had a similar problem - if two patients are open at the same time, MD
letter writer got confused about which patient's file owned the
letter.
I'd presume these errors are related and probably gone in MD3.....
Ian.
At 9:16 pm +0930 23/5/06, Christopher Wurm wrote:
I work part-time in a Mental Health Community Treatment Team
employed by a Public hospital and part-time in private practice as a
GP psychotherapist. One day last week I copied and pasted text from
an email about a patient into the "progress" notes on MD2. Then I
opened a different patient 's file. The email was in the progress
notes of patient 2.
Then I opened a different patient 's file. The email about patient 1
was in the progress notes of patient 3 along with the progress notes
of patient 2.
Then I opened a different patient 's file. The email about patient 1
was in the progress notes of patient 4 along with the progress notes
of patient 2 and patient 3. And so on for the rest of the day. I
made sure I showed the screen to a colleague who has been keen to
promote MD2 as our setting was previously not computerised apart
from the use of email and the internet. We are about to go to MD3. I
am actually a Genie user in my private practice and keep wishing I
could persuade the hospital to invest in a better program. I have
looked at MHAGIC, thanks to this list and it looks promising.
If patient 2 or 3 or 4 wants to see their file, we will be revealing
confidential details about all the others seen that day. This would
be bad enough in a GP setting, but for someone paranoid, who is
wary of revealing their private thoughts to clinicians who have
obtained a Community Treatment Order, compelling them to have
antipsychotic drugs they dislike, you can imagine this is especially
unhelpful!
Once this happened before and it seemed to disappear later on. But
these glitches seem to be preserved for eternity. Adding extraneous
details to a file seems pretty shabby. In wonder how often bits
disappear without trace.
What's going on? Will it keep happening with MD3? Has anyone ever
seen this with BP or Genie?
regards,
Christopher S E Wurm,
MB BS, FRACGP, FACPsychMed, FAChAM
14 Northcote Terrace, Gilberton,
South Australia 5081
Tel: (08) 8342 6155, Fax: (08) 8344 4270
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