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Physicians spend a considerable amount of time using electronic health records to support care delivery

Physicians Spend >16 Minutes Per Encounter on EHR Use

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Distribution of time spent by providers using EHRs varies considerably within specialty
Foreign-educated health professionals in the United States are overall satisfied with their recruitment experience

Recruitment Satisfactory for Foreign-Educated Health Providers

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However, survey shows that ethical problems remain, including with breach fees
Hospitals caring for neighborhoods with high levels of disadvantage may have lower hospital ratings due to social risk factors in the community

Neighborhood Disadvantage Impacts Hospital Quality Ratings

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Hospitals serving communities with higher social risk have lower-quality ratings
A proposal for California to contract generic drug companies to make medications would make the state the first in the country to produce its own medications.

California May Start Producing Its Own Medicines

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Proposal also includes a single market for drug pricing in the state
There is a large and widening gap in health administrative spending between the United States and Canada

Large Gap Found in Health Administrative Spending for U.S., Canada

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$2,497 per capita spent on administration in the United States in 2017 versus $551 in Canada
Older adults commonly use online ratings to choose a doctor

Poll: Older Adults Frequently Use Online Physician Ratings

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Two-thirds of older adults using online ratings chose a doctor due to positive reviews
U.S. drug companies have started the new year by raising the prices of hundreds of medications.

Price Hikes for Hundreds of Medications

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Prices of 411 drugs have increased an average of 5 percent

December 2019 Briefing – Allergy

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Allergy for December 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Modestly worse patient experiences are seen following hospital acquisition by another hospital

Patient Experiences Modestly Worse After Hospital Acquisition

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No significant differential changes found in 30-day readmission rates or 30-day mortality
A machine learning system can generate clinically valid alerts for medication errors that might be missed with existing clinical decision support systems

Machine Learning System Makes More Alerts for Med Errors

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68.2 percent of MedAware alerts would not have been generated with clinical decision support system