In 2020 alone, there were 1,603,844 new cancer cases reported in the United States, with 602,347 resulting in death (Cancer Data and Statistics, 2023). Currently, at the [...]

Recent national incentives have focused on the expansion of health information technology, including electronic health records (EHRs) as a way to address costs, improve q [...]

"Moral Courage means doing the right thing in the face of your fears" (Manji, 2016). It is not often a regular topic when discussing the complicated relationships between [...]

Electronic health record (EHR) systems provide a means of tracking a broad range of patient health information including demographics, progress notes, problems, medicatio [...]

Healthcare professionals aim to provide the best care possible, but in the worst situations, the healthcare provided sometimes causes harm to patients. In 1999, the Insti [...]

The goal of this project is to specify and develop an algorithm that will check for drug and problem list mismatches in an electronic medical record. The algorithm is bas [...]

Black and white photographic portrait of Catherine Brown, Director of OHSU Risk Management.

Electronic medical record alerts and reminders are increasingly relied upon as a means of decreasing medical errors and increasing the quality and cost-effectiveness of c [...]

Medical informatics transforms medicine through the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and computerized physician order entry. Prescriptions created by computerized [...]

February 2014 issue of the Scribe. Contents include growth of coordinated care organizations in Oregon, medical services for uninsured and low-income people, disaster rea [...]