Our EMR is not that type where the physician can "type" into the
staging form. At this time, we are filling the form out using Word
(checking the appropriate boxes) and then scanning them in. The
physician is showed that he/she has a deliquency and then they can view
the document and sign it. They can refuse it if it is not correct -
and this does happen. At that point, we send them a paper copy for
them to fill out correctly and then we rescan that one in. Since our
pathology is very good about staging and about a 1/3 of our charts have
the stage somewhere in the medical record, this has worked very well.
We discussed this at our cancer committee meeting and this is how the
doctors wanted it handled. So far things have worked fairly smoothly.

--- In cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa Bagci" <lbagci@c...>
wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Our hospital is transitioning to the Electronic Medical Record within
> the next 6 months. For those of you already using EMR, how do you
> incorporate the staging form as part of the record? Does your
> physician complete it on line? Do they complete it on paper and then
> scan it in to be part of the medical record? Any input is appreciated.