Comments on: Joel Diamond 6/2/09

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:43:48 +0000

You just have to be careful that after you establised your patient is GON (going on nuts) they don’t start questioning their STD status

By: Cassis

Cassis — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:52:15 +0000

What does it mean when there is an underlined “R” on the front of your chart? I went to the doctor today, noticed it on my chart, and thought IMMEDIATELY of this article. Please fill me in if you know!

By: canoehead

canoehead — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:02:22 +0000

Is that like our drugseeker recipe card system in the ER? Only there unofficially, and never spoken of.

By: emrguru

emrguru — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:53:18 +0000

As you and the commenters seem to agree, among all the requirements for the ‘perfect emr” one must add chart cover notes. My emr clients have places to put patient characteristics and habits (lets be kind) so they are not in any chart “document” but rather associated with the patient record for use by those in the practice. This is an critical need in the pain mgt specialty. These and other little useability features are what will eventually help make emr productive for more practices.

By: Dr F Howard Fine

Dr F Howard Fine — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:52:05 +0000

Thanks for another good piece. Others to add GOMER(get out of my emergency room), FLK (funny looking kid) and for patients not respinding to medical intervention: CTD (circling the drain)