I don't want to use the reminder function for every call back that is needed, it seems cumbersome for that function. And I don't want to look at a reminder every month for 10 years if a routine colonscopy is to be followed. So today I got an idea. (Maybe everyone else already does this?)
In the 'Past Med History' I type a statement, "Colonoscopy was done by Dr. Ohja in March 2007, report still pending, but was told to return 2017. I might also have a patient with a diagnostic mammogram gram, and I note:"close interval follow will need return 2009 in January.
This fractured English allows me to consistently phrase the follow ups "return 2017" or whatever year.
The plan is that in January of the next year I will Text Search for all "return 2009" and I will get a list of patients that have something in the Past Medical History that tells me they need a test this year. By 2017 I should have a pretty long list, but I am betting Amazing Charts won't forget a single one.
Martin
