Standardizing Medical Practice Using Text Blaze as a Family Doctor
Using Text Blaze to standardize practice and see more patients.
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“Text Blaze can help a medical clinic manage time more efficiently, and in turn, see more patients.”
My name is Marc-Antoine Turgeon, and I am a family doctor working in a teaching medical clinic.
Data is the king of healthcare models. We write notes all day and as family physicians, we are presented with a very large variety of cases every day.
Bureaucracy takes a very large part of our workload, but when surrounded by the right system and the right tool, it is possible to help us concentrate on our main job: taking care of patients.
My organization is a very large medical clinic associated with the nearby hospital. Including all regular staff and medical students, we are close to 80 people working in the clinic.
We use Text Blaze to:
Save time with assessments and notes.
Standardize practice and communications.
Create medical templates for any situation.
Accurate & Effective Note-Taking
One Text Blaze feature that is especially helpful is the formtoggle feature. I use it to help me evaluate patients and decide whether certain content is inserted in real-time.
This allows me to create dynamic templates that allow me to control what's going on in real-time.
The snippet below is an example of how Text Blaze can help medical professionals create templates for any situation:
Shoulder Exam
SHOULDER EXAMINATION -
--> Shoulder:{formmenu: default=Right; Left; multiple=yes}
--> Inspection: {formtoggle: name=Inspection not done; default=no}Not Done{endformtoggle}{formtoggle: name=Normal inspection; default=no}Normal Inspection: {formmenu: Ø atrophy; Ø edema; Ø redness; Ø deformation; Ø analgesic position; atrophy; edema; redness; deformation; analgesic position; name=Normal Inspection Notes; multiple=yes}{endformtoggle}{formtoggle: name=Detailed inspection; default=no}Detailed Inspection{endformtoggle}
{formparagraph: name=Other inspection; cols=80; rows=2}
--> Joint after (elbow): {formtoggle: name=Elbow not evaluated; default=no}Unrated elbow{endformtoggle}{formtoggle: name=Elbow N; default=no}Elbow N{endformtoggle} {formtoggle: name=Abnormal elbow; default=no}Abnormal elbow: {formparagraph: name=explain; cols=20; rows=1}{note}
Or add the elbow exam in your note ***{endnote}{endformtoggle: trim=yes}
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Standardizing Practice With Dynamic Templates
“After a while, Text Blaze can really be useful in making jobs easier.”
Not everyone in a clinic will take notes the same way or perform assessments exactly the same way. Text Blaze helps us standardize our practice with templates that allow us to take notes and assessments the same way.
Text Blaze makes sure everyone in our clinic is on the same page and standardizing our care.
For example, here is a more advanced snippet that we use to take notes in more complex examinations:
SAPL Minor Surgery
SAPL MINOR SURGERY
Reference Pattern {formtext: name=Reference Pattern}
Referred by {formtext: default=; name=referent MD name}
{formparagraph: name=HMA; cols=50; rows=4}
Allergy: {formmenu: Yes; default=No}
{formtoggle: name=Allergy; default=no}{formtext: name=Allergy name; cols=20}{endformtoggle}
History of vicious/keloid scarring? {formmenu: Yes; default=No; name=}
Taking anticoagulants? {formmenu: default=No; Aspirin; DOAC; Coumadin; multiple=yes}
History of vagal reaction? {formmenu: default=No; Yes}
--> DEPARTURE INSTRUCTIONS:
{formmenu: default=Instructions regarding infections/bleeding; Explanatory leaflet given; Instructions for removing sutures; Will be recalled for the pathological result in all cases; Will be recalled for pathological result only if abnormal; Analgesia as prescribed; Sun protection advice explained and leaflet provided; Sun protection tips explained; Skin examination q 6 months X 2 years then q year (make an appointment with your healthcare professional); multiple=yes}
{formparagraph: name=Write any other advice/instructions here; cols=50; rows=2}
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Templates For Any Situation
Another useful feature of Text Blaze is the ability to read data and use it anywhere, which allows me to create templates for any situation.
For example, I use a Data Blaze space to help me manage lab data. Text Blaze allows you to dynamically read lab data from a spreadsheet and use it in my snippets to quickly take notes.
Here’s an example snippet that I use to do so.
Note: When you choose options from the drop-down menu, they appear in a list in your snippet so you can quickly list lab tests performed.
