Electronic health records and COVID-19: Try that with your paper chart
Dylan Bestler on January 11, 2022
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COVID-19 challenged us to quickly implement new models of patient care, new data analytics, and greater information sharing. Although electronic health records (EHRs) have had mixed reviews, with a lot of public emphasis on their limitations, the high-functioning systems at large institutions responded with the needed changes, including real-time data regarding epidemiology, and supported cross-departmental training efforts.
This end-user perspective of EHR innovations suggests that EHRs have the power to support patient care during a crisis across all subspecialties, with a capacity to facilitate clinical decision-making and make rapid, widespread workflow change possible.
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