The notes clinicians take in the EHR often contain stigmatizing and/or negative language that sheds light on their attitudes toward patients, according to a study published July 14 in JAMA Network ...

I recently returned to hospital-based cardiology because I missed patient contact and the camaraderie of colleagues. What I didn't miss was all the typing. Not a day goes by when I do not curse Epic, ...

A study published in Health Affairs this week used machine learning to investigate whether providers' negative patient descriptors in electronic health records varied by race or ethnicity. Compared ...

Writing has cognitive benefits that improve quality of thinking and problem-solving ...

Providing patients with access to their physician's notes benefits those patients and does not add to a doctor's workload, according to a new study published this week in the Annals of Internal ...

EHR medication lists may contain inaccuracies leading to potential threats to patient safety, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology. To keep track of prescribed medications, patients ...

Electronic health records contribute to physician burnout and writing shorter case notes can ease the EHR burden. Electronic health records (EHRs) have become a primary driver of physician burnout, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Very little content in electronic health record notes is manually entered, the notes are long and ...

The researchers found that clinician notes about Hispanic/Latino and non-Hispanic Black patients had similarly higher odds of containing terms undermining credibility and lower odds of supporting ...

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