When I receive that type of stuff I update the "diagnosis" section or the "alerts" section of the summary sheet and have trained myself to cross check the summary sheet with the PMH when I see the patient. I use the"alert" section of the top right of the summary sheet to list procedures (CABG, cholecystectomy or whatever) that would not necessarily be included in the list of diagnosis. I list colonoscopy. mammography, ekg and that sort of thing into the tracked items section.
One grouch I have about the summary sheet is the inability to read the entire entry.. "personal history of malign". Maybe somebody brighter than I am knows how to read the whole entry.


Deborah Lehmann MD
Gynecology
Fort Worth TX