one thing you can do is use the "use prior visit as a stepping off point option on the top left of the encounter screen" If you had done an annual visit in the past, you can just pick that at the start of your new note and update the changes.
That's true, thanks. Still it'd be nice to be able to start a new patient off with a template. We do lots of geriatrics, so maybe: CC: This %AGE yo pt. is our new ALF pt. to establish. HPI: Referred by Home Health for ____ ROS: blah blah blah etc. etc.