tickler files

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Wbat are people using as tickler files? What tasks are particularly suited to use of tickler files?

[Guest guest]

I use a google calendar and set reminder emails  to come on the day I need to be reminded

 

I use jott to leave messages that create calendar items  for items that I need to create on the run

 

OR as reminder/placeholders for paper or noncomputer based items to be tickled about

 

Wbat are people using as tickler files?  What tasks are particularly suited to use of tickler files?

-- Sangeetha Murthy M.D

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This is a topic near and dear to me ascare coordination is one of my primary  jobs and I think  to do it well improves care  and reduces costs I think that any recurring testing comes under " tickler " INrs, mammo etc

also  follow ups   thing s like you gave out fobt cards BUT DID YOU GET THEM BACK?  I chose my emr becaue it does this easily and  it does it well Other things need to be trouble shooted but ticklers are painless and reliable

 Say  an INR? I report it. I  call them  then if needed in one month I stick on    for June 25 2010  i say  inr dueSo it   doesnt get lost... for  next years mammogram and fobt etc  I stick on  MAy 26 2011 the remineder  " mammo due "

 for rnany or all  recall issues  I use it for progress reports on how they are doing after being ill or  for a change of insulin  I may say call me in a week and I  stick in the tickler a date 2 weeks form now saying " progress report  re  dm " ( given them a week's  leeway)

Ticklers  are the way that  patietns  do not  get lost  I do not  have to worry about MAry smiths dm because I know that at the time of the visit  I stiuck her in the tickler file   for 3mo later  " visit due "

Does that help?I think Amazing charts may not  do this as easily as se othe r   EMRS and i think that you Myria  have AC

 

Wbat are people using as tickler files?  What tasks are particularly suited to use of tickler files?

-- PATIENTS-please remember  that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into your  chart ( be careful what you say!)

Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL  if the  matter is more urgent .     MD    

    ph   fax impcenter.org

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Boy do I feel like I'm knee high to a grass hopper! I looked on AC and sure enough it has reminders and I can set the date they are due! It's perfect for patient care.

Thanks, Jean!

To: Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 8:18:45 PMSubject: Re: tickler files

This is a topic near and dear to me ascare coordination is one of my primary jobs and I think to do it well improves care and reduces costs I think that any recurring testing comes under "tickler" INrs, mammo etc also follow ups thing s like you gave out fobt cards BUT DID YOU GET THEM BACK? I chose my emr becaue it does this easily and it does it well Other things need to be trouble shooted but ticklers are painless and reliable Say an INR? I report it. I call them then if needed in one month I stick on for June 25 2010 i say inr dueSo it doesnt get lost... for next years mammogram and fobt etc I stick on MAy 26 2011 the remineder "mammo due" for rnany or all recall issues I use it for progress reports on how they are doing after being ill or

for a change of insulin I may say call me in a week and I stick in the tickler a date 2 weeks form now saying" progress report re dm"( given them a week's leeway)Ticklers are the way that patietns do not get lost I do not have to worry about MAry smiths dm because I know that at the time of the visit I stiuck her in the tickler file for 3mo later "visit due"Does that help?I think Amazing charts may not do this as easily as se othe r EMRS and i think that you Myria have AC

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Myria <myriaemenyyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Wbat are people using as tickler files? What tasks are particularly suited to use of tickler files?

-- PATIENTS-please remember that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical record and is placed into your chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and brief questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL if the matter is more urgent . MD ph fax impcenter.org

[Guest guest]

hee hee better that than  having it  be hard and impossible/ crawl under the table  for the tangled wires / beg for money and curse, eh?

 

Boy do I feel like I'm knee high to a grass hopper!  I looked on AC and sure enough it has reminders and I can set the date they are due! It's perfect for patient care.

Thanks, Jean!

 

To:

Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 8:18:45 PMSubject: Re: tickler files 

This is a topic near and dear to me ascare coordination is one of my primary  jobs and I think  to do it well improves care  and reduces costs I think that any recurring testing comes under " tickler " INrs, mammo etc

also  follow ups   thing s like you gave out fobt cards BUT DID YOU GET THEM BACK?  I chose my emr becaue it does this easily and  it does it well Other things need to be trouble shooted but ticklers are painless and reliable

 Say  an INR? I report it. I  call them  then if needed in one month I stick on    for June 25 2010  i say  inr dueSo it   doesnt get lost... for  next years mammogram and fobt etc  I stick on  MAy 26 2011 the remineder  " mammo due "

 for rnany or all  recall issues  I use it for progress reports on how they are doing after being ill or 

for a change of insulin  I may say call me in a week and I  stick in the tickler a date 2 weeks form now saying " progress report  re  dm " ( given them a week's  leeway)Ticklers  are the way that  patietns  do not  get lost  I do not  have to worry about MAry smiths dm because I know that at the time of the visit  I stiuck her in the tickler file   for 3mo later  " visit due "

Does that help?I think Amazing charts may not  do this as easily as se othe r   EMRS and i think that you Myria  have AC

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Myria <myriaemenyyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

 

Wbat are people using as tickler files?  What tasks are particularly suited to use of tickler files?

-- PATIENTS-please remember  that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into your  chart ( be careful what you say!)

Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL  if the  matter is more urgent .    MD       

ph   fax impcenter.org

-- PATIENTS-please remember  that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into your  chart ( be careful what you say!)

Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL  if the  matter is more urgent .     MD    

    ph   fax impcenter.org

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You bet!

To: Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 8:38:23 PMSubject: Re: tickler files

hee hee better that than having it be hard and impossible/ crawl under the table for the tangled wires / beg for money and curse, eh?

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Myria <myriaemenyyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Boy do I feel like I'm knee high to a grass hopper! I looked on AC and sure enough it has reminders and I can set the date they are due! It's perfect for patient care.

Thanks, Jean!

From: <jnantonucci@ gmail.com>To: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) comSent: Wed, May 26, 2010 8:18:45 PMSubject: Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] tickler files

This is a topic near and dear to me ascare coordination is one of my primary jobs and I think to do it well improves care and reduces costs I think that any recurring testing comes under "tickler" INrs, mammo etc also follow ups thing s like you gave out fobt cards BUT DID YOU GET THEM BACK? I chose my emr becaue it does this easily and it does it well Other things need to be trouble shooted but ticklers are painless and reliable Say an INR? I report it. I call them then if needed in one month I stick on for June 25 2010 i say inr dueSo it doesnt get lost... for next years mammogram and fobt etc I stick on MAy 26 2011 the remineder "mammo due" for rnany or all recall issues I use it for progress reports on how they are doing after being ill or

for a change of insulin I may say call me in a week and I stick in the tickler a date 2 weeks form now saying" progress report re dm"( given them a week's leeway)Ticklers are the way that patietns do not get lost I do not have to worry about MAry smiths dm because I know that at the time of the visit I stiuck her in the tickler file for 3mo later "visit due"Does that help?I think Amazing charts may not do this as easily as se othe r EMRS and i think that you Myria have AC

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Myria <myriaemenyyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Wbat are people using as tickler files? What tasks are particularly suited to use of tickler files?

-- PATIENTS-please remember that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical record and is placed into your chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and brief questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL if the matter is more urgent . MD ph fax impcenter.org

-- PATIENTS-please remember that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical record and is placed into your chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and brief questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL if the matter is more urgent . MD ph fax impcenter.org

[Guest guest]

Our EMR has a recall system. We simply

put in the date that the patient is due to come back next. Typically for 6-12

month recalls. We print a report every month of who is supposed to be coming

in that month and if they haven’t already made an appointment themselves,

we call them or send them a message on relayhealth. The one thing I wish the

EMR would do is that when we are scheduling an appointment for a patient and

the patient has a recall date, I would like it to prompt “Is this for XXX

visit due on MM/DD/YY?” I’ve put that request in to the

developers….

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

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