General requirements for a medication order entry system (EHR Order Entry, Part 1)
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International Classification of Health Workers - Definitive Guide
Looking for a definitive list of all healthcare worker occupations divided into official categories?
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EHR Design - OpenMRS Lightning Talk (Dec 2018)
5 minute lightning talk on electronic health record design
UX Teardown - Twitter's new Desktop design (Jan 2019)
Side-by-side in depth (1h30min) comparison of old vs new Twitter desktop version (Jan 2019).
How to brainstorm in a very large group - How Might We
A way to brainstorm and strategic plan in a very large group
OpenMRS 2018 Conference Brainstorm Session
Summary of 1551 ideas generated in one hour at the OpenMRS 2018 Conference
Workflows - 3 Levels of Complexity
#EHR workflows should be assigned in real-time, based on the patient’s issues and resources available.
Concept Electronic Health Record - April 2016
Cool EHR user interface mockups - The Concept Electronic Health Record - April 2016
Is this true? Confirming validity of Past Medical History data
The truth of medical data rests on the ability to validate it against primary source material
Is this true? Problems with Past Medical History data
“Do not believe anything you read in the patient’s chart - it is full of lies”.
Manage auto-populated EHR data separately
‘Auto-populated data’ should be stored different from ‘New data’ in electronic health records
5 ways to improve 'required fields' in the #EHR
Required fields can be the portal for garbage data to enter electronic medical records. Here are five ways to prevent that.
No desk space? Stack them vertically
Sports heart rate monitor avoids catastrophe
Entrance complaint: "patient says his sports heart rate monitor is acting up”
Remembrance Day: The Forgetful Generation
Is our peacetime today attributable in part to the collective memory of the horror of the past?
Navjunk = horrible hospital navigation (+ a solution)
Navjunk is excessive ornamentation of navigation systems that distracts from its purpose. Post ends with an example of a good hospital sign system.
Medical clinic floor exit arrows
These floor arrows help patient’s escape from the medical clinic.
Advice & suggestions welcome. Designing an offline medical record is a lot more complicated than it first appears
Medical Revolution 50 years early | Dr Larry Weed's Original 1971 Lecture
“And now when the computer people move in… and the non-medical people move in, they can hardly believe what they see. And there is a crisis of major proportions.”