Here is something I feel needs to be brought back up. I kind of copied this from another thread I just answered, so yes it will look familiar.
First off: A Suggestion to all you AC Newbies. Set up one or two "false patients" early on with a low chart number. Now you and your people can play to your hearts delight with all the features of the program, all without worring about putting bad stuff in a real patient's chart. We have James Bond and poor James is a very sick man. Our last program (but that is another story for some other day) had a few pre-made, sectioned off from the main database false patients too.
I have asked AC to allow for a separate sectioned off place for this but as of yet no reply or implimentation. Right now as we create encounters for James his data and his monitary totals get factored in with the rest of the practice's and that day's data and totals, which is really very inappropriate and even possibly dangerous. Yet having such a false patient to try new features on, test the program or your system when you suspect a problem, is really a great thing to have. Who cares if you enter weird data to a false patient testing the system because it is behaving funny? Right?
On the same idea. We should have a way to enter folks like false patients, our own kids, our own parents and in-laws, all of whom we don't charge for, but we should none the less be tracking what we do for them, just in case. CMS says we shouldn't bill for these and that makes sense. But every time my kid has an allergy issue or a clogged ear doesn't mean that we are calling or having a visit with their PCP. And she is cool with that. So we should have a way to section off a dozen or two charts as, not part of the main practice, off line, and not being calculated into the practice's data and demographics stuff.
I feel the more AC becomes a PM, the more important this becomes. I'm not sure if this could work, but a simple button with a big red warning flag window popping up that screams at you, "Warning: Are you sure you want to create this patient outside the main database???" So you could cancel if need be. Hit the button on the demographic page, click yes to the warning and now, AC knows not to add any of this patient's data to the main database's calculations... Be they lab values, BP, money charged or paid, number of visits, or anything else. That's been one of my wishes ever since we first joined AC... Nancy and I are very attached to dear James. He is great for visiting reps who you want to show AC to but don't want to share real patient info with, New Hires love having a safe place to play. We have Med students rotate thru here so he is great for visiting Med Students and Residence too. Did you hear this Vinny? Thanks.
Paul
