Computers Can Make Good Doctors
Ben Rooney, Wall Street Journal
“IBM’s famous Watson computer, which has managed to master natural language skills and defeat Jeopardy contestants is being taught how to make medical diagnoses.
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Diagnostic Errors
Keeping Test Results From Slipping Through the (Electronic) Cracks
Laura Landro, WSJ Health Blog
“Insurers and health-care providers are turning to closed claims from past malpractice cases to teach doctors how to avoid some of the most common diagnostic errors, today’s Informed Patient column reports.
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EHRs Can Improve Patient Care Through Electronic Documentation
Andrea Kraynak, HealthLeaders Media
“EHR documentation can be dictated by billing rules and legal requirements, or by your need to describe your patients and provide quality care, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.
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No todas las HCE cumplen los requisitos para su plena utilidad
APISCAM
“La historia clínica electrónica (HCE) permite reducir errores diagnósticos de varias formas. Un estudio dirigido por Gordon Schiff, del Hospital Brigham and Women, de Boston (Estados Unidos) y publicado en el último número The New England Journal of Medicine, destaca siete retos necesarios para este objetivo. En primer lugar, la HCE debe filtrar y organizar el acceso a la información.
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Study: EHRs promote better diagnoses
Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“EHRs can help prevent, minimize or mitigate diagnostic errors, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In their paper – “Can Electronic Clinical Documentation Help Prevent Diagnostic Errors?” – Gordon D. Schiff, MD, and David W. Bates, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health note that this benefit is a “key selling point” for EHRs.
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EHR – Checklists & Bayesian Diagnosis
Margalit Gur-Arie, On Healthcare Technology
“A very interesting recent article by Shiff and Bates published in NEJM proposes a rather ambitious benefit for EHRs.
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New research touts EHRs as aid to better diagnosis
Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“A fundamental part of delivering good medical care is getting the diagnosis right. Electronic health records can help, according to new research published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Study: Proper EHR documentation can reduce diagnosis errors
Neil Versel, FierceHealthIT
“Much of the literature on medical errors has focused on medication administration and adherence to clinical guidelines for various procedures. Though misdiagnosis remains a huge problem in medicine, it has received less attention.
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Electronic clinical documentation may help prevent diagnostic errors, according to a perspective published in the March 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Laurie Barclay, Medscape Today
“Electronic clinical documentation may help prevent diagnostic errors, according to a perspective published in the March 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Can Electronic Clinical Documentation Help Prevent Diagnostic Errors?
Schiff GD, Bates DW. N Engl J Med, 362(12)
The United States is about to invest nearly $50 billion in health information technology (HIT) in an attempt to push the country to a tipping point with respect to the adoption of computerized records, which are expected to improve the quality and reduce the costs of care. A fundamental question is how best to design electronic health records (EHRs) to enhance clinicians’ workflow and the quality of care.
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