News tagged with electronic healthcare
Seeing the forest and the trees reveals heart problems
A statistical analysis of publicly available heart rate data using three classification tools - Random Forests, Logistic Model Tree and Neural Network - could lead to a rapid and precise way to diagnose heart problems, according ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, researchers say
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.
Nov 20, 2009 |
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ICT fails to accelerate drug approvals
Drug approvals are taking just as long as they ever did despite increased expenditure on new information technology at the Food and drug Administration. So says a statistical analysis of approval intervals from 1997 to 2006, ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Work begins on national e-health record network
(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.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Study finds US hospitals extremely slow to adopt electronic health records, citing cost
There is broad consensus that electronic health records (EHR) have the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare providers. Yet, to date, there has been no reliable estimate of the prevalence of ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Pharmaceutical disobedience
Healthcare consumers, benefits managers, and even government officials are using the internet to buy unapproved prescription drugs illegally, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Electronic He ...
Jan 27, 2009 |
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