1. Our care team reviews the VISIT SUMMARY with the patient after they see me because we have a lot of very sick, insulin dependent diabetics who personalized care instructions when the leave the visit.
2. The only way to free text instructions for the patient at this point comes out jumbled/without format at the bottom of the
medications
3. THE MEDICATION SECTION ON THE VISIT SUMMARY IS NOT USEFUL FOR OUR PURPOSES-the starts and stops are confusing to our patients. There is no central formal list of everything they are taking in one place. For peds or patients with one or two meds, that format might be helpful. When they have numerous meds, it gets very confusing-esp for seniors
4. We create a medlist for the future visit and print it out as a ‘CLEAN MEDICATION LIST” for them to take with them (we would love to be able to alphabetize the list).
5. If we leave off the MEDICATION SECTION off the VISIT SUMMARY, the custom instructions under each dx do not appear.
6. I have added a section called CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS VISIT under the PREVENTION SECTION. It still cannot be formatted, but at least it is clearly visible to the patient. I’ll keep you posted.