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Medical Documentation

RX Note

In addition, medical records are used in the management and planning of health care facilities and services, for medical research and the production of health care statistics. Since we don't even remember what we eat this morning, it is vital to make proper medical documentation.

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How blockchain can revolutionise medical records and save lives

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If appropriately implemented, blockchain-based medical records systems of tomorrow could be far more accurate, secure and accessible than the one-size-fits-all approach applied to today’s electronic health records, all while putting additional power back in the hands of the patients. The state of medical records today.

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STAT+: AI health care companies say they’ll keep humans in the loop. But what does that actually mean?

STAT

A flurry of AI-guided ambient documentation startups can rapidly transcribe and summarize patient visits and populate patients’ medical charts, but they require doctors and nurses to OK the generated entries first.

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UK gov’t defends NHS data sharing plans in strategy document

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The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care has published a document setting out its strategy on handling patient data – and defending its plan to transfer millions of GP records into a centralised database. The post UK gov’t defends NHS data sharing plans in strategy document appeared first on.

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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The trouble is that many recorded allergies are actually intolerances, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

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Investigation launched into alleged animal welfare violations at Neuralink

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Reuters said it has interviewed 20 current and former Neuralink employees in its investigation, as well as reviewing internal company documents. We only know Animal 20’s story because we sued @UCDavis for the medical records & are still engaged in a lawsuit to get access to photos and videos of these experiments.

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Lots of FDA Guidance, But Few Drug Manufacturing “Remote Interactive Evaluations” (We Would Call Them “Virtual Inspections”)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Admittedly, BiMo inspections (into items like adequacy of bioequivalence data, consistency of clinical trial data with medical records, and compliance with clinical trial protocols) lend themselves better to an RIE than assessing manufacturing compliance with regulatory requirements. We should explain what RIEs are.