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Re:Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Colli... by thearn4 on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:46AM (#15384712)
I understand the issue with continuity of care, but to be honest that sounds like a communication problem at its core rather something that absolutely can only be addressed with aggressive scheduling.
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Re:Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Colli... by FLUX-YOU on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:39PM (#15385340)
It is a communication problem, but it needs a good filter because you can generate so much information through the EMR and other systems feeding into it (even plain-text sentence generation which just string-interpolates data -- naturally this takes time to read and it builds up quickly). Plus, multiple people can contribute to the medical record simultaneously.

Unfortunately the definition of a good filter is going to vary as much as workflows from hospital to hospital.

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