RE: exam room layout questions, please advise and thank you [3 Attachments]

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Thank you and Jim for the suggestions and for the photos. Jim, where did you get the computer rack?One of the challenges for us is the wall opposite to the door is all windows looking out to trees.Thank you again.HelenTo: From: jim.kennedy@...Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:48:10 -0700Subject: RE: exam room layout questions, please advise and thank you [3 Attachments]

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Our rooms are about 12x11 and look like the attached.

From: [ ] On Behalf Of Pratt [karen.oaktree@...]

Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:04 PM

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Subject: RE: exam room layout questions, please advise and thank you

Helen,

I hope you have large exam rooms. That is a lot of furniture to put in one standard size exam room. In our largest exam room, we have

a gooseneck lamp, an exam table, a stool (for Steve) and a “guest” chair. There is room for another guest chair, which we pull in if needed.

We use wireless; Steve uses a tablet (soon to be iPad) in the room so that we don’t have to have data ports, desk, or computer paraphernalia.

We did have a physician that used a rolling laptop table (small) that went from room to room. Steve finds it cumbersome. We do have

a sink with counter space available next to it when he needs to set down the computer.

We have the printer (shared) at the front desk so that anything printed can be handed to the patients as they walk out the door; we

are changing our workflow to prepare for Meaningful Use and Steve is now entering all labs (even send-outs) in the system and printing the lab slip at the front desk. The bonus is that if the lab slip gets lost, we can easily print a new one.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

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Helen Yang

Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:27 PM

To: practiceimprovement1

Subject: exam room layout questions, please advise and thank you

Hi all,

In each exam room, we would have one exam table, one goose neck lamp, 3 chairs and a desk or cart for the computer. I would like to have a layout that not only provides pt privacy, but also allows me to keep eye contact with them easily.

How many electric outlets (usually 2 on each plate) and internet data ports shall we have in each room and where to put them?

Has anyone used rolling computer cart for laptop? or is it better to use a book size computer with relative larger screen which could be turned to

different directions to show pts the labs, ect?

Is it a good idea to have a small printer in the exam room too?

Any other suggestions?

Thank you very much.

Helen