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Douglas W. Blayney, MD

Here's a radical thought prompted by my latest marathon medical record dictation session: Imagine the written records recorded in a format which is actually useful, saves time, and facilitates patient care. If we're honest, we'll admit that our current motivation for creating medical records has more to do with forestalling a postpayment payer audit or defending our actions in a medical-legal review than ensuring quality patient care or communicating with patients or other members of the patient care team. If handwritten, the records we currently use are either illegible or incomplete; if dictated and transcribed, they . . . [Click for More]