tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post6334148466982282582..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: The Journey Towards Electronic Clinical DocumentationJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-28590472168111503212008-04-17T03:43:00.000-07:002008-04-17T03:43:00.000-07:00Next Tuesday's post will be about the Decision Sup...Next Tuesday's post will be about the Decision Support we've implemented that compliments Clinical Documentation. As Dr. Groopman has said, electronic documentation tools do not substitute for thinking!John Halamkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-46596469167167464362008-04-16T23:39:00.000-07:002008-04-16T23:39:00.000-07:00One of the lessons from recent informatics literat...One of the lessons from recent informatics literature seems to be that every health IT implementation can have unintended consequences. Some of these on the topic of clinical documentation are described by colleagues at BIDMC in the NEJM article <A HREF="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/358/16/1656" REL="nofollow">"Off the Record — Avoiding the Pitfalls of Going Electronic"</A>. Your thoughts?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15112303362624873911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-17258895660707082682008-04-16T23:38:00.000-07:002008-04-16T23:38:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15112303362624873911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-65514397241365338432008-04-16T23:35:00.000-07:002008-04-16T23:35:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15112303362624873911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-16836444167041651502008-04-16T05:34:00.000-07:002008-04-16T05:34:00.000-07:00Lets hope though, that we all still take the time ...Lets hope though, that we all still take the time to do a thorough history and physical, as well as a good job writing our daily notes so are not just copying and pasting work done previously.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667284814459645290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-84762585581344087812008-04-15T16:40:00.000-07:002008-04-15T16:40:00.000-07:00Thank you, Dr. Halamka, for the update. Let's hope...Thank you, Dr. Halamka, for the update. Let's hope that these improvements will reduce the mostly meaningless busywork that we interns engage on a daily basis, freeing us to spend more time doing what is truly important for the patients.Kim-Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907847158448933522noreply@blogger.com