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An umbrella review of mHealth tool implementation strategies: a 6-step guide to optimize patient, caregiver and clinician use [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

They addressed mHealth tools in general (n=17), patient portals (n=6), electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures (n=5), or chatbots (n=1), from the perspectives of patient/caregiver users (n=14), clinician users (n=5), or both (n=10). Results: From the 8244 records identified, 201 were selected for full text reading.

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A Novel Definition of Urinary Tract Infection across a National Primary Care Network [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To develop and validate a novel electronic medical records (EMR)-based UTI case definition that can be applied to elucidate and understand UTI treatment and practice patterns in primary care. Context Misdiagnosis and over-diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a leading cause of inappropriate antimicrobial use.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MBC supports optimal clinical practice, demonstrates the value of integrated care teams, and improves outcomes. Health technology tools, such as electronic health records with embedded MBC capabilities, digital platforms for automated symptom tracking, data analytics (e.g., Artificial Intelligence), etc. Van Fenema, E.,

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The ICH E6(R3) Guideline: A Major Update to Good Clinical Practice

FDA Law Blog

Livornese As anticipated, the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) published the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guideline E6(R3) Principles and Annex 1 on January 6, 2025. By Julie Kim & Deborah L. No word yet on whether FDA will issue guidance endorsing the final ICH E6(R3).

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Passive Digital Marker Can Identify Childhood Asthma Risk

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It is feasible to use electronic health record (EHR) data in the Pediatric Asthma Risk Score (PARS) to accurately predict childhood asthma risk, according to a study published in the June issue of eClinicalMedicine. Arthur Hamie Owora, Ph.D.,

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Card studies using EHR alerts linked to REDCap questionnaires: a practical session on how to build the tools [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Card studies have been influential in changing clinical practice, such as the reduction of antibiotics in patients with upper respiratory infections. In 2022, Bunce et al embedded "card" questions into an electronic health record (EHR) with responses saved to the EHR database.

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Episode 293 – Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 22 – Live from SGIM 2023: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2023 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Episode Learning Objectives After listening to this episode, learners will be able to… Differentiate between stigma and bias in health care and the electronic health record using provided examples. Describe difficulties and examples of how to measure unconscious race bias in medical practice.