More hospitals and anesthesia departments are using technology that supports charting, documentation, and clinical workflows. That can be helpful—until it isn’t.
In Valley, residents sometimes run into problems like:
- Monitor data and chart notes that don’t match (or appear incomplete)
- Medication administration timing that’s unclear after chart migrations or system updates
- Delayed or inconsistent documentation around abnormal vitals during sedation
- Handoff gaps between OR, anesthesia recovery, and nursing documentation
Even if the record includes technology-assisted elements, liability still depends on whether the care team met the standard of care for the situation—and whether deviations caused injury.


