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A related aspect is liability. Since EHRs are going to be looked at in any postmortem for a health intervention gone wrong (where lawsuits happen), providers ha
by joe_the_user 8y ago
A related aspect is liability. Since EHRs are going to be looked at in any postmortem for a health intervention gone wrong (where lawsuits happen), providers have an incentive to not write anything that implies uncertainty. "I didn't see anything" is a hard position to get in trouble with - "I thought it might have been pneumonia but didn't do anything" can bite you.
- closeparen 8y agoIs this a change from paper charts?
- pas 8y agoProbably easier to request in discovery and mine it for things that doctors/nurses/anyone "missed". Also, charts naturally had an efficiency, due to the space limitations on them. Now there are endless fields.
- Scoundreller 8y agoYes. The EHR vendors have deeper pockets than the paper chart vendors. One more organization to sue, and one other entity for everyone else to blame.
- ams6110 8y agoIs that a difference between the US and socialized models? Are malpractice lawsuits really a thing in Europe for example?