rox
Veteran Member
I think the only solution is to have the patients come in with post it notes stuck all over themselves. The post it notes will have a bar code, and as you examine the patients you will scan the bar codes on the post it notes. For people with chronic conditions you would require them to get tattoos of medical bar codes. Why can't the patient help a little? 
Do you use a scanner at all for processing/entering medical records? You know like have a few laminated sheets with bar codes on them, the patient brings in a sheet with their patient bar code and you just scan a few bar codes for the patient visit. Why do you have to enter in the actual blood pressure? Just have a scan code that says the blood pressure was in a range of xxx- xxx for the upper number and a second scan within a range of xxx-xxx for the lower number. Create about 4 or 5 different ranges, blood pressure is taken, zap the bar code on the laminated sheet showing the results. A Patient chart would have all the same bar codes preprinted for what they had on their last visit, you grab the patient chart and do the exam and simply scan the bar codes that were used last time that you are using again this time. If I was a physician I would want scanners & bar codes. I would want to do minimal actual data entry at a keyboard and intuitively it seems like scanners & bar codes would be faster. If you are treating a person with diabetes their patient chart is gonna be waiting for you in the exam room and have the bar codes per-printed on there all the things related to diabetes.
Do you use a scanner at all for processing/entering medical records? You know like have a few laminated sheets with bar codes on them, the patient brings in a sheet with their patient bar code and you just scan a few bar codes for the patient visit. Why do you have to enter in the actual blood pressure? Just have a scan code that says the blood pressure was in a range of xxx- xxx for the upper number and a second scan within a range of xxx-xxx for the lower number. Create about 4 or 5 different ranges, blood pressure is taken, zap the bar code on the laminated sheet showing the results. A Patient chart would have all the same bar codes preprinted for what they had on their last visit, you grab the patient chart and do the exam and simply scan the bar codes that were used last time that you are using again this time. If I was a physician I would want scanners & bar codes. I would want to do minimal actual data entry at a keyboard and intuitively it seems like scanners & bar codes would be faster. If you are treating a person with diabetes their patient chart is gonna be waiting for you in the exam room and have the bar codes per-printed on there all the things related to diabetes.
