Maybe I'll change my mind. From the beginning end of the EHR, it looks like just one more daunting task with not much payback, as I very rarely need information from inactive and stored charts, and, to be truthful, records older than one or two years have lost most of their shine as well. I am inputting patient information like PMH, problem lists, etc. ahead of time, and this lets me completely review the patient's medical history and summarize it. I'm about one month ahead at the moment. It is really quite surprising; when a patient comes in for their first visit on AC, I actually remember all of their issues because it is NOT buried back someplace in the chart, even electronically. It is certainly more personal work than having a high schooler scan things in mindlessly, but it sure does make that first encounter go smoothly and my patients seem sort of shocked that I am addressing all their past issues, even briefly.
Last edited by dgrauman; 05/16/2010 2:38 AM.
