Yes, to get back to the actual topic, I agree with you completely. Down here we have one specialist, an ENT, who uses Amazing Charts and has useful notes. The general surgeon we use most has fairly good notes. Some of the specialists will have pages and pages, but still a fairly good assessment and plan.
Emergency room notes are typically not bad, you can cut to the end and see a reasonably good assessment and plan. This is after you waded through pages and pages of pasted labs and x-ray reports.
One specialist group, though, sends about nine pages and none, absolutely none, of it pertains to what actually took place at the visit. I literally am unable to figure out what was done with the patient.