Electronic Health Records

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Blind to Problems: How VA’s Electronic Record System Shuts Out Visually Impaired Patients

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Sarah Sheffield, a nurse practitioner at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Eugene, Oregon, had a problem. Her patients — mostly in their 70s and beyond — couldn’t read computer screens. It’s not an unusual problem for older people, which is why you might think Oracle Cerner, the developers of the agency’s new digital health record … Read more

Reporter Follows Up on ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Progress and the Bias in Digital Health Records

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KHN correspondent Darius Tahir discussed the latest developments related to the federal “Cancer Moonshot” initiative on Houston Public Media’s “Town Square With Ernie Manouse” on Oct. 4. Tahir also discussed how bias can be embedded in medical records on America’s Heroes Group’s “Roundtable” on Oct. 1. Click here to hear Tahir on “Town Square With … Read more