What do these 3 words have in common?
They are places you need to look when you see a patient.
Click on Alerts : an astute provider may have entered a date that a preventive measure, PHQ9 or follow up exam is due. And more importantly when you want to alert yourself or a future provider of a date --enter it. Useful items to enter: Prevention--mammograms, fecal occult blood tests, Paps, DEXA scans, Eye Exams; Follow up exams--short term repeat Mammograms, other radiology studies that need follow up such as CT or MRI of a finding.
Click on Immunizations: Has the patient received pneumovax ? Has it been entered as past immunization in this section of the EMR?
Click on Referrals: Has a referral been made? has the appt been obtained? has the report from the consultant been received?
If you aren't sure about how to enter an alert or immunization or order a referral in the EMR---Ask a colleague when you are in the clinic or let me know.
