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Also: Pfizer says it is partnering with healthcare organizations to develop a new digital health platform that provides access to same-day care, prescriptions and vaccines for COVID-19 or the flu.
Using National Cancer Institute data, researchers at HHS looked at how recently diagnosed individuals and those in survivorship accessed electronic health information and also compared frequency against those never diagnosed with malignancies.
The health system has invested in automating documentation, but AI chief tells WSJ he's not comfortable using AI for clinical decision-making.
The project recently concluded its first phase of implementation, which involves enabling access to My Health Record.
The health system is already seeing benefits with reductions in clinician burden, its CIO says, and hopes the AI voice tool can broaden patient access while boosting cost efficiencies.
This follows recent integrations of e-prescriptions and real-time prescription monitoring into its EHR.
Also, India's National Health Authority is offering a basic course on digital health for health professionals.
Also, Gold Coast Health is trying out an AI scribe to support clinical documentation.
The digital health record platform project is entering its second phase of implementation.
The breakdown affected some 3,000 patients in a general hospital.