All Articles on Health Informatics

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  The Weeds has health IT questions, we have answers

  On a recent podcast from Vox, health policy commentators wondered why U.S. health IT isn’t better. Dr. James Ralston responds.
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  It’s your digital information—shouldn’t you decide who uses it and how?

  In our daily lives, we generate a trail of personal data. Dr. Andrea Hartzler is making sure we have a say in how our data are used.
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  Lingering Neandertal DNA may raise risk for some diseases

  National study by eMERGE researchers—including Drs. David Carrell and Eric B. Larson—compares genetic data to electronic health records.
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  OpenNotes opens doors for patient engagement

  Group Health’s November 4 launch of OpenNotes gives patients easy access to clinicians’ notes on MyGroupHealth.
• Group Health & UW showcase analytic methods built for the real world

  Unlike traditional randomized controlled trials—which collect data on carefully selected populations under ideal conditions—pragmatic clinical trials take place in everyday settings and take advantage of existing data sources, such as electronic health records (EHRs). These methods will take center stage this September at the First Seattle Symposium on Health Care Data Analytics.
• Medical home adds value beyond electronic health record

  Electronic health records (EHRs) are one part of the patient-centered medical home. But improved health care quality is related to other aspects of the medical home, not just EHRs, according to an invited editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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  New online care from dietitians helps control weight

  Overweight Group Health patients with hypertension benefit from ‘pocket dietitian’