Never Looking at the Patient
Posted on by Douglas Farrago MD
I thought they did a great job with this.
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When the EHR came out I was very happy I learned to touch type. I could look at the patient as I typed. Not the best notes but good enough. I would make them look nice when the patient left.
I never use computer during visit…i wait until after…once i had a patient tell me i was the only provider who ever asked how he had lost his hand…wow!!!
Good, till the end – that crap about “going back to paper charts is not the solution”, but pushing for a more patient-friendly system (sure to be mandated and expensive) buys into the root cause of the problem, and undercuts the point of the whole skit.
It’s wonderful! Very bad hand position; I’m worried about carpal tunnel for nurse/doctor. Is that Loretta Swit?
Hot Lips? That would be appropriate.
As someone who never uses a computer while I am with a patient, I liked this, too.
It does remind me a little bit of wheat our nurses do, though… 🙁