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I can't imagine trying to keep up with paper charts and AC!

I find the note system in AC is the reason to stay with the program. It is simple and straight forward SOAP note format. I have some templates that help with efficiency of seeing the pts but mostly type in what I want the chart to say.

I remember when I started (20 years ago) I worked with a doctor that had years of "charts" in the trunk of his car. He had just semi-retired and was starting to work a clinic for the local hospital. The charts were nothing more than a box of index cards with one line visit note and what medication he prescribed. Simpler times, pt's loved him and he new them all by name.