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- Embedding and Linking Images in Documents
Images, diagrammatic or photographic, offer a great way to record important clinical observations. A picture of a pressure ulcer, for example, best communicates about the evolution of a wound and its response to treatment.
There are different ways of working with images in clinical documentation, and the method chosen has implications for note readability and for compatibility with external systems that Connect Care may share with.
- Progress Documentation
(e.g., progress notes) should use image links unless the reader would benefit from comparing a few fully embedded images. Progress documentation remains within Connect Care, embedded links are easy to use, and the resulting notes are easier to read. - Summative Documentation
(e.g., History & Physical, Discharge Summary, Procedure Note, Consult) should not use image links because these documents are shared with external systems that may not be able to view the links. If it is clinically important to include high-value images, then embed no more than 2 and size each to the smallest dimensions adequate to the documentation need.