Tag: ehr
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BIP Digital Health – Technology for managing healthcare interventions
In this Blended Intensive Programme in Digital Health, Joost van Wijchen and I discuss the influential role of technology in managing and recording healthcare interventions. We highlight the risks of uncritical technology adoption, examine how user interface design impacts patient care, and call for ethical considerations and sustainable practices. And we talk about empowering digital…
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Doctors are burning out because electronic medical records are broken
For all the promise that digital records hold for making the system more efficient—and the very real benefit these records have already brought in areas like preventing medication errors—EMRs aren’t working on the whole. They’re time consuming, prioritize billing codes over patient care, and too often force physicians to focus on digital recordkeeping rather than…