Discharge Summaries Using Information Technology Have Several Advantages

question 8

Multiple Choice

Discharge summaries using information technology have several advantages. They can:

• A) Replace the need for oral instruction because the patient has printed material to read at home
• B) Be filed with the patient's chart to document patient teaching
• C) Both 1 and 2
• D) Neither 1 nor 2

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