_ Medical Procedures How Safe Are Electronic Health Records? By Jane Farrell article Four years after publication by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), voluntary guidelines designed to … Read More→
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_ Pain Management Five Myths and Five Insights about Chronic Pain By Sondra Forsyth article In ΓÇ£acuteΓÇ¥ pain (caused by a recent injury), the pain signals tissue damage. In ΓÇÿchronicΓÇÖ pain (pain which has lasted … Read More→
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_ Medical Care When Doctors Get "Nudged," Lifesaving Prescription Rates Go Up By Jane Farrell article Doctors who were ΓÇ£nudgedΓÇ¥ by an online patient dashboard to think about prescribing lifesaving statins tripled their prescription rates, according … Read More→
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_ My MotherΓÇÖs Keys By Sondra Forsyth blog My mother was destined for better things. She had a ΓÇ£head for numbers.ΓÇ¥ ThatΓÇÖs how she put it. Unlike her […]
_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Brain Health New Research Focuses on Treating Non-Cognitive Symptoms of People with Dementia By Sondra Forsyth article New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago focuses on the recent successes and ongoing … Read More→