just a Friday kind of story, some will enjoy. I nag several of the doctors in my area, especially the consultants I use with the hope they will get EHR's and I will get great consultations in a timely manner!!
About 6 months ago, a pulmonologist I use, and nag constantly, let slip he was waiting for his current IT/software person to finish the EMR they were developing and he was going to use it! (Oh, that's a great plan) I suspected it was a billing company trying to survive by entering the EMR field and I guessed, and was right, it was the same outfit we had used for billing for many years. Way too little, way too late. When I called him out on it, ("Well I hope that's not Mr X at abc, because they have NO CLUE what they are doing") the look on his face (and the pale color) gave it all away. So I have had his attention since then, but he is afraid to take the plunge.
So yesterday I took the laptop to the hospital and went to medical records to get some help from the IT people to straighten out my passwords and access to the hospitals records. And my friend came in to sign some charts. I told him of a patient that I had just referred to him yesterday. He was delighted to hear of this good fortune and asked for the spelling of her name. I opened her chart, (the name is a little unusual). I showed him the note and referral. I FAXED THE NOTE, AND THE INSURANCE FACE SHEET AND THE CT SCAN REPORT DONE ELSEWHERE TO THE HOSPITAL MED RECORDS. I handed them to him. The face sheet has her PICTURE! He stood there thunderstruck as he held the documents. It was great!
