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How much time do you spend on demographics? - Rose

Posted: Apr 30, 2014

I have an account where the doctors never enter demographics. I'm spending 5 minutes on each report filling in demographics and cc's from doctors who only slur a last name. Many partial doctor names need to be Googled. If I do about 36 reports a day at 5 minutes each with demographic research then I'm spending 3 hours of my shift working for nothing! How is it for the rest of you?

demographics - sm

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No offense, but I feel like you are exaggerating a tad when you say it takes you 5 minutes...it probably feels like 5 minutes but is more like 2.

Anyway, some of the docs on my account are awesome and I never have to enter anything other than the date seen and whatever cc's they have, which takes a few seconds. Others aren't so good (hey doc, if you can't pronounce a name at all, you might want to try spelling it!!!) and they take longer, but nowhere near 5 minutes.

I'd say I spend much less than an hour a day (probably 20-30 min at most)entering demographic info.

I don't do it anymore - 55

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I don't google MD names anymore...I used to, now I send for review. If I cannot find the name quickly in the cc list, I am not spending the time.

I do have to spent time changing the NP who enters her name to the MD who she is dictating for then add her name under dictated by in the document---over and over and over and over...

And one MD who strings reports together over and over and over and I have complained about it, but it still happens...guess what? If I cannot find the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, etc. patients in that file quickly, or he does not spell them, they are going to review under no name.

Yes, it takes me about that long too - Depressed

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The docs put in NO demographics, then can't pronounce the patient name close enough to find it quickly and don't spell it. Then they send a cc to "Dr. Smith" with no first name.

Not exaggerating (sm) - Rose

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Docs who slur through the names on a new account doctors they want CC's to, referring and participating physician's names without spelling, leaving us to search database lists and Google MD names do take 5 minutes per report. When you have to do it with ALL reports it does add up.

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