States linking prescription databases, fight abuse
Emery P. Dalesio, AP
“Starting next year, dozens of states will begin knitting together databases to watch prescription drug abuse, from powerful painkillers to diet pills.
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Abuse
Help for Child Abuse Cases
Carolyn Bloch, Federal Telemedicine News
“Child abuse a serious problem especially in rural areas can lead to devastating consequences. Rural facilities often lack the resources and generally and have less experienced examiners to properly identify cases and treat victims of child abuse. In California alone, 13 rural California counties have the state’s highest rates of referrals for child abuse and neglect.
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Der mögliche Nutzen elektronischer Patientenakten am Beispiel Kindesmißbrauch
Dietmar Krause, Weblog Medizin IT und Telemedizin
“Ein sehr interessanter Artikel beschäftigt sich mit einer neu erschienenen Studie, bei der versucht wurde, anhand von elektronischen Akten Risikopatienten für häuslichen Kindesmißbrauch zu identifizieren.
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EHRs and Domestic Abuse
Glenn Laffel, EHR Bloggers
“In a recent survey, health care executives predicted that the secondary use of data which is captured during the care process will soon prove useful in improving the quality of care and public health, reducing costs, and getting drugs to market faster.
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EHRs as “predictive medicine”
Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“By analyzing six years of hospital admissions and emergency room visits for patients over the age of 18, researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School were able to determine potential domestic abuse victims an average of two years before the actual diagnosis.
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Data-Mining Medical Records Could Predict Domestic Violence
Frederik Joelving, Wired Science
‘To a busy emergency physician, a split lip or a case of poisoning is just one of those things they deal with. But to a computer mining the patient’s medical history, it could be the last diagnosis needed to decipher a pattern of domestic violence.
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Electronic medical records could spot abuse: study
Cynthia Osterman, Reuters
“Electronic medical records might help doctors identify men and women most likely to be victims of domestic abuse, and perhaps some day other medical conditions, too, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Electronic Medical Records Could Be Used As A Predictor Of Domestic Abuse
ScienceDaily
“Doctors could predict a patient’s risk of receiving a domestic abuse diagnosis years in advance by using electronic medical records as an early warning system, according to research published on the British Medical Journal website.
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Electronic medical records give early warning of domestic abuse
Elizabeth Cooney, Boston Globe
“Boston researchers reported today a novel use for electronic medical records — using data in patient records, they say they were able to identify likely victims of domestic abuse an average of two years before a diagnosis was actually made.
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