RE: #5... I don't think the placeholder patient in the schedule counts against anything... unless the chart is for some reason opened and signed each time as an encounter. So, you can leave anything in the schedule, it's just the signed encounters that count. If you aren't sure about the truth of this, another solution is to just delete the holder from the schedule at the end of the day.
My gripes with Erx:
WHY can Walmart send me an electronic refill request for AndroGel... but I can't reply electronically.
This is B.S.
WHY do I have to codify all my meds to send them correctly via ERx, but a pharm asking for a refill doesn't (or at least the codifying isn't standardized)... and I have to be the one to "match" the rx. If it were codified to the same standard on EACH end, this matching BS wouldn't be needed. Such a waste of my time, especially with the slow "reloading" of the refill screen with each "adjustment".
