M*Modal Whitepaper

The Checkbox is Not the Patient




Although electronic medical records are a valuable tool to improve and coordinate patient care, they do not replace a providers' interaction with a patient. The EMR might be a single location for clinicians to access lots of patient information, but this collection of maps should not be confused with "the truth." In attempting to build a “single source of truth” that supports computer-assisted reporting and decision-making, EMRs have tried to make clinicians enter data in formats that computers understand. The primary EMR tool to achieve these goals has been the checkbox and its variants (e.g. radio buttons and list boxes). Like most great tools, the checkbox and its cousins are overused. As a result, providers must be cautious to ensure the EMR and its checkboxes do not overtake complete patient interactions. 


This whitepaper overviews problems that can arise when this is the case and provides three key actions providers can take to reduce the problems health IT can create.


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