Pictures on Demographic Bar!

Adair, Annette & myself are working on adding pictures of our patients to the demographic bar. This is wonderful, not just because it is cute, but because it meets HIPPA standards of insuring that patients are who they say they are (not really an issue for us) and also because it decreases medical ordering errors. When you can see the patients picture and the patient at the same time, you know you are in the correct chart.

There are 2 ways to enter a picture. For older kids with picture IDs, the ID can be scanned at the front desk. For younger kids, we are taking their picture with a digital camera & uploading them into the chart the next day. Both methods are easy.

We are asking parents, or older patients, to give verbal consent. I document this by clicking on a saved phrase saying I obtained verbal consent. The consent is then added to the patient plan for that visit. We plan to update photos at yearly PEs. We are thinking of doing babies (under 1 year of age) with their moms.

Here is how it looks.

We are planning to start rolling this out to other providers soon. Stay tuned.