Morning Headlines 11/7/18
Identifying Electronic Health Record Usability And Safety Challenges In Pediatric Settings
A review of EHR-related pediatric medication events in three hospitals that use Cerner or Epic finds that EHR usability contributed to 36 percent of the reports, while 18 percent appear to have caused patient harm.
Premier will acquire clinical decision support vendor Stanson Health for up to $66.5 million in cash.
Phonak teams up with Microsoft to improve access to hearing care over distance
In what might be the first use of teleaudiology, hearing aid manufacturer Phonak will offer access to hearing care professionals to perform online fitting and tuning via its remote support app.
DOGE is not intended to improve healthcare cost, quality, or access. Their goal is to take a wrecking ball to…