Technology
Doctors need better training on e-records to transform health | Bloomberg Law
The American Medical Association recommends giving medical students better access to and training on EHRs. Currently, there is no standard curriculum for EHRs in medical school.
Patient matching will lead to interoperability, Pew says | Healthcare IT News
CMS wants to boost interoperability through its hospital payment programs, but that could be tough given the challenge of correctly matching patients to their records, especially when those records move between health systems.
Pharmaceuticals
A flu drug—shown to reduce the duration of symptoms—could upend treatment in U.S. | Stat
The FDA is giving a priority review to baloxavir marboxil, a flu drug already licensed in Japan. In the U.S., it would be sold by Roche's Genentech.
House passes opioid bill to expand telehealth, e-prescribing | Health Data Management
By requiring electronic prescribing for controlled substances in Medicare's prescription drug program, the bill could save taxpayers $13 billion over ten years and cut health expenditures overall by $22 billion.
In other news
Supreme Court decision on crisis pregnancy centers draws strong reaction from all sides | The Washington Post
Staff at pregnancy crisis centers don't have to tell patients about abortion services, the Supreme Court ruled. Women's rights leaders said the decision will harm women, while anti-abortion leaders said requiring these centers to talk about abortion would go against "the very nature of their existence."
