This is why, as a nurse, I take with a grain of salt whatever I read in an electronic record. My doctor's office got EPIC last year and every visit I go I am asked about an allergy I never had but is indelibly on my health record! Ah, progress.......
Kerlyssa and Toni G have seen the joys of electronic records. They should just be glad it doesn't say something like pedophilia or schizophrenia. Because with the internet, EVERYTHING is Forever! And it will be shared, HIPAA be damned!
Yeah, you know. Never a smoker now.
ReplyDeleteIt should have read: Formal Smoking with bow-tie.
ReplyDeleteUhmmm.
ReplyDeleteso that's why MDs will from time to time get high on their own supplies! LOL
ReplyDeletePerhaps the patient was a smoker in a former life.
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ReplyDeleteProbably had his first and last cigarette while that was being typed.
It's just deja vu all over again.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't inhale.
ReplyDeleteHis record was expunged and he was given a new identity when he went into the witness protection program.
ReplyDelete"Me, a smoker? No! I would never...now where did I put those Camels?"
ReplyDeleteSadly, I believe this... particularly with smoking's social acceptance dropping like a rock.
ReplyDelete(At least pipe tobacco and cigars don't stink up the area, even if they're no better for you.)
This is why, as a nurse, I take with a grain of salt whatever I read in an electronic record. My doctor's office got EPIC last year and every visit I go I am asked about an allergy I never had but is indelibly on my health record! Ah, progress.......
ReplyDeleteIt's probably an artifact of electronic charting systems.
ReplyDelete"Oh, you mean TOBACCO?"
ReplyDeleteHow about a joker or a midnight toker?
ReplyDeleteMeaningful use data right there
ReplyDeleteMultiple personality disorder?
ReplyDeleteSchrodinger's smoker.
ReplyDeleteWhen my GP switched over to a new system, I suddenly became adopted. That led to a very confusing conversation about family health history.
ReplyDeleteMental status: Compulsive liar.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how quickly people can change their positions during an election year.
ReplyDeleteHe 'acts' like he's never been a smoker, but formally declares that he is former smoker.
ReplyDeleteSiamese twins?
ReplyDeleteKerlyssa and Toni G have seen the joys of electronic records. They should just be glad it doesn't say something like pedophilia or schizophrenia. Because with the internet, EVERYTHING is Forever! And it will be shared, HIPAA be damned!
ReplyDeleteEdit war!
ReplyDeleteWhich personality?
ReplyDeletemaybe they were supposed to "check one" and they did not....
ReplyDeleteLol, thinking maybe we need to bring transcription back to the U.S.!
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