Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending November 3: EMRs and clinician burnout, Walmart Health, Google offers to buy Fitbit, voice assistants for health, NHS AI moves, Humber River command centre, medical scribes, Cerner partners with Uber, Microtest loses NHS Wales GP contract, docs want EMR vendors to do better, hospitals access opiate data
Report: Health IT improvements needed to reduce clinician burnout
Health Data Management ~ Greg Slabodkin ~ 24/10/2019
With clinician burnout at epidemic levels, the U.S. healthcare system must make health information technology easier to use in an increasingly stressful work environment.
An inside look at Walmart’s new health clinic
FierceHealthcare ~ Paige Minemyer ~ 29/10/2019
Walmart Health launched its first clinic earlier this fall in Dallas, Georgia, and the facility—which is attached to a retail store but offers its own entrance—provides patients with primary care, dental care, vision care and psychiatric counseling, alongside health education and wellness programs.
