One day after admission to an acute care hospital for treatment of sepsis and endocarditis, the pt informed staff that she was being stalked and wanted to be identified by an alias.A new name was entered, registered, and established for her ehr and mdds.However, the digital records of the first day in the hospital under her real name were no longer accessible.When the name entered on the ehr on admission was searched, the name entered to the alias, and the records and data in the mdds appeared but started on day two.Inaccessible were the records and data in the ehr and mdds from day one, compromising care and understanding of the case.Ehr systems have failed this pt, and fail to enable flexibility in identifying pts in unique circumstances.
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