I also really enjoyed Bert's talk. You had to be sitting close enought to catch the clever comments he mumbles to get the real humor. On the forum you can experience his dry humor, but you miss all of his delivery, in person he is really funny and very clever. His talk combined with Indy's, combined with the Postem note that I found on the server monitor Wednesday night as I left for the conference (a note with our server Password!) gave me PLENTY to think about. (I don't even know whose handwriting the note is written in!)
I was impressed with the job Jim Blaine did with arranging the CME and keeping it on track.
But I was also impressed that over half the attendees were not Doctors and would not use the CME. Likewise there were a great many DO's there and we can only use the CME in category 2, which I rarely need.
I wondered if we might head toward TWO kinds of conferences.
One like the first conference, tips, tricks and users helping users.
-One whole day with round tables set up, with a monitor (or a big screen)at each table and a flag pole on the table announcing the topic for that table. IE: e-Rx, or Backup, or Templates, or Intranet issues,
- One day with prepared talks, IE: Jon showing how he meant for AC to be used.
A second conference for CME:
- Amazing Charts and the Diabetic Patient. How to write scripts for needles and test supplies, how to track HgBA1C, How to do searches and to recall patients that need more follow up.
- Mix in an appropriate piece of medical education, IE: PAD testing for one hour, then how to chart it and search for it.
Just a thought, still dreaming of the "Outcome Oriented Medical Record"
