Okay, this is something we have been talking a lot about.
Obviously, Jon is wanting to set up a Registry function for AC. That is one of the things we will be talking about in Branson.
There are also "third party" registries, and we talked about them in some detail in this thread:
http://amazingcharts.com/ub/ubbthre...ems&topic=0&Search=true#Post7164One of them, CDEMS, is a "diabetes" registry.
Another thing you can do is set up a diabetes template, like:
DM2 CHECK-UP (3-MONTH): Glucose log reviewed today. Discussed dietary issues. Encouraged physical exercise.
DMQ1 - HgbA1c today: #####
Just create a template along those lines, and use it for all followups.
If you always use this form, you can do a "free text" search and find all your patients with this information, and look up their data. The "DMQ1" signifier just provides a unique search term for the free text search, as opposed to "HgbA1c" which you might use conversationally in the text of a note.
Here is a workaround which I have used at my office and it might work for you. I did fingerstick HgbA1c in my office, and I had my nurse send me an interoffice email with the result, which I saved to the chart. The title of the note was the A1c result, as in: "Fingerstick HgbA1c = 6.8"
The net effect is that when you look at their past encounters tab, the A1c is displayed as the title of the note, so you can see the old values at a glance.
