I am not very computer savey but my problem was not so much writing scripts. Actually the scripts are pretty much all in there and codified. When I click on the drug( that is already codified) it takes quite some time for that drug to appear on the prescription pad. Meanwhile the interaction thingy is working fast and furious. Trying to warn me of interactions that we have known of for many many years. I get this revolving blue circle of hell. After several minutes I am able to click prepare. Then I go to the next drug in need of prescribing and begin this blue circle of preparation. I believe that the problem comes with a significant list of drugs. Older patients with many prescriptions are the most notable. I do think it is the internet connection and the interation checking.
So I prepare my list of drugs and hit the prescribe button for the next screen. On the next screen I hit "transmit to pharmacy" and the box says transmitting....with the blue circle of hell. I can watch this for 20 minutes or just get up and go see another patient. My resident geek goes in and shuts everything down restarts and prints the scripts instead of eprescribing.
Then I get scolded for getting an hour behind and ruining our potential lunch break. This just started happening to me this week. We upgraded to 10 a couple of weeks ago. Will see if the problem persists or was just a hiccup. It seems to be a problem more when I am wireless but yesterday it happened on a hardwired work station.
Usually when I hit the transmit electronically button....it is all done rather quickly...faster than printing. Maybe it is all about Watson trying to make a decision about whether or not THEY will allow the patient to have the prescriptions this evil physician is trying to prescribe. Or maybe it is that 70,000 people working at UHC taking care of 7million americans trying to decide if my care is appropriate or not. Who knows??
