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Processed EHR text can be used to develop CDS tools
Free text in electronic health records, with the help of natural language processing (NLP) technology, can be used to create accurate clinical decision support (CDS) tools, according to a study
Halamka: ACO success depends on EHRs, decision support
Universal adoption of electronic health records and decision-support services are among five priorities imperative to successful accountable care organizations, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Evidence of decision support benefits lacking, researchers say
Healthcare technology continues to come under fire for failing to deliver results--whether lower costs, increased efficiency, better clinical outcomes. This time researchers are turning their
Health IT firms continue to attract venture capital
Venture capitalists placed their bets on health IT in 27 deals worth $184 million during the first quarter of this year, according to Mercom Capital Group , an Austin, Texas-based consulting firm. The
Adaptive clinical decision support improves patient risk estimation
Clinical decision support could become more personalized, if the results of a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association are any indication. Researchers
Decision support, predictive modeling may speed clinical research
The clinical research community has been looking for new and better ways to conduct expensive and time-consuming clinical trials--using clinical trial management systems, recruiting patients online
Memorial Sloan-Kettering, IBM partner on latest Watson technology project
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and IBM have agreed to work together to develop a clinical decision support tool using IBM Watson technology to help create individualized cancer
Electronic clinical summaries worth providing to docs
Here's yet more proof that electronic clinical decision support can help providers treat patients. Doctors who had electronic access to summaries of clinical information found them very useful,
Q&A: WellPoint's Watson project gains momentum
IBM has always intended Watson--the natural language processor best known for beating out its puny human competitors on the game show Jeopardy!--to do more than answer trivia questions. And the
Electronic tools can help reduce radiation risks from medical imaging
Electronic tools that track the details of medical imaging procedures and clinical decision support tools integrated with a computerized physician order entry system can reduce the risk of radiation,
