An American ER doctor in Tasmania
Beginning work at Launceston General Hospital in Tasmania, orientation really, I noticed a lot of things missing: places to sign my name.
For any given patient I’d sign: the completed chart note, perhaps a lab (sorry, pathology) and imaging slip, a prescription form (in triplicate – ok, so that was weird), and a GP letter.
I didn’t have to sign (physically or electronically) multiple different “attestations,” I didn’t have to generate multiple …
An American ER doctor in Tasmania
