Although I wouldn't associate them with a problem, it might be appropriate to associate them with a diagnosis. I.e. you get a chest XRay because of cough.
But it is easy for non-physicians to get carried away (IMHO) with data gathering, and want this attached to that, anf for this or that button pushed, and the next thing you know you have a sludge of a system that the doctor throws out the window. What makes me frustrated about such systems is that it seems that the purpose of the system is to limit care. "Well, doctor, that diagnosis you gave for that echocardiogram is not good enough. You'll have to come up with a different diagnosis." So we physicians have to stand on our heads trying to guess what diagnoses are allowed, so that we can get the test that our patient needs. After all, if there is someone else better at deciding what tests a patient needs, for example the secretary at the insurance company, then perhaps the patient should be seeing them. My 2 cents worth. Kevin On 1/23/06, Marc Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I can tell, VistA doesn't seem to associate orders, lab tests, > etc. with a patient problem(s). Why is that? I'm not a physician, so my > preconceptions about workflow are probably wrong - hence my question. Do > most EMRs function in this manner? > > Thanks, > > Marc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
