Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending February 16: Data errors and duplicate records, ransomware costs mount, patient trust in data use, $100m telehealth pilot in US, EU medical device regulations, US VA delays Cerner go-live, consumer wearables more accurate than research, AI for ECGs, small hospital EMRs
Poor data quality, weak algorithms lead to patient matching issues
Health IT Analytics ~ Jessica Kent ~ 13/02/2020
The results showed that 66 percent of respondents believe that data entry errors contribute significantly to duplicate records at their organizations.
