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How to liberate doctors from EMRs

KevinMD

We talk a lot in critical care medicine about liberating patients from ventilators. Vents are getting a lot of deserved attention for saving lives in the COVID-19 era. But the machine has downsides that get worse the longer the patient needs it. Because we’re obsessed with taking great care of our patients, we in ICU […].

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How today’s EMRs are like self-driving cars

KevinMD

EMRs with decision support will improve the quality of healthcare. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Doctors have spotty knowledge and keep illegible records. The parallels are obvious. And so far the outcomes are disappointing on both fronts of our new war against human error. It was early.

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When EMRs crash: It’s time to push back

KevinMD

Now, when our electronic medical records (EMR) freezes, malfunctions, or simply goes on strike, our office is paralyzed. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. The paper medical chart I used during most of my career never "crashed." Manage your online reputation: A social media guide.

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How To Improve Staff Confidence During A Transition To A New Urgent Care EMR System

Electronic Health Reporter

Switching to a new EMR is never easy and can be a real challenge for urgent care providers. The article How To Improve Staff Confidence During A Transition To A New Urgent Care EMR System appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Leadership may see the benefits, but getting the staff on board […].

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The intensity of EMR warnings: Who do they really help?

KevinMD

Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Find out how. It’s hard to imagine today’s millennials and younger folks being transfixed, as we were, with the deep television dramas of our day. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide.

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Betamax or VHS: EMRs are 100 times worse

KevinMD

Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Find out how. When I see new patients their jaw usually drops when I sit down with them next to the computer with a stack of papers held together with a rubber band or a gigantic clamp and with yellow sticky notes protruding here and there with words like LAB, ER, Read more.

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Clinical plagiarism: the problem of copy and pasting in EMRs

KevinMD

Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Find out how. Yesterday, a version of this note (lines 1 to 5 to be precise) had my name on it. Today, it is signed by someone else. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide.

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