I have just upgraded to the 7.1.1 version of Amazing Charts and wanted to check in with everyone to let them know how it went for me.
First, do the things recommended by AC before your appointment such as upgrading all versions of windows, making sure you have the minimum specs, etc. In addition, make sure all of your computers are logged on with administrator privileges. Run a backup of your AC about an hour before your appointment if you can, otherwise the guardian angels will just have to do it for you.
Once we were up and running with the 7.1.1 version, there were a few things I noticed different.
1. The integration with updox is really not an improvement from the Java program that we used to use. When you send information such as patient labs to the portal, you still have to match them to the patient again in updox before you can send them.
2. Family History now has to be codified. This will slow you down if you do it at each visit like I do. In addition, Social history now has additional sections to codify cigar/pipe/chew tobacco users.
3. The problem list is different as others have mentioned, but most annoyingly, if you already have a diagnosis entered, such as HTN 401.1 but can't find in in the tiny drop down box, you don't have the option to add it to your note through the search function. On some patients, this was faster for me.
4. There is a new tab for instructions as others have noted.
5. To get meaningful use credit for giving patients instructions, you first have to be on the ?plan? tab, then click the green ?Print Instructions (Summary)' tab, then select clinical summary for print from the drop down box, then select print (with the green question mark), then you can either print or just close the print interface. To get credit you must go one step further and print from the ?clinical summary? pop up box. This is a lot of extra step for something that probably should have been streamlined. It would have been nice to create a CCD, send it to the portal and print patients a Summary with all one button.
6. In order to get meaningful use credit for giving patients an electrical copy of health information (core 12) you have to go back into the chart after the note has been saved, click on the Summary Sheet tab, click on the green Clinical Summary button and then send to portal.
As always the AC support staff/guardian angels have been terrific and I greatly appreciate their patience.
Anyhow, those are the highlights and I have only been working with this for one day. I just wanted to post my experiences so others might be better prepared than I was. I hope it is helpful.
