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Patients Will Soon Have Access To Clinical Notes—Are You Ready?

By Indira Gowda, MD; and Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD | on March 23, 2021 | 0 Comment
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Dr. GowdaDr. Gowda is an emergency physician at Kaiser in Southern California.

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Dr. GenesDr. Genes is associate chief medical information officer and associate professor of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

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Topics: DocumentationElectronic Health RecordElectronic Medical Record

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