Yes, but this time it's different. I'm focusing on progress, not perfection.

• Question: What exercise(s) do you do to keep from getting.... - mq_mt
  • have you tried a rebounder? (mini-trampoline)... - MTbounce
    • I second the rebounder.....sm - FitMT
  • I used to go to the gym, but lost motivation - so now - Meghan
  • My exercise routine - me
  • I have a Golden Retriever that needs her walk every day, sometimes - Goldy
    • Which book did I read that in? - chest exercise
      • The problem is they are too big. No increasing needs to be done. I just need to firm them somehow! - Goldy
      • Are you there God? It's me, Margaret -- I believe is the book - you're referring to- nm
        • I read that book as a young girl, loved it. Just bought - MD-MDIer
          • Yeah, I kept all mine and my daughters will get to read them when - the time comes- sm
  • I do Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds... - D
    • That's an excellent idea. I need to try that. - nm
  • uh, we moved the fridge farther away from my office so I have to walk more now. - keeping it level
    • You sound like my best friend - Nanna23
      • Yes, but this time it's different. I'm focusing on progress, not perfection. - this time is different
    • speaking of weightlifting sets.. - ..
      • Bowflex - Lyn
      • My friend got to borrow one from people that did not like it, - and she did not like it either. nm
  • aerobics class 3x a week - sm
    • aerobics? If I want to work up that kind of sweat I'll go - yuck
  • I have a Lab that INSISTS on her morning walk. Good for her, - good for me. nm
  • walk, walk, walk, walk, walk. :) - omt

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The Difference between Focusing on Problems and Focusing on Solutions

Case 1

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space,they found out
that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the
writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and
$12million.

They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down,
underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a
temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.
And what did the Russians do...??

They used a pencil.
 

Case 2

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was
the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest
cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a
consumer  had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities
isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the
packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department.For some reason,
one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its
engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard
to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two
people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure
they were not empty.

No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a
whoopee amount to do so. But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company
was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays,
etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong
industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the
fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty
boxes out of the line.
 
Moral
Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution.

of course, we see all the DOWN sides of the EMR but there are many positives. With the right set up, after a while, the docs get the hang of it and streamline their input. Of course, it doesn't "tell the story" like dictation does, but, on the other hand, an EMR has many, many other features that apparently make up for it. For instance, if a drug is pulled off the market, the EMR can search and find every patient that has been prescribed that drug. Also it has drug interactions loaded in it, so if the doc prescribes the wrong drugs, the computer can help catch it. I've been to EMR conferences as I was considering expanding to become a VAR, and let me tell you, the EMR's are here to stay. One of the government's push is to have all docs' offices on EMR and eventually a national clearing house for information (which I am sure the insurance companies will love) because of the safety aspect. You can do some searches on the the 'Net to see just how vast the EMR market is. Every year, the docs coming out of medical school are more and more computer savvy and every year, the EMR companies get closer and closer to having a program the docs want. And every year, the MT market shrinks.

Does anyone know where I could get samples of ortho progress notes?

TIA

thanks.