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Carbon Message
We currently document our telephone messages on a carbon message pad. Do we need to keep the copy? And, if so, for how long? Is putting just the original in the chart sufficient?
Question: We currently document our telephone messages on a carbon message pad. Do we need to keep the copy? And, if so, for how long? Is putting just the original in the chart sufficient?
Answer: What do you do with the copy? Is it just used to get the message to the physician or nurse? Don’t they want the chart anyway?
To answer your question, documenting the call and your response in the chart is sufficient. You need not retain the copy.
But make sure you aren’t paying for carbons and complicating the process for no good reason.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
