I can’t help myself from telling patients how things really work in health care. But I feel they have a right to…
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Clinical plagiarism: the problem of copy and pasting in EMRs
by Eric R. Gottlieb MD March 26, 2018It is all too common for a section in a progress note to look something like this: # Aspiration pneumonia: Continue vancomycin…
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At the start of the transition to electronic health records (EHRs), I was totally on board as one would expect of a…
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EHRs can advance good medicine: if doctors are aware of the risks
by David Troxel MD February 27, 2018Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been at the heart of medical practice, with administrative tasks and record-keeping at the border. Today, that…
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I do some of my best thinking while exercising. A few years ago, I was swimming laps in the still-dark early morning.…
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Poor communication between EHRs is unacceptable. Let’s fix it.
by Yoo Jung Kim February 16, 2018The third year of medical school is when a student experiences the frustrations of medicine firsthand. Once, my team admitted a transfer…
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Some doctors choose medicine because of the medicine, and some doctors choose medicine because of the people. I veer towards the latter:…
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5 ways poorly thought out health IT can worsen patient safety
by Suneel Dhand MD January 19, 2018The frontlines of health care have been transformed over the last decade as electronic medical records have been rolled out across America.…