After thirty years of practice, I do think that a good primary care physician has a bit of father/mother duty and now, thanks to AC, it is fairly easy to accomplish.
We print out the AC Summary Sheet at each patient visit and hand it to the patient for review.
I realize that, at this point, some will say "waste of paper", but hear me out.
We place the preventive maintenance items in the "Directives" section on the Demographics and the Cholesterol (date and value of last test), Colonoscopy, Pap, Mammogram, PSA etc. show up on the Summary Sheet for the patient to review and sign off on at each visit. Ditto for the current diagosis, current meds and allergies. All of this is done with no effort on my part except the time spent to enter the preventive portion on the Demographics.
I agree with Paul and Brian that you should not jump through hoops simply to satisfy an insurance company's whims. I have been fortunate not to have been sued in thirty years (lucky is more like it), but I think that a significant portion of that is leaving the perception with the patients that you care and part of that is the father/mother attitude. AC certainly makes it a lot easier.
Jim
