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With the EHR gaps (interoperability, communication, 100% adoption), what do you do in the ER when a patient is unresponsive or otherwise doesn't know the medica
by will_brown 9y ago
With the EHR gaps (interoperability, communication, 100% adoption), what do you do in the ER when a patient is unresponsive or otherwise doesn't know the medications they are taking?
It seems the most common answer is attempt to call the patients pharmacy or rely on the best info at the time. I'm working to solve this problem at least for Medicare chronic care patients - we basically instantaneously provide physicians a pharmacy created medication history and 6 months RX claims data - and while we are focusing on primary care, ACOs, and transitional nursing care...maybe this might be of value in the ER.