MedStar Health News

MedStar Health is launching the first patient-facing, interactive heart risk calculator that will be integrated in its patients’ electronic health records (EHRs). An estimated 575 cardiologists and other doctors across the system will be able to more easily show patients their personal risk for heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases over time using easy-to-read graphics. This assessment will help doctors recommend lifestyle choices to improve patients’ heart health, a topic that is top of mind each February during American Heart Month.

An estimated 575 physicians across the MedStar Health system introduce tool allowing patients to see how lifestyle choices affect their risk for heart attack and stroke

The MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare just announced the publication of two new studies in a press release titled, “New Research Reinforces Importance of Reporting and Collaboration to Prevent Patient Harm in Electronic Health Record Systems” (EHRs).

MedStar Health is proud to announce that a new device, invented by Tiffany Morris, RN, BSN, a MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center nurse, received the Cool Idea Award: Healthcare Grant from digital...

Virginia Tech has announced that its team will collaborate with the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare on a newly-awarded, multi-year Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance care by developing novel statistical methods to analyze unstructured text in patient safety event reports and to identify temporal trends and patterns in the data.

This October, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released its Health Information Technology Research 2018 Year in Review, including overviews and outcomes of AHRQ-funded work awarded to MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI) and led by the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare (Center).