Re:Why Doctors Hate Their Computers (2018)
by epmaybe on Monday August 31, 2020 @09:37PM
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Your doctor shouldn't be having you fill out the exact same information. Review of systems (like if you have a cough, etc) is fine, but all of your past history? It should just be what has changed or been added to your problem list since the last time they saw you.
It's like that in some places. Typically, the consequence is that you'll get a phonebook-sized file in no time, with so much cruft accumulated from prior encounters that the file will be next to useless.
Re:Why Doctors Hate Their Computers (2018)
by hanklazard on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:36AM
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This is a great point. As someone who receives a lot of medical records from various exports, I can just say that hundreds of pages for a healthy 11 YO only makes it easier to miss the important parts.
Re:Why Doctors Hate Their Computers (2018)
by epmaybe on Thursday September 03, 2020 @10:56PM
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This just seems like lazy doctoring compounded by busy schedules. If you can't summarize what's going on succinctly, what was the point of all that training? God forbid you spend a little more time on patients.
But as you saw (pun intended), it hasn’t gone far. Every time I see my doctor I have to fill out the same forms and repeat the same information. Too bad my work didn’t go far.