Useful Dot Phrases: Be EFFICIENT with Electronic Medical Records!

Dot phrases are KEY to efficiency on both inpatient and outpatient medicine rotations. Efficiency means getting your work done quickly (but still accurately) so you can achieve a good work-life balance. Electronic medical records (EMRs) have features that allow you to insert a large amount of templated text quickly. This saves seconds, which add up to minutes, which eventually add up to hours! Take it from someone who used to be slow and stayed at work late on a daily basis. But I've since learned my lesson! In this video, I provide tips on what types of dot phrases would be useful to most medical students and physicians.
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00:00 - 0:41Intro 0:42 - 1:38 What is a dot phrase? Why are they important? 1:39 - 2:31 When should you make a dot phrase? 2:32 - 4:24 Useful in inpatient and outpatient settings 4:25 - 8:05 Useful in inpatient setting 8:06 - 11:05 Useful in outpatient setting 11:06 - 11:38 Outro Useful in inpatient and outpatient: normal physical exam, OLDCART, lists of resources, signatures Useful in inpatient: review of systems, inpatient checklist, FASTHUGSBID, discharge checklist, plans for common diagnoses (e.g., cardiology patient, heart failure, a-fib), protocols (e.g., DIC transfusion protocol), patient discharge instructions Useful in outpatient: surveys and scores, checklists for management of chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes), healthcare maintenance, after visit instructions, responses to patient FAQ

[@MasterMoose04]

Thank you! Dot phrasing has really made my workflow feel more efficient. Would be cool to see more of the dot phrases you use.

[@pa4life]

This is great stuff. Definitely a need for more info like this. Thank you for your help.

[@MonicaJeong]

Thank you so much for watching!! :)

[@bharatrawlley6434]

Thank you for posting!

[@basketballtim2009]

Love your videos, extremely helpful for incoming residents.

[@MonicaJeong]

Wow thank you so much!!! :)

[@smirkinatu5512]

Thank you for recording and posting this educational video.

[@MonicaJeong]

Thanks so much for watching!!

[@nadirco1]

Thank you so much. Very helpful.

[@MonicaJeong]

Appreciate you watching! :)

[@joeljager9333]

great video, now if i can only make an efficient and effective uncluttered preference list, esp w/order sets!

[@iamjane9628]

Helpful, thank you !

[@MonicaJeong]

Yay! Thanks so much!

[@mandipkmann]

Love your videos!!

[@MonicaJeong]

Thank you so much! :)

[@ethan5273]

so useful thank you!!!!

[@MonicaJeong]

Yay thanks for watching!!

[@PhD4me]

Thank you

[@MonicaJeong]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@RGrant2504]

wish i wouldve started making more dot phrases back when i was training. i use them in every specialty of medicine i practice. they save a huge amount of time. efficiency is key as long as it doesn't sacrifice quality of care. side note, for medical students, whatever you decide to do, i HIGHLY recommend completing more than just one residency to become a comprehensive provider. don't settle just doing one thing. too many doctors these days only choose one specialty and limit their scope of practice. in a time where we need more doctors than ever, being a swiss army knife is beyond valuable

[@ChrisNP87]

Is there a way to find your templates on EPIC so we can copy them? Thanks for all of your videos!!

[@bluefamily3937]

My healthcare facility uses Medical Mime. We do not have the dot phrase option. How do you create your own dot phrases without the dot phrase option?

[@rn9167]

why do you put ''mj'' for example, for the .mjdischarge? cos I need this soooo bad 😅. When I tried to do the discharge I couldn't find the shortcut to this.

[@ConanLiuMD]

😂Lmao I love how in your .ADHF you literally just deleted ARNI and changed SGLT2 inhibitor to "consider starting on discharge". I always do the same pretty much after I put in my dotphrase because you never know what insurance will cover for the patients

[@MonicaJeong]

Yea definitely! It’s started on inpatient sometimes - depends on kidney function and BP and all that too. And you’re right - insurance can be a nightmare on the outpatient side especially.

[@mandipkmann]

Are you planning on making a part 2

[@MonicaJeong]

I'll probably make one once I've done hospitalist for a couple of years!

[@michaelle545]

Stole these straight from your profile ;)

[@MonicaJeong]

Haha you’re welcome to it all!

[@cridecar]

Is there a book or tutorial on how to do this?

[@MonicaJeong]

Not that I know of! Most institutions have an IT department that will walk you through how to make them yourself. In Epic, it's called making a "smartphrase." I'd make tutorial videos, but our hospital doesn't have a great Epic playground (fake Epic for training).

[@Juliette_4]

I don't understand most of what you are showing. You did not show step by step how to create a dot phrase.Epic belongs in the trash , as do most EMHRs. No matter how much you try to shorten time spent on EMHRs , it will never happen. Do layers have electronic records?