Hi everyone,

I cannot remember a time this board has been this slow.

I can think of three general possibilities. First, everything is going great, and there is no need to post because of the wonderfulness. Second, everyone is jumping ship and no one is still using Amazing Charts.

Third, and I suspect most accurately, life is just too busy.

About a year ago, during the initial lockdown, we were very very slow at this time. Things picked up over the summer, Covid really hit this area in early October, I was infected in mid-October and was sick for about a week, but overall a rather mild case. One of my medical assistance contracted Covid in December, she had a subsequent pneumonia, was not actually admitted but very close to, and missed about a month of work. Ironically, we both got Covid from our spouses, not from patients.

Then in January my PA got Covid, really uncertain where she got it, not obviously from a patient but not obviously from anyone else. She was sick for about a month, seemed to have pneumonia with dropping oxygen saturation but x-ray was normal.

Since then Covid has dropped off, patient volume has increased. But it seems like the intensity of each encounter has increased, people have been saving up a years worth of problems, they are older and sicker, and so forth.

I have been following the threads on alternative EMRs with interest. I am not ready to give up on Amazing Charts, but I wonder if the handwriting is on the wall.…

How has everyone else out there doing?

Thanks

Gene

Last edited by Bert; 05/15/2021 7:02 PM.
Gene Nallin MD solo family practice with one PA Cumberland, Md