Re: [Gnumed-devel] How should / shall an EMR handle group visits?

[Liz]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 10:41:30 +0200
Karsten Hilbert <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 03:51:34PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:
> 
> > "Group visits" are a type of encounter in which more than
> > one patient (not from the same family) agrees to be seen by
> > the doctor many-to-on (instead of one on one), for purposes
> > which may include:
> > 
> > - education about a particular disease
> 
> I would use a script to document that in each patient's chart.
> 
> > - education about a treatment (e.g. surgery) that has been booked
> 
> Should this not be one-on-one ?
> 
> > or which is available
> 
> I don't think this qualifies as healthcare.
> 
> > - getting questions answered; I suppose the questions may,
> > in some cases, express what has been going on with their own
> > individual cases, where the patients choose to make this
> > disclosure to the rest of the group.
> 
> I would document that in the patient's chart.
> 
> Karsten

It's acceptable for a psychiatrist in Australia to see a family group,
for example, and there are specific insurance claim numbers for this
sort of consultation.