Re:Why doctors hate their computers (2018)
by mfashby on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:00AM
(#36931206)
> Aren't they just writing notes and ordering meds?
This is the mistaken assumption. There is a _lot_ more going on. Sibling comments have given some examples but here's some more:
- appointment booking and scheduling
- waiting lists
- referrals to other institutions (which may use a different IT system)
- communications with patient (including automatic appointment reminders, bulk contacts etc)
- integrations with many, many other systems
- reporting
- billing
- complex IAM: there are many different roles in a healthcare setting all with different access requirements
Fwiw a lot of institutions _do_ use office 365, sharepoint etc but those tools just don't do enough by themselves and aren't integrated in the way that EHR software typically is.
This is the mistaken assumption. There is a _lot_ more going on. Sibling comments have given some examples but here's some more: - appointment booking and scheduling - waiting lists - referrals to other institutions (which may use a different IT system) - communications with patient (including automatic appointment reminders, bulk contacts etc) - integrations with many, many other systems - reporting - billing - complex IAM: there are many different roles in a healthcare setting all with different access requirements
Fwiw a lot of institutions _do_ use office 365, sharepoint etc but those tools just don't do enough by themselves and aren't integrated in the way that EHR software typically is.