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How Physicians Can Keep Up with the Knowledge Explosion in Medicine

Harvard Business

Another strategy is to translate consensus clinical guidelines to standardized practice protocols with clinical decision support algorithms (e.g. Through better connectivity, information technology is improving the practice of medicine as never before. A Harvard study found that such service could improve patient outcomes.

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How the EMR Is Increasing Innovation and Creativity in Health Care

Harvard Business

This same mistake-proofing process and technology embedded in the electronic medical record (EMR) can move us a great distance toward safer, higher quality, and more affordable health care. Information technology has come late to health care delivery. These applications of the EMR are in early development.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business

The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes. Instead of being reactive and treating conditions already present, the objective should be to proactively identify children at risk before they develop a health condition and keep them on the path to wellness.

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