Computation Error
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* Ryan E Childers

*   poetry
*   doctor-patient relationship
*   technology
*   electronic medical record
*   communication

> > Here from my perch
> > 
> > On the exam room wall,
> > 
> > I am uniquely positioned
> > 
> > To document it all.
> > 
> > My circuits buzz
> > 
> > Beneath my shiny placard;
> > 
> > The proud host of the newest
> > 
> > Electronic medical record.
> 
> > Your eyes remain
> > 
> > On the glow of my screen
> > 
> > While your patient tries
> > 
> > To be heard and seen.
> > 
> > She seems to know
> > 
> > That you exist in two places:
> > 
> > Half-listening to her,
> > 
> > Half-filling in blank spaces.
> 
> > In front of me you sit
> > 
> > Rapidly clicking.
> > 
> > At times she waits silent,
> > 
> > The clock loudly ticking.
> > 
> > Your patient struggles
> > 
> > To meet your eyes,
> > 
> > Which now glazed over,
> > 
> > Strain at my font size.
> 
> > She asks a pointed question;
> > 
> > You finally move to her,
> > 
> > But my screen glow beckons
> > 
> > And it is with me you confer.
> > 
> > I am metal and plastic,
> > 
> > But even I can see
> > 
> > That your patient, exasperated
> > 
> > Regards you quizzically. 

## Footnotes

*   Competing interests None declared.

*   Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.