I'm not convinced that like is compared with like.
With handwritten records I've met many doctors and others who assert they read the record before seeing the patient, and I beleive that some occasionally do.
WIth typed records, whcih usually now is computer displayed records, it is hard not to... but althugh it takes less time since it actually happens the total time used is likely to be longer.
There is also the almost unstoppable temptation to actually act on some of the reminders and prompts.
I would like to get some of what I do out of this room and into the front desk, and I'm working on it. Sadly, with closed source software at present.
-- AKM Homefield Surgery Heavitree Exeter 01392 214151
