Patients’ electronic health records convey crucial information. The application of natural language processing techniques to these records may be an effective means of extracting information that may improve clinical decision making, clinical documentation and billing, disease prediction and the detection…
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Electronic health toolkit brings nonopioid treatments to low-income chronic pain patients
A new study by integrated primary care researcher and physician Paula Gardiner, MD, finds that an interactive website can bring proven, effective nondrug treatments like mindfulness, meditation and yoga to chronic pain patients who may not otherwise have access to…
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Electronic health records use up in residential care communities
From 2012 to 2016, there was an increase in electronic health record (EHR) use among residential care communities, according to a study published online March 3 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease…
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Portable ‘electronic nose’ can accurately pick up esophageal cancer precursor
A portable ‘electronic nose’ can accurately pick up the precursor condition to food pipe (oesophageal) cancer, known as Barrett’s oesophagus, indicates a proof of principle study, published online in the journal Gut. This inexpensive and non-invasive technique may be a…
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