Think about these different intentions, each deserving an audit trail with different attached metadata:
- brand new MRN for a newborn. The system should be able to provide info on the mother, at all points of care for the newborn.
- unknown person arrives in the emergency department unconscious. You’ll see imaging named John Doe in this case. The system should be able to retrieve info if and when identity is established.
- the machine-readable bracelet given at admission needs to be replaced. This is really two different cases: you intend to create a duplicate bracelet, or to correct an error in which all current info in the system needs to abruptly update.
Think about these different intentions, each deserving an audit trail with different attached metadata:
- brand new MRN for a newborn. The system should be able to provide info on the mother, at all points of care for the newborn.
- unknown person arrives in the emergency department unconscious. You’ll see imaging named John Doe in this case. The system should be able to retrieve info if and when identity is established.
- the machine-readable bracelet given at admission needs to be replaced. This is really two different cases: you intend to create a duplicate bracelet, or to correct an error in which all current info in the system needs to abruptly update.