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Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by ryandrake on Friday January 04, 2019 @03:31PM (#18827345)
Why would they be so hesitant? Surely it’s not that extra work for an office admin to pull something up and hit “print”.
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Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by nradov on Friday January 04, 2019 @03:41PM (#18827412)
Some doctors have been concerned that patients lack the education needed to interpret their own charts. So when patients don't understand something they call back and ask a lot of questions, which doctors see as a waste of time. (I don't agree with this perspective, just giving some context.)
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Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by hopler on Friday January 04, 2019 @08:05PM (#18829200)
In the US that's fine, because the doctor can bill for the follow-up consultation.
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Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by nradov on Friday January 04, 2019 @08:24PM (#18829273)
Answering questions over the phone is usually not billable.
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Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by brokenmachine on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:35PM (#18852594)
Most patient management systems don't have a convenient "print" button to print out the entire file.

Individual documents/entries, yes. Everything, no.

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