Physicians Mine EMR Data for Real-Time Patient Care Decisions

Stanford University School of Medicine physicians have studied data captured by their electronic medical records to make a real-time clinical decision, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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The physicians were presented with a 13-year-old patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who also had nephrotic-range proteinuria, antiphospholipid antibodies and pancreatitis. The authors sought data on anticoagulation for children with these conditions as they were concerned the patient would develop thrombosis.

Click here to read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review on EMR data.

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