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Clinician workload in EHR design: inbox, documentation and alerts
In one 2017 log study of 471 primary care physicians, desktop tasks took about as long as seeing patients. This article looks at what research measures in documentation, the inbox and alerts, and what design can and cannot change.
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AI in clinical software: showing uncertainty and keeping the clinician in the loop
The FDA's clinical decision support guidance gives designers a simple test: can a clinician review the basis of an AI output and still decide for themselves? This article turns that and other stable sources into screen-level questions.
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Information blocking and the patient portal: what the Cures Act rule changed for design
In the US, the information blocking rule (45 CFR Part 171) bars practices that interfere with a patient's electronic access to their health information, unless an exception applies. The law is stable. What it changes on a screen is timing, wording and what happens next.
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Digital health regulation map: which rule names which standard, by region
The main accessibility and privacy instruments in the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Australia, which standard each one names, and what that changes on a screen. No dates, no verdicts.
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RPM UX patterns: alerts, trends and thresholds
In remote patient monitoring, data keeps arriving with nobody present to explain it. Three recurring problems - alert volume, threshold design and trend versus single readings - shape most of the interface work.
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My Health Record sharing by default: what changed for designers
A 2025 law flips My Health Record from opt-in to opt-out sharing. The legal change is settled; what it means is that consent and notice now have to be carried by the interface, not by a one-time enrolment step.
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