Wmadrs,
Two issues here: your original one about condensing II, and slow opening of charts with big II. Anecdotally, later versions of AC seem to help to some degree with the latter issue; I would suggest 6.3.3.
On condensing: the main problem I have with doing this is that I don't think you can create sub-folders in II. I only know of one work-around, which is a half-measure that you may or may not think is worth the effort. One significant limitation is that doesn't allow you to move labs brought in with an interface (at least, we cannot move LabCorp labs).
1. Create a new folder named "zOld Labs" in II. Do this by choosing an item, right clicking, and select under "Item type" the "Add your own text" from the list. I start the folder name with a "z" so it appears at the bottom of the II list.
2. Drag and drop other appropriate II's, one-by-one, into that folder.
3. Since you cannot create sub-folders, you might want to create several folders, e.g. "zOld labs before 2009", "zzOld labs before 2005", "zzzOld Radiology"...you get the idea.
This moves all of the items to folders at the bottom of the list, leaving your current folders empty except for more recent documents.
If anyone knows a better way to do this, I would love to hear it.
