Safety, quality and clinical practice
Emergency doctors: Hospitals aren't 'fully prepared' for natural disasters, mass casualty incidents | Fierce Healthcare
In the face of disasters, hospitals lack critical medicines in their emergency rooms, according to a survey from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Information technology
Precision medicine paradox: Tech outpacing policy | Healthcare IT News
"There is an increased responsibility for designers, developers, specialists to build the technology in a good, reflective way," said Paul Ford, director of the Center for Bioethics at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Luma Health raises $6 million for doctor-patient message software | The Wall Street Journal
The software integrates with more than 55 EHRs and IT systems to cut down on missed appointments and problems with communication between doctors and patients.
DOE to use high-performance computing to analyze records of 24 million vets | Health Data Management
With the AI-driven Big Data Science Initiative, researchers at the Department of Energy want to prevent suicide, prostate cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
In other news
Philip Roth, towering novelist who explored lust, Jewish life and America, dies at 85 | The New York Times
The winner of the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, and other awards died Tuesday night of congestive heart failure.
