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> doctors and nurses are not at all concerned with or trained to record data in a way that makes sense to use programmatically. They're typically thinking only
by BeFlatXIII 5y ago
> doctors and nurses are not at all concerned with or trained to record data in a way that makes sense to use programmatically. They're typically thinking only as if they're recording it for another human to read.
The flip side of this is that data entered for programmatic reading often isn't very useful for future humans to review. Automatically-generated doctor's notes obscure information in a way that "HEART ATTACK" circled in red ink on a paper chart does not.