Travis,

I may see several new patients daily and several more "Complete" exams. The patient completes a paper 4 page questionnaire before they are roomed (ideally they complete it before they even get to the office). The MA then rooms them, fills in the PMH, FHx, SHx, Meds, etc using the form the patient prepared, templates that I have made for this purpose, and questioning the patient on things that are not clear in their paperwork. By the time I get to the room I have a pretty good head start and can focus on the more important things.

Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC

"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "