We&#x27;re addressing this problem at Care Thread (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.carethread.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.carethread.com</a>), where we integrate patient-centered messaging and EMR data to ensure that everyone stays in the loop.<p>Existing electronic medical records systems are at their best for long-term documentation, and fall short on keeping care providers abreast of ever-changing plans across shift transitions. Pagers and phones, which doctors and nurses use instead for real-time communication, fare even worse. The information is simply invisible to the next person who takes over.<p>We&#x27;ve had terrific, sustained adoption where Care Thread&#x27;s system is deployed, and are working to measure the effect on patient outcomes. Some study results are pending (from Partners &#x2F; Brigham &amp; Women&#x27;s Hospital in Boston, where researchers put iPads in the hands of patients and used our mobile messaging system to help keep care providers aligned with each other and with patients).