The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety published a report around the safe use of copy and paste in clinical documentation. It makes four key recommendations:...
Resource topic: Safety and Patient Outcomes
Health IT safe practices: toolkit for the safe use of copy and paste
Toolkit
Transforming clinical documentation in EHRs for 2020: Recommendations from University of Minnesota鈥檚 big data conference working group
In 2014, a group of diverse informatics leaders from practice, academia, and the software industry formed to address how best to transform electronic documentation...
Briefs and Summaries
Evolutionary pressures on the electronic health record: Caring for complexity
The following perspective piece, published in JAMA, discusses the escalating clinical complexity in the practice of medicine, due to the dependence on technology...
Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Using machine learning and natural language processing algorithms to automate the evaluation of clinical decision support in electronic medical record systems
The authors of the following study use machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms to accurately evaluate a clinical decision support rule...
Article
Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Clinical Pharmacy Intervention in 52 Nursing Homes
The following study evaluates whether a year long clinical pharmacy program involving development of professional relationships, nurse education on medication...
Article
Clinical Decision Support Systems and Prevention: A Community Guide Cardiovascular Disease Systematic Review
This systematic review examines the effectiveness of clinical decision support systems in improving screening and management for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk...
A multidisciplinary team care approach improves outcomes in high-risk pediatric neuroblastoma patients
The following study, published in Oncotarget, assesses the impact of a multidisciplinary team care program on treatment outcomes in neuroblastoma patients. The...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Effects of multidisciplinary team care on utilization of emergency care for patients with lung cancer
This study examined the relationship between multidisciplinary team (MDT) care and emergency department visits for lung cancer patients. Results show that lung...
Article
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Team-Based Care: Impact of Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration on Uncontrolled Hypertension
The following study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, evaluates the effectiveness of collaborative management of hypertension by primary...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
About TeamSTEPPS
The following article summarizes the purpose of TeamSTEPPS, which is a teamwork system designed for health care professioanls. Through its three-phasd process, the...
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