JUST prior to diving a submarine, the ships control panel is checked for a straight board to make sure there is a completely unbroken row of valve position indicators for the major valves, which can let seawater into the submarine.Medical software can provide a similar display before the patient leaves a consultation. The reality is there is nothing in modern software to reassure doctors that we have done all we should to follow even the simplest of current guidelines and standards of preventive care.Some attempts have been made to provide prompts for certain preventive care items in medical software. These usually appear in a message box at the beginning of a consultation, interfering with workflow. Often these are disabled by...
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