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Figure 6.21. Clipboards provide an effective audit trail, but do not indicate how to proceed

Photograph of clipboard filled with paper.

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Figure 6.22. Medical charting software enables the display of years of patient data

Illustration of computer display. Medical charting software enables the display of years of patient data.

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Figure 6.26. Information was hard to find in a graph that was three cubicles long

Photograph of a long graph laid out in a walk way between cubicles.

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Current as of May 2007

Internet Citation: Figure 6-21-26: Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes -. May 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/mistakeproof/mistakefig6-21-26.html

Figure 6-21-26

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Figure 6.21. Clipboards provide an effective audit trail, but do not indicate how to proceed

Figure 6.22. Medical charting software enables the display of years of patient data

Figure 6.23. Before—one way to document a machine's performance

Figure 6.24. After—most of the critical information was captured in one page

Figure 6.25. A one-page graph accurately depicted trends

Figure 6.26. Information was hard to find in a graph that was three cubicles long