Comment on: Are electronic medical records a medicolegal risk to the oculoplastic surgeon? A survey of British Oculoplastic Surgery Society Members

Affiliations

¹ Ophthalmology Dept, Eye, Ear and Mouth Unit, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, UK. sarju.athwal@nhs.net.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, UK.
³ Ophthalmology Dept, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK.
⁴ Ophthalmology Dept, Eye, Ear and Mouth Unit, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, UK.

Comment

Sarju Athwal et al. Eye (Lond). 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;37(11):2360.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-022-02340-8. Epub 2022 Dec 7.

¹ Ophthalmology Dept, Eye, Ear and Mouth Unit, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, UK. sarju.athwal@nhs.net.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, UK.
³ Ophthalmology Dept, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK.
⁴ Ophthalmology Dept, Eye, Ear and Mouth Unit, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

Are electronic medical records a medicolegal risk to the oculoplastic surgeon? A survey of British Oculoplastic Surgery Society Members.
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