I think Bert and Steven are saying the same thing here. I am jumping in because I have a minor issue (related to Travis') which I would like to voice.
My understanding is that the "How did patient find us" box wants you to answer with free text. So you can say an advertisement, a doc, or the patient's astrologer, as in Bert's example above. We find it helpful only if someone OTHER THAN a referring doctor sent them.
Lower down is the "Referrals and Consultant" tab. This serves a dual purpose depending on who YOU are. If you are a primary care provider, you can enter the docs to whom you referred the patient, and keep track of the number of visits you authorized. If you are a specialist, you can click the little box and name the referring doctor.
Travis, you might want to have your staff pay less attention to the "How did you find us" box and MORE to the "Referrals" tab. You can save both at once without closing and re-opening the page.
As a specialist, like Travis, it is important for me to know who referred the patient so I can send copies of notes and reports. My staff puts them in the "Referrals" tab, but my minor complaint is that tab won't stay on top. We always use it, and rarely use alerts, miscellaneous, or the other tabs in the box, so I have to click that tab for virtually every visit. It would be nice if we could set it to keep that tab on top, or have it stay on top as you close and then re-open the page.
Last edited by JBS; 07/03/2010 9:07 AM.
