Aid the sharing of relevant information and multidisciplinary team communication | Misinform healthcare professionals and patients |
Aid coordination of care | Increase medico-legal risks |
Aid continuity of care | Lead to unnecessary repetition of tests or other investigations |
Aid informed decision making for patient management | Prolong hospital admission |
Improve availability of data for risk assessment | Jeopardise patient care |
Improve availability of data for route cause analysis in the investigation of serious incidents | Lead to serious incidents |
Improve audit capabilities | |
Provide informative evidence in a court of law | |
Aid targeting of diagnostics and treatment plans without unnecessary repetition | |
Improve time management | |