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Texas hospital reveals how Ebola patient was overlooked
“The nurse entered that information in the nursing portion of the electronic medical record,” Watson said. However, “when Mr. Duncan was asked if he had been around anyone who had been ill, he said that he had not.” That contradicts what people in …
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Learn to interpret your mammogram results
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, patients now have access to their electronic medical record, which includes a mammography report for anyone having a mammogram. Patients who have had a mammogram are familiar with the simple …
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Hospital: Ebola patient's records were available to full medical team
Friday's statement said Ebola patient Thomas Duncan's electronic health records, including his travel history, were available to the full care team during his first visit to the emergency department Sept. 25. That corrects the hospital's Thursday night …
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