I wouldn't say I'm forgetting to chart on a patient but I'm occasionally missing a patient completely. I usually don't find out about this until I realize I don't have an H&P for surgery or during the post-op visit.
I'm not even close to fast enough to chart on every patient as I see them. I tend to type a fair amount of HPI and Plan as it changes for every patient in some way or another.
Except for printing of a schedule and manually marking off the people I chart on, is there any other system someone can think of to assure that every patient gets the note on the chart?
I tend to chart on f/u and post-op's as I go but new patients tend to get their note after clinic. I have intake sheets that new patient's fill out so as long as I have that, I don't forget to chart. If I don't have that piece of paper for some reason, or if I didn't chart on a f/u during clinic, I have no way of looking at AC and knowing that all the notes are done for the day.
Would be nice if the schedule changed color after I signed their note for the day or put a big smiley face next to it!
Simple things for simple minded people like me.
