By Mike Miliard, Healthcare IT News | February 22, 2019 The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association's Opioid Crisis Task Force has created what it calls "ideal minimum data set" to get physicians the right information to enable safer EPCS. The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association says it's working toward policies [...]
By Sy Mukherjee, Fortune | February 21, 2019 Stanford and a compendium of industry partners has set out to create guiding principles meant to ensure the ethical use of digital health technology, Stanford Libraries tells Fortune. Stanford University’s sprawling library system recently hosted a seminar attended by stakeholders in the [...]
By Heather Landi, Fierce Healthcare | February 21, 2019 Search queries for “medication disposal near me” reached an all-time high on Google last month as the country continues to face a public health crisis with opioid addiction and overdoses. As part of Google’s effort to combat the opioid crisis and [...]
The Medical Futurist | February 21, 2019 The majority of period tracker apps fail women. What’s more, fitness trackers and wearables fail pregnant women terribly. They were most probably designed and developed by men, and most likely not consulted by future users. We looked around at the women’s health and [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | February 21, 2019 A Navigant analysis finds that one-fifth of the nation's rural hospitals are struggling to stay open. Telehealth could give these hospitals an opportunity to redefine care and put them back on solid footing. New research shows that rural hospitals are struggling [...]
By Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News | February 21, 2019 The report from the agency's Health Information Technology Advisory Committee shows that patient engagement and cybersecurity will also be big parts of its agenda going forward.Click edit button to change this text. A new update on a FY18 annual report [...]
