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Continuity of healthcare
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Continuity of healthcare means that the treating physician, consulting physician,
hospital and clinic, laboratory, therapist and pharmacist can share relevant patient
information and documentation thereby enabling them to rationalize the healthcare process.
Enables the continuity of the healthcare process.
- Reduces unnecessary medical examinations
- Eliminates redundancy of prescriptions
- Reduces risk of medication interactions and negative reactions
- Reduces hospitalization
- Avoids delays in treatments
- Provide faster and better medical care at reduced costs
- Reduces risk of malpractice
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