Thanks for the input from all. I will respond in detail when I have had a bit of time to take it all in, and to play with these ideas.
Leslie, I guarantee there is no jealousy involved-many of the internists share the same EMR (provided to hospital employed docs)and they know the info is just regurgitated back, rather than painstakingsly documented by the specialist.
In the meantime, my office staff has instructions that if a pediatrician named Bert calls from Maine, to put him right through.....
