“Medical records transfer patients’ information across time and space. Projects that focus on this role of medical records focus on legibility and availability of patients’ data. Yet, ignoring the second role of medical records _intellectual tool_ compromises EMRs being effective communication tools. (You can check this reality by reviewing Weir and Nebeker (2007) study. This is a link to my summary). This study illustrated that when the legibility and availability was overemphasized over the clarity and brevity of communicated data, the usefulness of medical records was compromised.”
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Khalid Al-Maghaslah, Titin.net, 22 June 2009
