’ Once hailed as essential to advance health care into the 21st Century, electronic health record (EHR) systems have increased
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A team of Waterloo researchers found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology may detect whether your health is failing. Hexoskin Pamela Smyth, University of Waterloo
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Justin Trudeau was a hard act to follow, but the next speaker defined the most important issue of the 2019 election. At the Liberal convention, Dr. Danielle Martin argued a national pharmacare program is long overdue: ‘No rational
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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone case and app that could make it easier for patients to record and track their blood glucose readings, whether they’re at home or on the go. GlucPhone: a
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