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I think most moves to EMRs were insufficiently disruptive, e.g., electronic orders recapitulate the old paper orders without using the opportunity to reduce amb
by quercusa 2y ago
I think most moves to EMRs were insufficiently disruptive, e.g., electronic orders recapitulate the old paper orders without using the opportunity to reduce ambiguity and insert constraints to prevent common errors.
- ethbr1 2y agoThe problem is that the paper form is the interface, because the ecosystem was designed around it. 10 years ago or so, I asked a health insurance company why a specific digital form could only list up to 16 diagnostic codes (otherwise a duplicate with the additional needed to be created). They thought about the question for a second, then said that's how many were on the paper form the digital system had been created from (35+ years ago).