Clinical

The U.S. Department of Defense says it will implement secure messaging tools as part of the deal to help doctors better coordinate care.

The nonprofit patient safety organization found that nearly  40 percent of potentially harmful drug orders weren’t flagged by existing software systems, including medication orders for the wrong condition or the wrong dose based on things like a patient’s size, other illnesses or likely drug interactions. 

The research also found that womens’ salaries grew at a higher rate than their male counterparts, while orthopedists, cardiologists, dermatologists are the highest-paid doctors.  

The company suspended testing, hired three board certified pathologist to run its lab, and publicly vowed to work with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to resolve the issues. 

Clinical decision support misfires are commonplace but often hard to detect, according to a close examination of CDS systems at Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston published in the most recent Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Across the healthcare industry, "the state of decision-making is really bad." Following the so-called Three Ps could point a way forward.

The work will help determine how effective Philips IntelliSite whole slide imaging can be in detecting disease, streamlining pathology workflows and lowering costs. 

New research found variations in cholesterol levels that drew concern because they could potentially determine whether a physician at point of care would prescribe medication to a patient.

A new report determined that a dozen key executives have left in the past year and half of those since January 1, 2016. And some people are pointing the finger at CEO Andrew Conrad.

"We believe that mobile devices such as iPhones will become the predominant means by which patients interact with BIDMC," says Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, MD. "Your phone will be the repository of your medical record."