Jon,
Welcome to AC. And, I am sure I speak for all when I say I appreciate your thoughts about making follow up notes so easy to read. A lot of my consultants are still dictating so it hasn't been an issue. Some still write, and I don't even read those -- can't.
Logician as we have talked about on here before is the worst for what you are mentioning. It is based solely on reimbursement and documenting everything. As you know, technically when I make a note and it says PMH: Asthma, it shouldn't count toward E & M unless I say I addressed it again. AC has that build it with a preference, but it makes the note look kinda bulky.
To be honest, I never really thought about how AC sets up the note compared to my writing days. Plus, most of my notes aren't really follow-ups, they are new issues, although I do have some follow-ups.
One of the things that AC is lacking (IMO) is a lack of options or preferences. My programmer tells me that options are not easy to code.
