That is a workaround that does work. That being said, I'm not a fan of anything that makes someone repeat work that's already been done. Takes away the efficiency of an EMR (if there is some efficiency). Why even worry about putting the referring provider in the correct place if you're going to have to do it again as an Addendum?
Oh well. I've lived with it this long. It's just the little things about an EMR that can make things so smooth or rough and simply being able to access the chart from the letter writer would be invaluable.
Having easy access to the referring provider would also be great for me as it is used EVERY SINGLE TIME I write a note. Just one little corner of the note that, if the patient was "referred" to me, it would be easily found in the letter writer and "most recent encounter" page. It would be nice that if that field were filled in under the demographics page, the referring doc would automatically be on display in the upper right hand corner of the page (or somewhere where there is some space).
Oh well, just whining some (that's what surgeons do). I know we specialists want/need different things. Before I want a PM module, or a Health Maintenance module, or an order module or whatever, I want the basic stuff that I use every single day to be easy and intuitive. This includes the scheduler (color coding anyone?) and the letter writer.
Thanks for your efforts Bert
