Fruitful Harvest

I have never counted how many things the farmer grows in the garden. Just when I finished processing the onions, he came in with a pail of plums and a melon. It is always a contest between us and the birds who will get to the ripe fruit first. We netted the grapes over a week ago. The apples are usually safe. The rest we share.

I am picking up speed on the medical record loading. I spent Monday trying to customize my page of "physical exam" so it includes what I usually say if a patient is healthy. Then as I see the sick ones, I can adjust that portion of the text and let the rest be as is. The whole thing is very logical, and broken into bits of information the computer can track. By the end of the visit, it will calculate how to code the visit (create a numerical value that translates into the bill). Thankfully, the billing portion is not turned on yet, as we are still in the learning stage. I think eventually, there is also a health maintenance function that gives you an alert if the patient is due for shots, or health screenings like mammogram. There had to be more time to get every one's baseline data in first. This whole adventure is something we did not cover in medical school. It is part of being flexible and adapting to technology and new ways of working, even though the human body has not changed.