For the record, the letter writer is fine for me. I would love for it to auto-populate the referring physician but sometimes I send a note to the consultant (who may be a GI guy) as well as the PCP. So I just do it twice. No biggie. I don't have the need for formatting either although I can see the need. I definitely don't want more programs to open up like Word. Keep it within the program That's all I need is 65 windows open doing different things.

I'm just simply trying to assure my referring docs know what I'm doing with their patients. The letter writer is definitely markedly better than the handwritten scribble I get from the majority of my referring docs. I usually have no idea why I'm seeing the patient except for what my front office person puts in AC.

I would prefer that it remember that I don't send demographics and a copy of the note to the referring docs.

I do like these suggestions and think they should be at the top of the list for V5:

-Auto-populate referring physician field in letter writer.
- Allow a user-editable list of favorite prescriptions to speed Rx writing.
- User-editable list of headings for imported items to be filed under during the import process.
- Ability to sign notes without having to answer all of the coding prompts.
- Ability to remember user preferences in screens (like the letter writer, as you mentioned).
- Ability to color code appointment types.

This thread is a downer. I, for one, really enjoy AC. I accept its downfalls as I accept the $60,000 I didn't spend that my fellow general surgeon colleague spent on eMDs (with the hardware of course).

Last edited by scalpel; 10/19/2009 12:52 AM.
Travis
General Surgeon