jmillerrn

Hi, You might want to look into using practice fusion. It is free and cloud based and from what I remember it was in SOAP format. I haven't used it for over a year now but it seems like a good option to consider for you if it is still similar to what I remember. Good Luck.

I am still a relatively new NP but I went from all of my training on an EMR to on office with paper charting that just transitioned to an EMR in the past 8 months. Pros and cons to both are there. Paper charting can be quicker at times but handwriting can be a huge issue from my experience. We never had a big problem with lost or missing paper charts. A huge downfall of the paper charting is being without e-prescribing to check med interactions. With the paper charting I would often have to enter the meds into epocrates to check for interactions and as you know it is much easier with the EMR. I also print patient education materials a lot and had to rely more on pre-printed material There are days where I miss the paper charts and reviewing labs on paper is not bad as long as everyone kept up with the flow sheets that we had in the chart. Best of luck with the paper charting if you take the job and they may task you with helping set up an EMR since you have experience in the area (that is was happened to me anyway). I wouldn't let the paper charts deter you though from a job if it is something you are really interested in.

Each insurance carrier you are credentialed with can provide a fee schedule so you can look at actual reimbursement rates.