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To continue to the discussion from the previous post. Templates and checkboxes at the heart of the electronic medical record (emr), no matter how targeted or data driven just do not provide the whole story. To the human mind, it’s often just data overload. There needs to be something that ties all the information togetherRead more

In today’s electronic medical records, non-physician providers have to complete multiple assessment templates as a means of documenting the care and condition of patients.  So basically patients are broken down into small snippets of information as determined by each template.   Typically these templates are made of check off boxes or simple drop down boxes toRead more

Dr Jessica Zitter authored an important opinion piece published in the June 30th NY Times.  Entitled:  The Lifelong Mistreatment of Black Patients she delves into this uncomfortable and important topic by describing her patient with end stage lung disease, who was now ventilator dependent.  He and his family were facing a heartbreaking decision:  proceed to tracheostomyRead more