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Does anyone have opinions regarding Patient Tracker or Patient Keeper? Which is a better program to have?
Originally posted by md03
neither.
Keeping pt information on a PDA is very inefficient. It's faster to write things on a piece of paper. Many places now have some kind of computer system which prints off a pt list which includes labs and meds. Folks usually track their to do lists on such lists. If you don't have a computer system, then some system like index cards or a piece of paper works better.
Not to mention that keeping pt info on PDA might violate HIPPA regs. l
Originally posted by md03
When I started my clerkships, I downloaded a free program (pt keeper, maybe?) It took me about 2 days to give up trying to use it...it's just too slow to graffiti everything in. I found I prefer keeping a single piece of paper (or two, depending on the size of the service), divided up into 8ths and I just quickly write vitals and labs for each pt. I usually do this simultaneous with writing notes. Then I can also keep my to do list in the space for the pt. You will find that most of us learn to write small.