Here is another use case to consider: 1) Harried Doc quickly writes report on tablet PC 2) Report gets queued in clerk's in-basket 3) Clerk reads report, uses keyboard, tags report with searchable keywords
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "will ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We're agreed on the ultimate goal of capturing the data as standardised fields rather than rasters of handwriting. However, I know of one local clinic where the latter is a milestone en route to the former. Combining transcription saved as text files with scanned lab reports and other handwritten documents, they now have a complete offsite backup of their entire paper charts, including patient signatures captured on HIPAA forms in pdf. Is it searchable like an EHR? No. Is the electronic chart primary? No, the paper chart remains primary. But perhaps more importantly, they have internalised in their clinical documentation workflow a key interim step towards a future dependency upon electronic data storage and retrieval. They are now fluent in backup archives, and this is before thinking about EHR. When they finally jump to EHR in a few years, they will have an easy walk to the next milestone compared to their sister clinics which don't currently scan documents, are still all paper and have limited experience with data backups. ---------------------------------------- My Inbox is protected by SPAMfighter 16370 spam mails have been blocked so far. Download free www.spamfighter.com today!
