News tagged with care patients

NIST releases technical guidance for evaluating electronic health records

An important aspect of any product is how easily someone can use it for its intended purpose, also known as usability. Electronic health records (EHR) that are usable have the potential to improve patient care, which is why ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Personalized chemotherapy, cheaper medicine, affordable health care -- they may be closer than you think

(Medical Xpress) -- New technology being developed at Florida State University could significantly decrease the cost of drug discovery, potentially leading to increased access to high-quality health care and cancer patients ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Theft of data on 4M patients part of wider problem

The theft of a computer containing information on more than 4 million patients of a major Northern California health care provider may be among the largest breaches of health care data in recent years, but it's far from ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic health records save money but pose privacy risks, says law professor

Electronic health records can potentially save billions of dollars in health care costs and increase patient safety, but have considerable risks to individual privacy in the United States, more so than the European Union, ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0