Improving Patient Care cont.

Provides a correlated flowsheet of medications, prescriptions and procedures to assist the physician in evaluating patterns of disease, efficacy of therapy, or prescription abuse.

Note that the synopsis includes the number of occurrences (instances) and the nuimber of visits required for each occurrence, thereby providing the progression of a disease and the patient's health.

Provides a table - based on the age and sex of the patient - of recommended preventative care and indicates whether an item has been performed or is due. The physician has the ability to add custom items to the preventative care list to reflect the individual patient’s needs.

The practice can establish its own preventative care guidelines, or adopt standard ones.