New US federal rules requiring health care organizations to give patients access to their full health records in digital format went into effect on October 6
the day they got their health data back👇 “I naively thought that because they were all on Epic, they could easily share my records!” ~ @TheLizArmy https://www.statnews.com/... #interoperability #healt...
Doctors often use Google Translate to talk with non-English speaking patients, but researchers say inaccurate results are common and can lead to serious errors
The patient had just undergone a cesarean section, and now was struggling to put words to her pain in her native Taiwanese. Tweets: @berkeleydatasci , @rickberke , and @amerurological Tweets: @berkele...
Investigation: software used for targeting medical services to US patients is infusing racial bias into decision-making about who should receive stepped-up care
Casey Ross / STAT : Tweets: @frankpasquale , @rsvassellmd , @ravindranize , @docjeffd , @uche_blackstock , @erbrod , @statnews , and @rebeccadrobbins Tweets: Frank Pasquale / @frankpasquale : “None o...
A look at how US hospitals are integrating voice assistants like Alexa into patient care and the challenges facing them
At first it was a novelty: Hospitals began using voice assistants to allow patients to order lunch, check medication regimens, and get on-demand medical advice at home. Tweets: @daniel_kraft , @harvar...