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Tired of progress, clinic and office notes - longtimemt


Posted: Jan 06, 2015

Are there any companies anymore who do not do progress notes, clinic notes and office notes?  I want to get back to the basic 4, especially operative notes but they seem to be far and few between.  Maybe it is just me but I cannot get a decent line count when I have to jump from one clinic specialty to another all day long.

maybe try Softscript - sm

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They want you to know OP. Lots of ESLs though when I was there. There are mixed MT opinions.


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