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Featured Story | Study: Usability of EHRs May Contribute to Patient Harm | Researchers from the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare in Washington, D.C., examined reports from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority database collected from 2013 to 2016. The study analyzed 1.7 million reports of possible patient harm that explicitly named an EHR vendor or product. |
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News & Analysis | PSMJ Member Content Call Me, Beep Me: When Physicians Text | In medicine, there are a lot of cost, coordination, and time benefits to a secure SMS. That’s why so many were upset when a miscommunication almost forced them to stop. |
CDC Warns of Second Wave of Flu Cases | The devastating flu season has started to wane, but the CDC’s weekly surveillance report found that the previously prevalent A-strain H3N2 flu virus is now less reported than B viruses. |
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