Category: Informatics

  • Some Ideas for a Healthcare Dashboard

    Some Ideas for a Healthcare Dashboard

    When I’m at work, I sometimes think about having the perfect healthcare dashboard. I use EPIC at work, and for the most part it’s adequate. But the dashboard that I see each day when I open EPIC is not useful to me at all. I’m not able to easily customize it, and so I just…

  • Outdated Technology: Do Nurses even Care?

    Earlier this week I wrote about technology tools for nurses, and how everything we use seems to be so outdated. One thing I wondered: Do nurses even care? So I posed the question on Reddit and got some terrific feedback.

  • Documenting in the EHR in ALL CAPS

    Documenting in the EHR in ALL CAPS

    On the first day of my allscripts instruction, I was advised that when documenting in the EHR, I should always use all caps, in other words, to always type in capital letters. As someone who is trained in graphic design, this irked me! Capital letters should be used for a reason, not as a default.…