| Look for certain specialties |
3 |
14 |
“I also tend to look for family practice or internal medicine notes, because they're usually the most complete, touch-all aspects of the patient” |
| Look for notes relevant to Chief Complaint |
8 |
36 |
“Typically I'll read through the notes that are most relevant to what the patient is coming in for today” |
| Look for certain note types |
4 |
18 |
“I'll typically bring up H&Ps, consult notes, and then DC summaries, pretty much in that order” |
| Start with most recent notes first |
6 |
27 |
“Usually, I'll start with the most recent note and see what the pertinent issues are, or find the most recent note that addresses a lot of the chronic health problems” |
| Start with older notes first |
4 |
18 |
“So I would have started doing that first thing, just to sort them by dates so I could read a story about the patient” |
| Mentioned notes skipped |
4 |
18 |
I'm going to look for consult notes rather than sifting through every progress note I have, unless I absolutely have to |
