Practice Management Alert

What Would You Do? Don't Substitute Sign-In Sheet for History Form

Question: I recently started as practice manager for an ob-gyn practice. The practice has been using a patient sign-in sheet for many years. The sheet asks for the patient’s name, the time of appointment, date of last menstrual period (LMP), and also has a box that says, “If pregnant, number of weeks.” The strip where the patient writes her name [...]
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