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orders, says the industry insider.
Then there are op notes. Your docs will prefer to stay with their normal process of producing op notes, as they did when your facility
maintained paper records. A well-designed EMR will let your docs
produce an op report electronically without incurring transcription
and dictation costs.
Finally, there's outcomes analysis. Can your EMR perform patient
recovery studies based on data from the medical history, PACU and the
anesthesia record? OSM
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