Surgical Preference Cards

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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.

PREFERENCES
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Printed EPIC EHR Preference Card
McKessen Preference Card
McKessen Preference Card Printout
Femoral Popiteal Bypass (front)
Femoral Popiteal Bypass (back)
Abdominal Aortic Aneurism Repair - Bifemoral Graft (front)
Preference card back
Abdominal Aortic Aneurism Repair (back)
Femoral-Popliteal Bypass using Instagraft (front)
Femoral-Popliteal Bypass using Instagraft (back)
Abdominal Aortic Aneurism Repair front)
Abdominal Aortic Aneurism Repair (back)
Embolectomy (front)
Embolectomy (back)
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