Survey of US parents highlights need for more awareness about newborn screening, cystic fibrosis

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A national survey led by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found that parents have insufficient knowledge of newborn screening in general and of cystic fibrosis (CF) in particular. Researchers asked specific questions about CF based on studies showing that initial CF follow-up visits after a positive newborn…

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Educating practitioners about naloxone benefits patients

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Research Shows Generative AI In The EHR Can Work Well, But Only With Human Oversight

As the burden of documentation and various other administrative duties has increased, physician burnout has reached historical levels. In response, EHR vendors are embedding generative AI tools to aid physicians by drafting their responses to patient messages. However, there is a lot that we don’t yet know about these tools’ accuracy and effectiveness. Researchers at…

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Opinion: Why PHTI’s Recent Assessment of Digital Diabetes Management Tools is Inadequate

In late March, PHTI (Peterson Health Technology Institute) raised the bar for all of us working to digitize healthcare when they issued their first evidence assessment reporting the evaluation of digital diabetes management tools that support improved glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes—or claiming to.  The head-scratcher here is that despite claiming to…

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