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1. A QR code on the bed would still be a layer of indirection and if it's patient specific, something else to print and get lost. Patients are already given bra

by skue 13y ago

1. A QR code on the bed would still be a layer of indirection and if it's patient specific, something else to print and get lost. Patients are already given bracelets with bar codes. But there are many reasons why they may not have used bracelets with their system: It may have felt too intrusive a way to greet patients. The backend system already maps patients to rooms and providers are used to thinking this way. Providers are also accustomed to confirming ID verbally with patient and always using the bracelet to be absolutely certain when dispensing meds or starting a procedure. Finally, in an emergent situation the bed can be surrounded by providers, and asking everyone to step back to scan a bracelet just to look something up in Glass would not be okay. 2. If this use of "emergent" makes you bristle, then stay away from hospitals because all healthcare providers and especially ED providers use the term this way. Every specialized domain has its own lingo and I doubt they care to change over a layman's concerns. Imagine how ridiculous it would sound if a non-technical English major tried to correct our use of all the technical lingo we use. (But this is seriously OT. So if someone is interested in exploring this, it might make an interesting separate blog/HN post.) 3. FYI, Halamka is a rockstar techie doc who built his hospital's EMR, serves as CIO, helps draft federal standards, sits on multiple boards, still sees patients, and runs an organic farm on the side. Edit: Added more info and dialed down the frustration that on second reading might have sounded too much like snark.

kitd 13y ago
>1. A QR code on the bed would still be a layer of indirection and if it's patient specific, something else to print and get lost. Patients are already given bracelets with bar codes. But there are many reasons why they may not have used bracelets with their system: It may have felt too intrusive a way to greet patients. The backend system already maps patients to rooms and providers are used to thinking this way. Providers are also accustomed to confirming ID verbally with patient and always using the bracelet to be absolutely certain when dispensing meds or starting a procedure. Finally, in an emergent situation the bed can be surrounded by providers, and asking everyone to step back to scan a bracelet just to look something up in Glass would not be okay. Yes, when I thought about it a bit more, I could see advantages to having this indirection. An d if that is how the "system" is already set up, then all the better. I can imagine though that there may be cases of room transfers without a system update which may cause problems at times, but they will do anyway, not just for supporting this technology.

by skue 13y ago

kitd 13y ago

>1. A QR code on the bed would still be a layer of indirection and if it's patient specific, something else to print and get lost. Patients are already given bracelets with bar codes. But there are many reasons why they may not have used bracelets with their system: It may have felt too intrusive a way to greet patients. The backend system already maps patients to rooms and providers are used to thinking this way. Providers are also accustomed to confirming ID verbally with patient and always using the bracelet to be absolutely certain when dispensing meds or starting a procedure. Finally, in an emergent situation the bed can be surrounded by providers, and asking everyone to step back to scan a bracelet just to look something up in Glass would not be okay. Yes, when I thought about it a bit more, I could see advantages to having this indirection. An d if that is how the "system" is already set up, then all the better. I can imagine though that there may be cases of room transfers without a system update which may cause problems at times, but they will do anyway, not just for supporting this technology.