tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post5248693107092766374..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: EMR Follies, Part 2Skeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-89592440524052828302012-08-24T08:19:59.496-04:002012-08-24T08:19:59.496-04:00Good comments. I agree 100%.Good comments. I agree 100%.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-88913087069283132022012-08-23T22:05:16.130-04:002012-08-23T22:05:16.130-04:00I agree, the record is unreadable and *(insert you...I agree, the record is unreadable and *(insert your deity here) help you if you have to obtain a record from annother location or group. Even the simplest encounter pulls a wall of text on white (at least 10 pages ussually) with all kinds of bs scattered throughout. (who needs a cage questionaire on a kid with an ear infection?). The other doom is communication overload, once everyone discovers that they can send you questions quickly and easily (from PT to lab to scheduling to nurses etc) you start answering an couple of hundred things a day (all recorded for the lawyers to hang you with. If you were to do a proper chart review to answer all of these questions you would not have time to do anything else. EMR technology is a rope that is choking us all off. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-91185585129811525892012-07-21T17:22:47.796-04:002012-07-21T17:22:47.796-04:00Vivdora, I agree that many notes are written with ...Vivdora, I agree that many notes are written with the possibility of legal action in the future. <br /><br />I also agree that no one reads most notes. I wrote about this last month. If you'd like a laugh, please read it. Here's the link http://is.gd/UDGpWLSkeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-9878334313809002862012-07-21T09:31:28.648-04:002012-07-21T09:31:28.648-04:00This may not be entirely on topic but I'm sayi...This may not be entirely on topic but I'm saying it anyway!<br /><br />An awful lot of note taking is done to avoid getting sued. Everybody the patient encounters takes a history, apparently they never read it again and no one reads anyone else's! I have personal experience of this as a patient. I started nursing (England) in 1975.<br /><br />Last time I was in hospital, I was given a form to fill in with the question "date of death". i wrote " to be arranged" no one noticed :(<br /><br />Computerised records have some advantages but print-outs are not good to read. My late husband was a GP, he used to write "Back yet again....." in the notes sometimes :) He hated computers.Vivdorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562212480619015658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-57130723166976163962011-04-18T09:52:31.880-04:002011-04-18T09:52:31.880-04:00I agree. I have made the argument that using an E...I agree. I have made the argument that using an EMR in Anesthesia is akin to texting while driving. Most of the medical software is similar to Windows NT while we live in an era of cloud computing...cutting edge medicine in anachronistic software.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com