Just a curious question...

[Mue]

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Just a curious question as to how much paperwork an anesthesiologist has to put up with everyday? Thanks for any input!

 

[Bertelman]

Depends on whether you are doing your own cases or managing 3-4 rooms. Also, whether you are at an outpt. center running 50 + cases a day or inhouse doing 4-5.

Bottom line, you would be hard-pressed to find a specialty with much less paperwork than anesthesia. Our H&P sheets are traditionally checkboxes. On a given day, I write less than half a page cumulative.

 

[Idiopathic]

Hardest part of my day yesterday was charting. Did 15 ASA 3-4 cases and i like to write at least a slightly detailed preop note about each in our computer system, even though they had all been through our preop clinic.

 

[Badger MD]

Depends on whether you are doing your own cases or managing 3-4 rooms. Also, whether you are at an outpt. center running 50 + cases a day or inhouse doing 4-5.

Bottom line, you would be hard-pressed to find a specialty with much less paperwork than anesthesia. Our H&P sheets are traditionally checkboxes. On a given day, I write less than half a page cumulative.

In your opinion, what specialty has to put up with the most paperwork?

 

[Bertelman]

In your opinion, what specialty has to put up with the most paperwork?

Psych, but it depends on how you define "paperwork". Number of pages? Number of words? I think per pt., psychs write some of the longest notes.

 

[jwk]

Psych, but it depends on how you define "paperwork". Number of pages? Number of words? I think per pt., psychs write some of the longest notes.

Makes sense - more subjective, more paperwork. More objective, less paperwork.

For each patient, we have:

Pre-op evaluation - lots of checkboxes and fill-ins
Pre-op and Post-op orders - checkboxes and sign
Anesthesia record
Any post-op notes go in progress record.