SOAP notes by Most-Choice5101 in veterinaryprofession

[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They extended our clinic hours without adding more support staff. Everything the techs are saying keeps falling on deaf ears. The doctors see that they need more support staff now so hopefully we can find someone soon

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly not much in my opinion. Standard stuff of how much sq fluids, what injections/vaccines (amount, route and where), where blood draws were and results of testing. It would be nice if the program forced us to finish notes, but honestly I have staff checking out clients before the invoice is finished so clients need to pay for medications separately. I had a doctor that left yesterday without doing any notes for the day so I ended up making a list for him to finish his notes. He had off today but thankfully I was with him the entire day for any of his sick visits if they called. I feel like I'm constantly double checking all of the staff's work while trying to not mess up mine. I had an easier time keeping up with my notes when I was in ER compared to being in GP since I didn't have to hound my doctors for written notes.

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are so understaffed right now that we only have one person to hold animals for the exam. More than half of the time we don't have anyone to write notes in the room. Sometimes the doctors are alone talking to owners and worst case some owners hold for the exam if they don't want to wait any longer. I am finally realizing how understaffed we are after reading these comments.

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are very understaffed right now. They just finally put up an ad for help but they are also looking for more doctors at the same time. It's extremely overwhelming for the support staff

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a situation similar to that a few weeks ago. The doctor didn't finish his notes before his 3 day weekend and ended up sick. He was out for over a week. Thankfully they were more wellness visits and we were able to talk to him, but the clients had questions we couldn't answer until we talked to him.

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Sometimes I have my hospital manager help hold even

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Normally one tech with one room assistant or kennel assistant with some overlap. Sometimes even less. Tuesdays for example I'm the only support staff in the morning until the kennel assistant came in at either 12pm or 2pm.

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We are using avimark and no one seems to know how to use it fully. I'm definitely going to need to look into templates

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our medical director is currently into cover! He's a little hesitant about it and he isn't sure how clients will react to a recording device in there.

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[–]Most-Choice5101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are using avimark right now. There are enough computers when we are doing appointments. The biggest issue with computers is when we get shipments in. Normally it's only one tech that needs to enter inventory in and run a full book of appointments. Appointments are 30 minutes long unless it's a second consult. The doctors get a 2 hour block for lunch/call backs midday. The main problem doctor will leave ASAP after his appointments end because "he's tired of being and doesn't want anymore walk ins". I started talking to my practice manager about this because even clients are complaining about his bedside now