Healthcare IT Today July 2, 2020
As health clinics, dentists, and specialists gradually reopen during what we hope is a reprieve from the first COVID-19 wave, lapses in effective data sharing come into glaring view. For instance, some friends told me that when they arrived at a clinic, the receptionist handed them paper forms and pens. The receptionist would say, “Just keep the pen. We don’t want it back–we’d just have to resanitize it.” And I thought, “Is this necessary in the year 2020?”
No, handing pens to patients shouldn’t be necessary. Digital data integration is crucial, not just to quash infections–because keypads are also a major vector for transmitting bugs–but to make sure that a prescription is ready when the patient leaves the office and...
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