Thousands of hospital patients die each year due to communication errors as medical providers hand off patients as they’re changing shifts or transferring patients. Critical medical information frequently gets lost or miscommunicated. In fact, it’s estimated that 30% of malpractice claims are caused by communication errors.
Jocelyn Munroe was working as programmer at UC Davis when a resident physician asked her if she could modify some patient sign out software to work for a neurologist. She dove in and did that and then made the software customizable for any discipline. She would eventually, in her spare time, rewrite the system and launch her startup eHandoff, an online online patient note system for doctors and nurses for when they’re changing shifts or transferring patients.
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