It is such a real and tangible problem. And deeply rooted in the paper origins (paradigm) of clinical notes. In addition, the findings of this study reflect the common tendency to cut & paste in modern EPR usage.
Personally, I believe that we should have a single wiki page for all patients in NZ with several sections. This can be updated / changed as their situation changes, and be freely accessible to the patient and whoever they choose to share it with. There is a medications section (of course) which is expected to reflect ‘what the patient actually takes’. When acutely unwell, you simply have an “Actute Illness” section up the top.
Let me know if you’d like to have a crack implementing that! The technology already exists, but the cultural change required is very much a big mountain range to climb. Thinking Himalayas rather than Southern Alps!!! But it is just the sort of clever innovation that little old NZ could wow the big boys with and change the clinical world forever…
Thanks for bringing that to my attention Chris.
Actually, Emerging Tech isn’t a bad spot; it is viewable by the entire Forum. You could make a case for it to be in Academic, but I think for now we should just tag it scientific-papers and leave it here.