I have wondered if we could get enough comments here maybe we could get a few changes in the programing to make this more functional for both pediatrics and family practice.
Hi Mtnpeds. First, if you make an auto-signature with your first name, it would be great. I have been rather negative on here, but this shouldn't be construed as negative but more just giving you my eight years of experience. Amazing Charts tends to add versions and add its own things and fix bugs. I think you will find it hard to get things changed like this. I have tried for years to change the way grams and kgs and inches and cms have been done but to no avail. Also, the majority of users on here are FP, and they really have significantly less pediatric patients in general almost to the point where it is not an issue.
Also you can not see the patients weight when doing e-prescribing, nor is there any type of calculator available so you have to plan ahead, check the weight, pre-calculate the dose etc prior to opening that window.
This is another thing I have opted for for a long time. It would be great to have the weight transfer each time to the prescription writer. Or, at least if the program did what a lot of people wanted, which is for the windows to be able to remember where they opened. If you could at least see the patient's chart instead of having it behind the script writer where you have to drag it down each time. I am not sure which version (I think v6), but there is a very good calculator on the ePrescribe window. I also think you will find per above that once you open the prescription writer window and need to calculate 90 mg/kg divided bid for amoxicillin, you can put in amoxicillin and when you get to the sig, just draw the window down, and you will see the weight.
The immunization charting needs work in many areas, ?no ability to document that the VZ vaccine was given SQ etc etc. Perhaps we could get a pediatric forum?
I think I may have misunderstood your question or I am missing something. There is definitely a "how given" field in the immunization module. I may be missing where you are referring to. The site above is taken from the post above, which is a rather detailed demonstration of VIPER, which is freeware. We use it exclusively, and it is much faster. I definitely don't plan on adding a pediatric forum. There are just too many PCP, specialists and sub-specialists to have forums for each.
Hope this helps.
