We rely on Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to inform the care team about an individual’s hearing loss or deafness. EHR systems bury this critical information, and care teams need more conspicuous and persistent indicators both within and beyond the EHR. In this JAMA Internal Medicine Viewpoint, Dianne O’Leary and Timothy O’Leary highlight the alarming patient safety and health equity implications of the current approach and offer solutions. [1]
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D. P. O’Leary and T. J. O’Leary, “Communicating With Patients With Hearing Loss or Deafness—Can You Hear Me?” JAMA Internal Medicine, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8563.