Also, it has an auto-text feature that allows me to fill in entire paragraphs of free text with just a few keystrokes. I try as often as possible to chart the visit right after seeing the patient. If I fall behind by putting off the charting, I'm liable to stay behind. I know of some colleagues who have as many as 60 chart notes open at a time, waiting to be documented and closed out. I've heard rumors of providers who have hundreds of charts open. I don't know how they'd ever close them and still retain a memory of the visit to guide them.
Every weekend, I have a few charts to finish up; usually complex patients for whom I filled in the bullet points, ordered the lab tests, prescribed the medications, and clicked on a few exam results. I use the free time on the weekends to complete the documentation and close the charts.
It goes without saying that once a chart is closed out, it goes to billing so the clinic can get paid. My bosses like it that I'm a good reliable source of revenue. I only care about providing good clinical medicine, but if the admins don't want to continue employing me, nothing else matters much...
Anyone who works in pediatrics has my deepest respect...
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