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Guideline-concordant statin prescribing rates are increased modestly with use of an automated dashboard using active choice framing and peer comparison

PCP Statin Prescribing Up With Automated Patient Dashboard

Modest increase in prescribing with automated dashboard using active choice framing for PCPs
Reducing the number of computers on wheels in a surgical intensive care unit can reduce barriers to communication during patient presentations

Reducing Computers in Rounds May Cut Communication Barriers

Associated with reduced barriers to communication in surgical ICU patient presentations
Patients perceive that physicians who communicate face-to-face without a computer have more compassion

Patients Prefer Face-to-Face Communication, No Computer

Seventy-two percent of patients with advanced cancer prefer face-to-face communication
Novel metrics have been developed to assess electronic health record use and are described in an opinion article published online Oct. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Novel Metrics Suggested for Assessing EHR Use

Metrics aim to provide insight into the clinician experience in light of impaired practice efficiency
Computerized cognitive training improves cognitive deficits associated with pediatric cancer treatment

Computerized Tool Aids Cognitive Deficits in Cancer Survivors

Findings based on small study of childhood cancer survivors with treatment-related deficits
Over five years

Computerized System Almost Completely Cuts Medical Errors

Most errors eliminated five years after CPOE implementation; no new types of errors detected