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A little anecdote from working with physicians.

One thing I’ve developed a knack for is finding charts in our chart room. Perhaps it’s from having spent too much time in there filing,

However, many of the physicians seem to struggle when it comes to locating charts. Or as one of the senior physicians puts it, they seem to suffer from “chart blindness”.

The cause of this disorder is still unkown, but it is an interesitng phenomenon.

Just today I had a Fellow come looking for a specific chart. After telling the Fellow that it was most likely filed in the chart room, he claimed to have checked, and proceeded to go back to his desk to look around again. Upon strolling in a few moments later, I located the chart…filed away where it was supposed to be. Go figure…