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We can't wait to replace our dinosaur of a DOS-based records system. Our hospital's surgical services department is cutting edge we have a navigation system, the latest vitrectomy machines, we do spine surgery but our data is stuck in the '80s. Our system is only slightly better than a manual typewriter: It's not mouse-driven, it populates text fields in all caps and it relies on function keys. The data's not to be trusted, either. Every month, 20 or so of our patients mysteriously vanish into the ionosphere. We have a record of them being admitted for surgery, but not of them making it out of PACU. All kidding aside, I don't have the tools to manage my department.
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