Morning Headlines 11/16/20
Student Medical Records at UC San Diego Make Epic Change and a California First
UC San Diego Health reports the benefits of moving UC San Diego’s student health service to Epic, including instant access to medical records from 262 US health systems for its 39,000 students.
Inclusion of patient headshots in electronic health records decreases order errors
Researchers find that including a patient’s headshot in the EHR significantly reduced ED wrong-patient order entry errors without creating provider burden.
Oklahoma to Launch Health Information Exchange
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority will launch a statewide HIE in the fall of 2021, initially focusing on connecting Medicaid providers.
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