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Health IT Leads to 29% Drop in ICU Mortality
A 2010 study found that using health information technology (IT) led to a 29.5 percent drop in mortality rates in intensive care units. As developments such as this in science and technology continue to advance by leaps and bounds, a new chapter in the AMA's Health Care Trends report helps physicians stay abreast of the latest trends shaping medicine and patients' personal approaches to health care.
The report details such findings as:
Automating notes and records just 10 percent can decrease the adjusted odds of fatal hospitalizations by 15 percent, according to a 2009 study.
Physicians' use of tablet-style computers is five times greater than the general public, and an estimated 81 percent of physicians use smartphones—up 9 percent from last year.
Fifty-nine percent of all adults look online for information about specific diseases and/or treatments.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/amawire/2011-august-17/2011-august-17.shtml
The report details such findings as:
Automating notes and records just 10 percent can decrease the adjusted odds of fatal hospitalizations by 15 percent, according to a 2009 study.
Physicians' use of tablet-style computers is five times greater than the general public, and an estimated 81 percent of physicians use smartphones—up 9 percent from last year.
Fifty-nine percent of all adults look online for information about specific diseases and/or treatments.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/amawire/2011-august-17/2011-august-17.shtml
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