We have limited visibility into this in the emergency department. You stabilize the patient and admit them to the hospital, then they become internal medicine or ICU's patient. Thankfully most of the work was done and consults were called prior to the outage, but they were in critical condition.
I will say - the way we typically find out really sends a shiver down your spine.
You come in for you next shift and are finishing charting from your prior shift. You open one of your partially finished charts and a little popup tells you "you are editing the chart for a deceased patient".
i'll admit i have no idea what i'm talking about but isn't there some Plan B options? something that's more manual? or are surgeons too reliant on computers?
jmcgough|1 year ago
jmcgough|1 year ago
You come in for you next shift and are finishing charting from your prior shift. You open one of your partially finished charts and a little popup tells you "you are editing the chart for a deceased patient".
perfectstorm|1 year ago