RE: Database to track clinical information; practice progress

[Guest guest]

Hi Shirley,

I use an excel spreadsheet mainly, along

with an ‘alert screen’ that’s on the facesheet of my pts in

my EMR. As of Jan 1st, I’m starting to use a handout

(adopted from Pamela Wible – thanks) to give to all pts during their

non-acute visits to document their med changes, follow up, labs due, CPE due

date, etc. I’m also going to send out post card reminders to get

the cycle going.

A. Eads, M.D.

Pinnacle Family Medicine, PLLC

phone fax

P.O.

Box 7275

Woodland

Park, CO 80863

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Shirley PigottMD

Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006

2:08 AM

To: YahooFM

Subject:

Database to track clinical information; practice progress

Many of you have answered this poll.

Do you use some form of database to track clinical information to improve

patient care and outcomes?

For those who have answered 'yes', what resources to you use and how has it

affected your practice?

Some changes I've made in my practice:

I'm down to 1/4 time cleaning person; one insurance clerk who is clinically

trained and can do the receptionist work (3/4 time) ; one nurse who can do

receptionist work ( full time); a contract IT person and a CPA who

does payroll. Down from 6 one year ago. I paid $94,000 in salaries last

year; I should be doing a little better than providing jobs for other people

this year.

I don't do Medicare at all; no new Medicaid. I particularly like to serve

people who don't have insurance. I very rarely give pain meds on the

first visit - this turns away the bad guys.

If I take the history over the phone when the cash patient calls, tell them I

only do one problem in one visit; they must have a very focused visit; except

for the paper work they are in and out in ten minutes - usually $50. They give

me a chief complaint over the phone - if I can't handle it in 10 minutes, I

tell them so.

Shirley Pigott MD

[Guest guest]

,

Would you mind sharing a little more about how you use the Excel

spreadsheet to track clinical data?

Hope you are surviving the snow! I think about you when I hear the

news.....

Thanks,

Sharon

At 07:21 AM 12/28/2006, you wrote:

Hi

Shirley,

I use an excel spreadsheet mainly, along

with an ‘alert screen’ that’s on the facesheet of my pts in my EMR.

As of Jan 1st, I’m starting to use a handout (adopted from

Pamela Wible – thanks) to give to all pts during their non-acute visits

to document their med changes, follow up, labs due, CPE due date,

etc. I’m also going to send out post card reminders to get the

cycle going.

A. Eads,

M.D.

Pinnacle Family

Medicine, PLLC

phone

fax

P.O. Box

7275

Woodland Park,

CO 80863

From:

[

mailto: ] On Behalf Of

Shirley PigottMD

Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:08 AM

To: YahooFM

Subject: Database to track clinical

information; practice progress

Many of you have answered this

poll.

Do you use some form of database to track clinical information to improve

patient care and outcomes?

For those who have answered 'yes', what resources to you use and how has

it affected your practice?

Some changes I've made in my practice:

I'm down to 1/4 time cleaning person; one insurance clerk who is

clinically trained and can do the receptionist work (3/4 time) ; one

nurse who can do receptionist work ( full time); a contract

IT person and a CPA who does payroll. Down from 6 one year ago. I

paid $94,000 in salaries last year; I should be doing a little better

than providing jobs for other people this year.

I don't do Medicare at all; no new Medicaid. I particularly like to

serve people who don't have insurance. I very rarely give pain meds

on the first visit - this turns away the bad guys.

If I take the history over the phone when the cash patient calls, tell

them I only do one problem in one visit; they must have a very focused

visit; except for the paper work they are in and out in ten minutes -

usually $50. They give me a chief complaint over the phone - if I can't

handle it in 10 minutes, I tell them so.

Shirley Pigott MD

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