Little is known about how racism and bias may be communicated in the medical record. This study used machine learning to analyze electronic health records (EHRs) from an urban academic medical center ...

Should patients be able to decide that some of their providers shouldn't have access to certain parts of their medical record? That's the issue behind one part of a proposed rule from the Office of ...

Two thousand years ago, physicians in Egypt documented their patients’ symptoms and treatments on papyrus scrolls. These early medical records served a simple, localized purpose: they supported direct ...

Medical records are a vital part of a patient's identity in the health care system. But what if they get mixed up with somebody else's, along with their treatments and exams? A new report by the ECRI ...

“Rehabbed to Death” in Oncology: Where Do We Go From Here? Like it or not, the electronic health record is here to stay. No one can argue with the fact that the electronic health record (EHR) ...

Sheree Lloyd does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

"I had a patient recently who demanded that I remove the diagnosis of opioid use disorder [OUD] from his chart. He's been on them for years, and has had abnormal urine drug screening. At that point, ...