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Weekly Roundup – February 17, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. Updating the Tired Old Patient Questionnaire. Andy Oram dove into the approach Health Note is taking to questionnaires, which includes combing EHR data to create specific questions relevant to each patient and customizing for diff

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Best Practices for Healthcare Organizations to Ensure OSHA Compliance

American Medical Compliance

Ensuring the safety and well-being of both patients and staff is paramount. With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) setting standards to protect workers from occupational hazards, healthcare organizations face unique challenges in maintaining compliance due to the complexity of their operations and the diverse array of risks inherent in patient care.

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Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – January 2024

HealthIT Answers

The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of January that we think deserve sharing again. The post Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – January 2024 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Privacy in the Digitalized Era of Biomedical Engineering: Balancing Innovation and Individual Rights

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Buddhika Munasinghe, Privacy in the Digitalized Era of Biomedical Engineering: Balancing Innovation and Individual Rights (2023): The digitalization of healthcare and accelerated advances in biomedical engineering have transformed personal health information collection, storage, and analysis. The paper analyzes the challenges.

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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A Medical Countermeasures Platform for Future Pandemics: Essential Elements for Equity

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Fifa Rahman (Health Poverty Action), Onesmus Kalama (Eastern Africa National Network of AIDS and Health Services Organization), Samantha Rick (AVAC), Arush Lal (Chatham House), et al., A Medical Countermeasures Platform for Future Pandemics: Essential Elements for Equity (Ne. Univ. Sch.

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