Electronic Health Record

Michigan medical practice to close after refusing to pay ransom to hackers

By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review Battle Creek, Mich.-based Brookside ENT and Hearing Center is shutting down after cyber hackers deleted all the practice’s patient records, WWMT, a CBS affiliate, reports. Hackers obtained no patient information because the practice’s EHR system encrypted the files, John Bizon, MD, co-founder of Brookside ENT and Hearing Center,…

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How Artificial Intelligence is Disrupting Speech Recognition

Kamalika Some by Analytics Insights Speech recognition is the newest technology fad empowered to recognize spoken words, which can further be converted into text. Speech Recognition encapsulates voice recognition, a technology deployed to identify a person based on their voice. AI-powered Speech Recognition has been the toast of offerings among major tech giants. The top-performing…

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Constructing a Career in Coding

By Susan Chapman for For The Record For aspiring coders, landing that first position can be intimidating. But never fear, industry experts are here to offer advice. Landing that all-important first job can seem daunting for a coder who is just entering the field. However, incorporating sound advice from seasoned experts can help job seekers…

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The top financial pressures facing healthcare organizations: 5 leaders discuss

By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review asked healthcare leaders to share the factors they believe will pressure hospital finances the most in 2019. Here are their responses, presented alphabetically. Editor’s Note: Responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity. Dawn Bulgarella CFO of the UAB Health System (Birmingham, Ala.) Hospital…

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Cleveland Clinic creating center for AI in healthcare

By Meg Bryant for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Cleveland Clinic has launched a new center to advance applications for artificial intelligence in healthcare. An initiative of Cleveland Clinic Enterprise Analytics, the Center for Clinical Artificial Intelligence will bring together doctors, researchers, data scientists and others to develop clinical use cases for AI and machine learning…

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Diagnostic errors compounded by EHRs still No. 1 patient safety concern

By Meg Bryant for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: For the second year in a row, diagnostic errors and improper management of test results in EHRs top ECRI Institute’s list of patient safety concerns facing healthcare leaders. The list is intended as a starting point for organizations to review their patient safety records and set priorities…

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Can AI help prevent physician burnout?

By Jordan Rosenfeld for Modern Economics So much of a physician’s workload includes repetitive, tedious tasks involved in researching diagnoses and analyzing patient data and imaging. On top of increasingly demanding administrative and regulatory burdens and EHR hassles, it’s no wonder physicians are burning out in record numbers. Experts in artificial intelligence (AI)—a form of…

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Hundreds of patient records found burning across from Atlanta hospital

By Mackenzie Garrity for Becker’s Hospital Review Piles of patient records were found burning in a dumpster across the street from Atlanta-based Southside Medical Clinic, according to WSBTV. Southside Medical Clinic is unsure how hundreds of patients’ medical records were found burning in the dumpster and stacked outside in shipping crates. A WSBTV representative who…

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