It’s pretty common to get your medical records and just stare at them, right? Like, what even *is* ‘SOB’ or ‘Hx’? Doctors use ...

AI, particularly through Natural Language Processing (NLP), can help translate these common medical abbreviations into plain ...

On April 17, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices added more recommendations to its list of medical abbreviations that should never be used. The organization’s List of Error-Prone Abbreviations ...

Doctor's using abbreviations in medical notes are putting their patients' lives at risk, health experts have warned. The UK's Medical Defence Union said that difficulties often arose because ...

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As a medical malpractice attorney, I have seen hundreds of cases that turned on charting by a physician, nurse or other health care provider. These kinds of cases are problematic for providers and ...

Doctors are being warned that using abbreviations in medical notes is putting patients' lives at risk. The UK's Medical Defence Union said difficulties often arose because abbreviations can have more ...