Wassup Doc patient tracking system

[peacenjoy]

Has anyone tried the "Wassup Doc" patient tracking system? I have been trying to use "patient keeper" on my PDA ....... but that is just way too time consuming. It has turned into a black hole of time. I must get a better system. Any suggestions?

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[Castro Viejo]

Originally posted by peacenjoy
Has anyone tried the "Wassup Doc" patient tracking system? I have been trying to use "patient keeper" on my PDA ....... but that is just way too time consuming. It has turned into a black hole of time. I must get a better system. Any suggestions?

Don't bother with it, in my opinion, unless you write really tiny but still legibly.

Just get a bunch of index cards.

 

[peacenjoy]

Index cards?!!!! Do you try to fit all of H&P and labs and daily progress notes & etc ..... all on one card? Do you use 4 x 6 or 3x5? I'm a bit of a skeptic but have an open mind. What is your system? 😕

 

[jawurheemd]

Medfools has some PDF files that seem like they could be useful.

-James

 

[peacenjoy]

yeah. I have just finished a VA -Internal Med month. Used them the entire time. They are great for following pt's and doing scut but not for labs more complicated then a CBC w/ diff and Chem 10 (of all things). Nor do they have have a PE site that works well on the fly. Do you know of any more sites with Pt tracking sheets to download?

 

[fourthyear]

I made up my own excell spreadsheet form for some rotations and then printed it out, blank, and filled it in with pen each day. Each rotation has its own "important labs" - like OB is different than medicine, is different than peds. I made mine in a layout so that you could easily chart and report changes in labs and vitals from day to day. It's worth your time to customize a spreadsheet of your own to organize it in your own way. I used a full-size sheet of paper for each patient, folded it in 4ths, and carried them all in my coat pocket until a patient was discharged.

I find that pdas are still tough to write quickly on, in comparison to paper. Plus, you can have a "to do" list for each patient on the backs of each of your papers, so you can have a checklist of what to follow up on each day - can't do that so quickly with a pda either.

 

[Castro Viejo]

Originally posted by peacenjoy
Index cards?!!!! Do you try to fit all of H&P and labs and daily progress notes & etc ..... all on one card? Do you use 4 x 6 or 3x5? I'm a bit of a skeptic but have an open mind. What is your system? 😕

3 x 5.

Brief admission H&P on half of one-side of the card. Meds and any changes on other half. Labs/imaging studies daily, if applicable on half of the back side. To-do list on the rest of the card.

It works for me. The only problem, I suppose, is that periodically I end up re-writing the card. Hopefully the patient leaves, or I might just skip the H&P on the re-write because it's all upstairs. 🙂

I've gradually moved toward keeping cards with the admission H&P, labs, meds but have moved the to-do to a patient list/printout that I get from the clerk every morning. Much better.

 

[ckplay]

You can use 5x8 cards, bound with a ring. Or buy "card stock" paper and cut them into halves. On one side, I fit an abreviated Hx & admission physical (just positives), med list, problem list, CXR/EKG/other studies, and consult service pagers. (No, you don't have to write in super small font). On the other side, labs, events and todos--should fit in 7-8 days, which covers most patient. All on one card! Use your pocket snellen eye card or any plastic card as a ruler to separate the various sections.

The other thing I use is a MS word "sign-out sheet" with 4 columns:

#1 name, MR#, PMD pager, allergy, etc.
#2 med list
#3 problem list
#4 empty (for todos)

This sheet is updated daily (takes 5 min.) and should fit all your patients on one sheet, if you use size 8 font. It's very useful.

 

[eddieberetta]

Just memorize the information.

 

[sweetfynesse]

Originally posted by eddieberetta
Just memorize the information.

LOL