Both are tempting arguments. The life outside the office I certainly get. I don't take stuff home, just prefer to do it in the quiet of my office a little later in the day. We cutoff patient appointments by 4:00. Also, I am sensitized by the number of people who come to establish with us who say "my last doctor spent all of his/her time playing with the computer and never really paid attention to what I was saying". Finally, just when I'm thinking templates will help with a simple hypertension reevaluation, the patient comes in and I have to chart "Patient's spouse is currently hospitallized with undiagnosed encephalitis, and prognosis is guarded for full congnitive recovery. He has two small children at home and no prospects for home care. He has lost 15 pounds and sleeps poorly. His home blood pressure cuff has broken, and he cannot afford a new one, so degree of hypertension control is unknown." Seems kind of important to chart that stuff, but not a lot of opportunity for templating.
Last edited by dgrauman; 11/04/2010 2:42 PM.
