What we found is that the data reentry problems seem to be things like the name one letter off, or transposing two numbers in a phone number; the bad import left things unrecognizeable. And, as stated before, patient data changes so much that it was a golden opportunity to fix bad information.

I think both Jon and I did find utility in doing the import of very basic information, like name and address. But I found that, for us, launching off with imported data would have been a mistake.


David Grauman MD, FACP
Flagstaff, Arizona