UnChartLet’s take a stroll down memory lane for a moment. In the mid-1990s the Web exploded into mainstream. It started with a few sites with academic papers, recipes, jokes, etc. Suddenly it had more information than you could possibly get to. The rapid change in complexity was astounding. Into that spot came one of the [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Continuity Report
This report is a simple measure of patient-centered continuity. So, when one of my patients visits the clinic, what’s the chance that they saw me for the visit? 1.0 would be every patient sees me; 0.0 would be every patient sees one of my partners. Contrast: Doctor-centered continuity would be when I work, how many [...]
Peak versus Sustained Charting
This week I had a conversation with a medical transcriptionist who’s struggling with her new job. The company that just took over has an ‘On-the-job’ clock but also has a ‘Transcribing window open’ clock. She feels a pressure to try to make them match — 8 hours of work should be 8 hours of transcription. [...]
