Many patients build trust with
their provider. My organization (Cancer Institute of Florida) is affiliated
with Florida Hospital. Our providers make hospital rounds at three of the
Florida Hospital locations; South, East Orlando and Altamonte. Many of our
patients were admitted to the hospital and our physicians saw them in the
hospital and will continue with their follow up visits at the clinic. If during
the office visit, they need to be admitted, we send them to Florida Hospital and
if for any reason, such as insurance purposes, they are scheduled for radiology,
outpatient chemotherapy or blood testing with Florida Hospital. We carry a
close connection with Florida Hospital.
If a patient is sent out for
testing, the clinic is able to pull the results from the internal software
shared with the hospital. Sometimes records are not faxed over right away and
can cause a delay, creating anxiety for the patient. Cancer patients tend to
lose their memory due to the chemotherapy, some call it “chemo brain”. Many
times patients will forget where their scheduled appointment is and will rely
on the staff to find out for them. The interoffice software is also able to
pull up other physician’s schedule who is affiliated with Florida Hospital.
When a patient is scheduled within Florida Hospital and their name is input
into the software, it pulls up the date, time, location and what doctor. A
print can also be given to the patient in a list form; this reduces the many
appointment cards they receive.
From my perspective, this is a
transition toward electronic medical records and works efficiently and
effectively. In addition, it is less time consuming when it comes to preparing
patients charts for their visits and retrieving their results when ask upon.
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