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Re: [Gnumed-devel] How should / shall an EMR handle group visits?
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Karsten Hilbert |
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Re: [Gnumed-devel] How should / shall an EMR handle group visits? |
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Tue, 4 Oct 2011 10:41:30 +0200 |
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On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 03:51:34PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:
> "Group visits" are a type of encounter in which more than
> one patient (not from the same family) agrees to be seen by
> the doctor many-to-on (instead of one on one), for purposes
> which may include:
>
> - education about a particular disease
I would use a script to document that in each patient's chart.
> - education about a treatment (e.g. surgery) that has been booked
Should this not be one-on-one ?
> or which is available
I don't think this qualifies as healthcare.
> - getting questions answered; I suppose the questions may,
> in some cases, express what has been going on with their own
> individual cases, where the patients choose to make this
> disclosure to the rest of the group.
I would document that in the patient's chart.
Karsten
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