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> Maybe the software could have presented this better

I think there is plenty of room to improve the software in this area. Other EHRs might do this differently but the EHR that I have worked with previously basically had the "recent travel" field be a simple fill in the blank.

What if instead, the input from the field was matched with a database of locations? Once a location is selected, it could use online data of recent outbreaks and long term viruses/diseases of the region that was inputted.

Like you said, the medical staff wouldn't have ever thought "Ebola" as it has been 24 years since the last (and only) case of Ebola in the US. I am not even sure if Doctors would know the symptoms of Ebola to begin with, its just not something to be expected.

If that doctor was given a list of outbreaks and common viruses/diseases of the country the patient visited, it could have maybe allowed him to diagnose his symptoms by just seeing the word "Ebola" pop up.