UnChartJohn Crankshaw mentioned a process for interfacing devices to e-MDs (without having to buy the more expensive models that are supported.) Printable Word Document Take it away Dr. Crankshaw…. Using the Docman Batch Import Utility as an Interface Our office uses the Docman Batch Import Utility along with a tiff converter, zan image printer, to [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Coumadin in e-MDs
There’s been a discusssion on SupportCenter about Coumadin Plans. Mal Riddell has offered his template: Coumadin Plan Template Mal’s process: We use a shortcut for our INR/PT patients that includes a 99211 charge for the most part. If I see them significantly, I delete the charge and add the appropriate charge after the visit. The [...]
Encourage e-MDs to Fix Portal Usability
Update: This appears to be fixed as of today. Interestingly enough the new formatting doesn’t redesign the site but it makes exactly the change that I mention below. This makes it much more usable for patients. — Jonathan Ploudre, 1/25/2012 Portal has a usability bug that affects a lot of patients (anyone using Google Chrome, [...]
Portal Layout Bug
Update: This appears to be fixed as of today. Interestingly enough the new formatting doesn’t redesign the site but it makes exactly the change that I mention below. This makes it much more usable for patients. — Jonathan Ploudre, 1/25/2012 Why does portal look like that? Let’s do some ancient history. More than 10 years [...]
e-MDs Portal Auto-Messages
One of the setup tasks for portal is to create some standard messages — disclaimers, warnings, and the like. I had forgotten that it was one of the things I ‘ran through my readability program’ I’ve been re-writing clinic paperwork for a while. My all time fav: the HIPAA form — unrecognizable compared to the [...]
Usability of the Washington State Prescription Monitoring Program
The idea of the prescription monitoring program (PMP) rocks. Given that multiple controlled substances are potentially lethal, a prescriber or pharmacist should be able to verify other prescriptions. Transparency improves care. But it’s implemented with unnecessary friction. This is going to reduce how many busy docs or pharmacists are willing to go through the hassle. [...]
