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As evident from the discussions throughout this book, workflow plays a central role in ensuring smooth functioning of all clinical activities—from patient encounter to medication administration to population health management. Any disruption to workflow can result in severe, adverse consequences such as decreased time efficiency and greater patient safety risks. In the recent two decades, the most systemic disruption to clinical workflow across the globe is associated with the widespread implementation of health IT systems, electronic health records (EHR) in particular.
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Zheng, K., Westbrook, J., Kannampallil, T.G., Patel, V.L. (2019). Clinical Workflow: The Past, Present, and Future. In: Zheng, K., Westbrook, J., Kannampallil, T., Patel, V. (eds) Cognitive Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16916-9_19
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