Wow that should save a lot of work! I just talked to our receptionist. She
said for eForm requisition she has to create a consult in order to keep
track of it. We decided to talk about it on our team meeting to see if
patients will do it themselves. She said it was a common practice with other
docs around here also.
David
On 7/30/07, Carole White <car...@fa...> wrote:
>
> We have our patients book most of their own appointments. This cannot be
> done for CT scans and MRI's but they are a small part of what we order.
>
> Carole
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: "Dr. Quentin Smith" <dr...@sh...>
> To: "'The OSCAR BC UserGroup list'"
> <osc...@li...>
> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:04:13 -0700
> Subject: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] workflow issue
>
> Wondering what other clinics are doing regarding this workflow:
>
>
>
> Patient is in with physician who orders imaging. (E.g. ultrasound)
>
> The eform for the ultrasound is completed and printed for the patient.
>
> Patient presents the paper to the front desk currently so that the
> imaging
> study can be booked. Paper copy goes with patient as a backup to
> present to
> the imaging department.
>
> The front desk may not get to the booking at that time, and once booked
> requires the patient to be notified, and the date of the appointment to
> be
> recorded. (In the paper world, the original requisition has that
> information written on it and stored in the paper chart)
>
>
>
> Essentially, the front desk needs a summary sheet of all their work that
> needs to be done, and ability to check it off when it is done, and the
> ability to record that information as having been done in the patient's
> chart. (We all know that not infrequently patient's phone back having
> forgotten when the appointment is)
>
>
>
> We thought of using the ticker system and creating a new "provider/user"
> which might be labeled "appointments".
>
> I.e. at the point of the appointment having been made, the ticker is
> entered
> on the patient's chart with the date and time and directed at the
> appointments.
>
> Once the patient has been informed, the ticker could be completed.
> Unfortunately once any ticker is completed, the details of that ticker
> or
> removed from the patient's chart as well.
>
> Can anyone share their work flow already established?
>
>
>
> Quentin
>
>
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David H Chan, MD, CCFP, MSc, FCFP
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
McMaster University
http://oscarmcmaster.org
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