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The Blueprint for Surgery

So let’s consider the critical relationship between blueprints and success to most any business endeavor that involves a complicated process.

• Could any of us build a building without plans?
• Could pilots fly airplanes safely without a checklist?
• Should anyone perform or assist in complex surgery with something like this?

EHR Data Printouts Versus Fully-Handwritten Cards

While important preference card information is in the EHR, for live surgical teams often print out the card.  Then begins the process of adding hand-written notes, strike-throughs, and additions of items that have not been updated.