A Process of Acceptance of Patient Photographs in Electronic Medical Records to Confirm Patient Identification

A Process of Acceptance of Patient Photographs in Electronic Medical Records to Confirm Patient Identification

Appropriate patient identification is a critical component of safe health care delivery. With increasing reliance on electronic medical records (EMRs), errors of test ordering and documentation have become commonplace. Incorporating patients’ photograph in the EMR has considerably decreased error fr...

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Main Authors: SayedObaidullah Aseem, MD, PhD, Basem M. Ratrout, MD, MHA, Scott C. Litin, MD, Ravindra Ganesh, MBBS, MD, Ivana T. Croghan, PhD, Matthew S. Salerno, MBA, Andrew J. Majka, MD, Darryl S. Chutka, MD, Ryan T. Hurt, MD, PhD, Haitham S. Abu Lebdeh, MD, Ann Vincent, MD, Sanjeev Nanda, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542454819301523

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