Reducing mental-health-related sickness absences requires more collaboration and overcoming prejudices

There is new research data on the reduction of mental health-related incapacity for work. An implementation study was carried out on the MYĂ–TE operational model. The model increases co-operation between occupational health services and other social welfare and health care sector parties in the treatment of mental health disorders. Supporting return to work requires more co-operation between different parties and considering the stigma related to the topic.

Comprehensive 25-year history of electronic health records and their role in medical research assembled

Pennington Biomedical Research Center researchers have recently published a piece in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, or JMIR. The study titled “Twenty-Five Years of Evolution and Hurdles in Electronic Health Records and Interoperability in Medical Research: Comprehensive Review,” explores how electronic health records’ use in medical research has evolved over the past 25 years. Dr. Yun Shen and Dr. Gang Hu have extensive experience in working with electronic health records to study chronic diseases, population health trends, and predictive analytics.