Clinician Burnout

Machine Learning System Accurately Identifies Medication Errors

by Jessica Kent

An alert system driven by machine learning could identify medication errors that traditional clinical decision support systems might otherwise miss, according to a study published in the Joint...

How Artificial Intelligence Is Humanizing the Healthcare Industry

by Jessica Kent

Seventy-nine percent of healthcare professionals indicate that artificial intelligence tools have helped mitigate clinician burnout, suggesting that the technology enables providers to deliver more...

Amazon Introduces Machine Learning Medical Transcription Service

by Jessica Kent

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new machine learning service called Amazon Transcribe Medical, which will automatically convert physician consultations and dictated notes from speech to...

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Reduce Alarm Fatigue?

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence algorithms could potentially reduce the amount of alarms received by caregivers, potentially leading to fewer instances of alarm fatigue and improved patient care, according to...

Clinical Decision Support Tool Increases Pediatric AKI Testing

by Jessica Kent

Giving clinicians automated clinical decision support during the electronic order entry process helped increase the rate of blood testing for acute kidney injury (AKI) among pediatric patients by nine...

Refining Clinical Decision Support Tools to Ease Physician Burnout

by Jessica Kent

As healthcare has become increasingly digital and patient outcomes have become more intertwined with provider rewards, physicians have turned to clinical decision support (CDS) tools to help them...

EHR Use, Data Stewardship Shortfalls Top 2019 Patient Safety Concerns

by Jennifer Bresnick

Organizational challenges with EHR use and data stewardship strategies are at the top of this year’s ECRI Patient Safety Concerns list, indicating that healthcare providers are still finding it...

Nuance Beats Competitors to Ambient Computing in the Clinic

by Jennifer Bresnick

Artificial intelligence is taking many forms in the healthcare environment as vendors strive to address deeply entrenched pain points for clinicians and patients. Many electronic health record...

Kaiser’s Population Health Medical School Will Start Off Free

by Jennifer Bresnick

Kaiser Permanente’s new medical school will offer free tuition for the first five classes that enter the institution, the health system announced this week. The school, which will focus heavily...

Provider Experience Impacts EHR Data Workflow, Documentation Time

by Jessica Kent

Providers in the emergency department (ED) who had more experience or training with an electronic health record (EHR) system completed EHR documentation faster than those with less experience, a study...

Top 3 Priorities for Health Data Governance, Management in 2019

by Jennifer Bresnick

With January rapidly approaching, health data governance gurus and HIM professionals only have a few days left to get their 2019 New Year’s resolutions in order. Whether it’s a new...

Hard Stops in EHRs, Clinical Decision Support Can Improve Care

by Jennifer Bresnick

Clinical decision support systems that use hard stops, in which a response is required before a user can move forward with a task, are associated with higher performance on both process and outcomes...

Schooling Docs in Population Health Requires Data, Aligned Incentives

by Jennifer Bresnick

One of the proudest moments in a physician’s life is when he or she crosses the stage to shake hands with faculty and receive the coveted MD degree.  The embossed leatherette folio...

Google Pursues AI, Voice Recognition for EHR Workflows

by Jennifer Bresnick

Google is recruiting talent to help develop artificial intelligence and voice recognition tools to improve the clinical documentation process and streamline EHR workflows, according to a report by...

Natural Language Processing, Voice Tools Offer Solutions to EHR Woes

by Jennifer Bresnick

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are relatively new additions to the tools and applications that now power a large portion of the healthcare industry, but some providers have been using...

EHR Documentation Burdens Bring Usability, Satisfaction Declines

by Jessica Kent

EHR adoption rates among ophthalmologists are up to 72.1 percent, according to a survey published in JAMA Ophthalmology, but satisfaction is on the decline due to significant documentation and...

EHR Scribes Save Time, But Do They Produce Accurate Health Data?

by Jennifer Bresnick

Electronic health records (EHRs) have been endlessly criticized, fairly or otherwise, for distracting physicians from their patients, extending long work days, and creating burnout conditions for...

Population Health Management May Worsen Physician Shortage

by Jennifer Bresnick

As the financial and professional environment for clinicians keeps getting tougher and tougher, the healthcare system is likely to continue experiencing a significant physician shortage, with up to...

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