Tag: Electronic Health Record
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Decoding doctor-speak in the era of OpenNotes
Jennifer WinekePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Modern-day doctors share a common dilemma: how do you get all of the necessary information into the electronic medical record while still being present with the patient? Every doctor I have talked to approaches this challenge a little differently. Some acknowledge the impersonality upfront and apologize to the patient (“I…
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You say you want a revolution?
Y Pritham RajPortland, Oregon, United States “It must be a virus,” I whispered to myself noticing that Miss C, my medical assistant, was not her usual, efficient self today. She was painfully slow – dragging, in fact – while trying to gather the data I so desperately needed to help the patients waiting behind the…