Today I was at home due to Covid-19 restrictions. I spend the day researching and learning about the process of charting. Charting is when doctors take notes after meeting with each patient during clinic and put them in a program such as EPIC. These notes will address the issues discussed during the meeting, proposed treatment plans, and any comments about the patient. When the patient arrives for their next visit, the doctor will open the notes to be reminded of discussions and treatments that occurred in the past. These notes also help the doctors to better judge the progress that the patient has made.
The image above shows the EPIC program and how it can be used to take notes on each patient.