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With all the talk around A.I. lately here is an example of a study that holds out hope for practical health implications.

Predictive Value of Early Autism Detection Models Based on Electronic Health Record Data Collected Before Age 1 Year — JAMA Network Open This diagnostic study evaluates the accuracy of early autism detection models based on electronic health record data collected before age 1 year.

In the United States we constantly lament the cost of healthcare and often act envious of those countries with centralized systems. Recent news stories from centralized health systems around the world are starting to paint a different picture of utopia.

The U.K.’s Healthcare Crisis Sounds an Alarm for Aging Countries — The Wall Street Journal The NHS is struggling under the effects of budget cuts, Covid delays and an aging population

Despite all the technology available to manage supply chain why is “waste” worse than ever?
Answer: Morale. You have to care to save money. You have to care to be efficient. You have to care to manage your employers money the way you would manage your own money. Of course turnover leads to wasteful spending and the staffing crisis doesn’t help, but this is the core issue.

U.S. hospitals wasting about $25.4B on supply chain every year The amount of money U.S. | In its study of 2,300 hospitals, consulting firm Navigant also found that hospitals could save up to 18%, or $11 million a year per hospital—the equivalent of 160 registered nurses, 42 primary care doctors or the cost of building two outpatient surgery centers.

Fortune Magazine did a very interesting piece on EHR. The communication gap between those that program healthcare technology versus those that actually use it in the field needs to be narrowed and quickly.

Death by a Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong — FORTUNE The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer, and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system is an unholy mess: Inside a digital revolution gone wrong. A joint investigation by Fortune and Kaiser Health News.

Interesting article on trying to blend the ultimate conundrum: health tech and human interaction.

The fight over how to deliver bad news to patients — POLITICO HHS has frustrated some doctors by requiring them to send patients test results before they have a chance to explain them.

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Wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving

Thank you to all that have served

Celebrated 2 very special birthdays today! Happy birthday to our CEO William and Client Services Supervisor Vi!

Just finished onboarding another new client for OPP 😊. It’s truly rewarding when colleagues tell you that they’ve been waiting for an EHR platform like this that is affordable and so easy to use. Especially the feedback regarding being so mobile friendly and one single sign-on.

This article really taps into a much bigger issue: How technology companies need to prioritize bridging the gap between providers and their patients. Millennials and especially Gen-Z have a very retail mindset when it comes to healthcare and the industry has been slow to pivot.

Patient Engagement Collaboration Is an EHR's Missing Link — MedCity News Instead of EHR companies trying to build solutions in-house, collaborating with a patient engagement technology provider is the simplest and most cost-effective way for them to deliver the communication link demanded by today’s healthcare consumer.

Looking forward to seeing all our colleagues at the Beckers conference!

It’s been great to attend the AVLS show in New Orleans. Shout out to Robert Howell and his colleagues as well as the many other colleagues in the growing office-based lab space. OutPatientPro is proud to assist the industry with its many versatile cloud-based solutions.