We use it at our critical access hospital and it's going very well. The patient's absolutely love it and it's actually helped us catch quite a few mistakes - such as wrong meds, the doc told the patient something different than us regarding tests or plan of care, etc.
We have had multiple comments from patients about how it's nice to be more involved in their own medical care now.
I don't have any problem reporting stuff in front of my patient. Some things are best left outside the room - but you can always find a way to do that at the station or in a separate room or some such.
I think it's great and would hate to go back to the old way.
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