In Delray, Florida--Digital Records, Inc (DigiRecs) recently used a Kodak i4000 scanner to transform paper based patient files into a computer files to store in a discrete and private "world" within White-Wilson Medical Center. About 70 physicians can have access to these files to help get information for the past. Instead of using paper-based charts to find out past patient history to help for the future, the new world of technology has open the doors to many new opportunity. I think this is a new and improved way for where to access patient information. Soon, everyone's file will be digitized, we are stepping into the future.
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I think you are right Melissa. We are stepping into the future! This is a great way to integrate every branch of healthcare the patient needs and make it one cohesive unit. By doing this, there is little chance information is lost in transit and things such as medication errors can be caught in time. I hope this technology can soon be implemented in PR too so we can take a good look at it and make it our present.
ReplyDeleteI really hope this happens across every hospital. When I was doing rounds at my hospital site, looking through someones charts was a nightmare. It was all over the place with notes from MDs and pharmacist, I could not easily browse the notes, let alone even read them. Digital records should and will be the future if hospitals want to keep up with the current times and not be sued by patients because one doctor guessed the hand writting of another.
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