![\"Trello](\"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trello-EMR-Medical-Records-1024x705.png\")
<\/p>\n
Workflow<\/h2>\n
I will keep the workflow as simple as possible.<\/p>\n
You have a list for all patients. 1 card = 1 patient. This includes all patient details + pictures. If there are labs, just dump it all in there.\u00a0Billing is tracked within each card per patient.<\/p>\n
There’s a queue for each clinic. My imaginary secretary moves the patients to the queue, assigns the date and can reorder the queue as needed.<\/p>\n
![\"SeriousMD](\"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SeriousMD-Trello-EMR-1024x772.gif\")
<\/p>\n
Labels can be used to track certain things like HMO’s.<\/p>\n
Due date is used to note scheduled procedures or when the patient’s appointment is. For the in-patient list, I used due date to keep track of admission date.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, the patients in the queue are moved back to the patient list. Same with discharged patients.<\/p>\n
That’s literally it.<\/p>\n
The Test<\/h2>\n
For this experiment, I brought this to 5 doctors and we tried it for a few times to identify the common pros and cons.<\/p>\n
I will break it down to 4 sub-categories below so I can fairly judge using Trello as an EMR system and a practice management software as well.<\/p>\n
1. Keeping Patient Records<\/h3>\n
One of the things I imagined before getting started with this was how I\u2019ll be able to keep patient records. Well, if you’ve used Evernote before, you basically keep adding new notes, this time, you put it in the Comments box.<\/p>\n
Click Attachment if you want to attach files and media. Add non-medical related information in the Description area and label the card as needed.<\/p>\n
It works. It can store patient data though it’s not structured, which means it’s useless for reporting.<\/p>\n
2. Schedule and Queueing<\/h3>\n
Queueing is simple at the start. You just move the patient card to the correct queue but it will be a mess eventually because you or your staff will have issues moving card back and forth. You’ll eventually stop adding dates, too because it’s so tedious.<\/p>\n
3. Working with Your Staff<\/h3>\n
It’s super easy to invite.\u00a0Permissions are pretty easy to control but it’s lacking.<\/p>\n
Basically, your team\/staff can either add, edit or not but they have full access to the data on the board.<\/p>\n
![\"Permission](\"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Permission-Control-1-1024x970.png\")
![\"Permission](\"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Permission-Control-2-1002x1024.png\")
<\/p>\n
4. Mobility<\/h3>\n
The Trello app was recently updated to allow offline data access. I\u2019m not sure how much data it saves offline though if I have other active boards that have a lot of data so I\u2019ll have to test that further.<\/p>\n
I can definitely access it offline when moving around on the iPhone and access it on the iPad. Just make sure it syncs so you’d have your data with you when going around.<\/p>\n
![\"Trello](\"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trello-EMR-iPad-768x1024.jpeg\")
<\/p>\n
Positives<\/h2>\n\n- 1 card = 1 patient<\/li>\n
- Simple data input workflow = Open the card, input data in the comments, take pictures, close the card<\/li>\n
- Offline use for the app is now available. Remember to sync.<\/li>\n
- I can bring the app with me when I\u2019m moving around<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Flaws<\/h2>\n\n- You would prefer to see everything in 1 board.<\/li>\n
- The power ups can’t be used in the app at the moment.<\/li>\n
- Labels can be hard to track. You’ll need a Trello Chrome extension to properly show you what you labels mean.<\/li>\n
- You\u2019ll have to keep a template card on the board at all times.<\/li>\n
- Data is not structured, so you cannot ever run reports.<\/li>\n
- No printing. You\u2019ll basically be writing your prescriptions etc.<\/li>\n
- Virtually no support for your needs because it\u2019s not really made for medical use.<\/li>\n
- Slows down as more cards are added to the board. You\u2019ll start to feel the slow down when you hit around 500 active cards on older devices.<\/li>\n
- Paying for premium doesn\u2019t offer you something that you can use for your medical practice<\/li>\n
- Workflow looks like it will be a lot more work for the staff and for the doctor. I outlined 1 workflow here but I thought and tried other workflows and they didn’t perform any better.<\/li>\n
- Tracking billing is impossible without double entry<\/li>\n
- Tracking HMO’s well, you can use labels but I’m pretty sure you won’t remember which label is which.<\/li>\n
- Permissions are lacking, pretty sure this won’t pass the DPA<\/a> if it was really strict.<\/li>\n
- Very easy to publicly share a board, which enables your whole patient database to be accessible. (Accidents can happen. I remember we had a delete button in our app, the app asks 3-4 times to confirm the delete and accidental deletions still happened. So, we removed the function completely!) See for yourself in the image below, it takes 1 click.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"Publicly](\"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Publicly-available-Board.png\")
<\/p>\n
The Verdict<\/h2>\n
If you want to use it for your personal use just simply to add notes and you don’t really care about the future implications, then you definitely can use this.<\/p>\n
It’s actually better than some of the EMR’s out there right now.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, it boils down to one thing.<\/p>\n
Can you survive with just Trello to be your EMR or practice management app<\/a>?<\/p>\nMy short answer is no. The long answer is it depends on how patient you are. \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\nThough I love Trello, it isn\u2019t really built for medical use nor is it built for the regular clinic workflow.<\/p>\n
You won\u2019t have the databases you need for ICD, nor for medicines, you can\u2019t print, you can\u2019t really do much besides keeping a picture of the patient and keeping pictures of lab results, which will be all jumbled together inside a card. You\u2019ll end up using other apps in tandem and saving the file in the card or attaching a link like a Google Sheet link.<\/p>\n
Just imagine this:<\/strong><\/em> 1 of your patients probably has a folder full of notes and lab results. Now, how can you put those inside a single Trello card and manage to find what you need? Just that alone should be enough to let you know how this will work out for you.<\/p>\nI\u2019ve also seen doctors use other softwares that are built for Spas, basically handling the appointments of \u201cfacilities\u201d – then the software just had a text box for notes. Much like Trello, those kinds of software really shouldn\u2019t be used for medical notes nor should you expect anything more.<\/p>\n
There are \u201cworkarounds\u201d for software workflows\u2026 you can make some parts of an app work with what you need, but there are workarounds to just be stubborn. It\u2019s not efficient at all when you admit it to yourself.<\/p>\n
In the future, standards for healthcare data will be implemented and since you are keeping unstructured data in these boxes, you\u2019ll end up with wasted time, wasted effort and of course, there\u2019s a good chance that you won\u2019t be able to use the data you\u2019ve inputted in such software at all.<\/p>\n
In short, let\u2019s just say that it isn\u2019t future-proof.<\/p>\n
Adding a workflow can be the detrimental part as it’s not build for it, there will be a lot of manual things, like moving patients from the queue back to another list. There are also limitations with the workflow you can implement.\\<\/p>\n
My final verdict, is a clear no.<\/p>\n
I cannot recommend it to any doctors that want to use it as an EMR or a practice management app.<\/p>\n
Use it instead for what it was built for, to track other projects, tracking department tasks or handling daily to-do lists.<\/p>\n
\u2014<\/p>\n
Exporting from Trello and Switching to SeriousMD<\/h2>\n
Are you using Trello to keep your medical records now?<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re ready to actually take the leap and change to a real EMR\/EHR system (ahem, SeriousMD) – contact us and we\u2019ll help you out.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how to easily export your patient data from Trello. We don’t recommend the official Trello export as it’s not a complete export.<\/p>\n
\n- Open Google Chrome<\/li>\n
- Download this Extension<\/a><\/li>\n
- Load your Trello Board<\/li>\n
- Click the extension and export your data<\/li>\n
- Sign up for a SeriousMD account<\/a><\/li>\n
- Contact Support and send us the data there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We get asked by doctors very often, practically everyday, about how they can move from their current EMR system to SeriousMD. I thought I\u2019ve already heard of all the systems out there. Apparently, not all, because I was actually shocked to hear when I heard about a doctor in Bacolod and 1 doctor in Makati […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Flaws<\/h2>\n\n- You would prefer to see everything in 1 board.<\/li>\n
- The power ups can’t be used in the app at the moment.<\/li>\n
- Labels can be hard to track. You’ll need a Trello Chrome extension to properly show you what you labels mean.<\/li>\n
- You\u2019ll have to keep a template card on the board at all times.<\/li>\n
- Data is not structured, so you cannot ever run reports.<\/li>\n
- No printing. You\u2019ll basically be writing your prescriptions etc.<\/li>\n
- Virtually no support for your needs because it\u2019s not really made for medical use.<\/li>\n
- Slows down as more cards are added to the board. You\u2019ll start to feel the slow down when you hit around 500 active cards on older devices.<\/li>\n
- Paying for premium doesn\u2019t offer you something that you can use for your medical practice<\/li>\n
- Workflow looks like it will be a lot more work for the staff and for the doctor. I outlined 1 workflow here but I thought and tried other workflows and they didn’t perform any better.<\/li>\n
- Tracking billing is impossible without double entry<\/li>\n
- Tracking HMO’s well, you can use labels but I’m pretty sure you won’t remember which label is which.<\/li>\n
- Permissions are lacking, pretty sure this won’t pass the DPA<\/a> if it was really strict.<\/li>\n
- Very easy to publicly share a board, which enables your whole patient database to be accessible. (Accidents can happen. I remember we had a delete button in our app, the app asks 3-4 times to confirm the delete and accidental deletions still happened. So, we removed the function completely!) See for yourself in the image below, it takes 1 click.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
The Verdict<\/h2>\n
If you want to use it for your personal use just simply to add notes and you don’t really care about the future implications, then you definitely can use this.<\/p>\n
It’s actually better than some of the EMR’s out there right now.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, it boils down to one thing.<\/p>\n
Can you survive with just Trello to be your EMR or practice management app<\/a>?<\/p>\nMy short answer is no. The long answer is it depends on how patient you are. \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\nThough I love Trello, it isn\u2019t really built for medical use nor is it built for the regular clinic workflow.<\/p>\n
You won\u2019t have the databases you need for ICD, nor for medicines, you can\u2019t print, you can\u2019t really do much besides keeping a picture of the patient and keeping pictures of lab results, which will be all jumbled together inside a card. You\u2019ll end up using other apps in tandem and saving the file in the card or attaching a link like a Google Sheet link.<\/p>\n
Just imagine this:<\/strong><\/em> 1 of your patients probably has a folder full of notes and lab results. Now, how can you put those inside a single Trello card and manage to find what you need? Just that alone should be enough to let you know how this will work out for you.<\/p>\nI\u2019ve also seen doctors use other softwares that are built for Spas, basically handling the appointments of \u201cfacilities\u201d – then the software just had a text box for notes. Much like Trello, those kinds of software really shouldn\u2019t be used for medical notes nor should you expect anything more.<\/p>\n
There are \u201cworkarounds\u201d for software workflows\u2026 you can make some parts of an app work with what you need, but there are workarounds to just be stubborn. It\u2019s not efficient at all when you admit it to yourself.<\/p>\n
In the future, standards for healthcare data will be implemented and since you are keeping unstructured data in these boxes, you\u2019ll end up with wasted time, wasted effort and of course, there\u2019s a good chance that you won\u2019t be able to use the data you\u2019ve inputted in such software at all.<\/p>\n
In short, let\u2019s just say that it isn\u2019t future-proof.<\/p>\n
Adding a workflow can be the detrimental part as it’s not build for it, there will be a lot of manual things, like moving patients from the queue back to another list. There are also limitations with the workflow you can implement.\\<\/p>\n
My final verdict, is a clear no.<\/p>\n
I cannot recommend it to any doctors that want to use it as an EMR or a practice management app.<\/p>\n
Use it instead for what it was built for, to track other projects, tracking department tasks or handling daily to-do lists.<\/p>\n
\u2014<\/p>\n
Exporting from Trello and Switching to SeriousMD<\/h2>\n
Are you using Trello to keep your medical records now?<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re ready to actually take the leap and change to a real EMR\/EHR system (ahem, SeriousMD) – contact us and we\u2019ll help you out.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how to easily export your patient data from Trello. We don’t recommend the official Trello export as it’s not a complete export.<\/p>\n
\n- Open Google Chrome<\/li>\n
- Download this Extension<\/a><\/li>\n
- Load your Trello Board<\/li>\n
- Click the extension and export your data<\/li>\n
- Sign up for a SeriousMD account<\/a><\/li>\n
- Contact Support and send us the data there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We get asked by doctors very often, practically everyday, about how they can move from their current EMR system to SeriousMD. I thought I\u2019ve already heard of all the systems out there. Apparently, not all, because I was actually shocked to hear when I heard about a doctor in Bacolod and 1 doctor in Makati […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\n
The Verdict<\/h2>\n
If you want to use it for your personal use just simply to add notes and you don’t really care about the future implications, then you definitely can use this.<\/p>\n
It’s actually better than some of the EMR’s out there right now.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, it boils down to one thing.<\/p>\n
Can you survive with just Trello to be your EMR or practice management app<\/a>?<\/p>\n My short answer is no. The long answer is it depends on how patient you are. \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n Though I love Trello, it isn\u2019t really built for medical use nor is it built for the regular clinic workflow.<\/p>\n You won\u2019t have the databases you need for ICD, nor for medicines, you can\u2019t print, you can\u2019t really do much besides keeping a picture of the patient and keeping pictures of lab results, which will be all jumbled together inside a card. You\u2019ll end up using other apps in tandem and saving the file in the card or attaching a link like a Google Sheet link.<\/p>\n Just imagine this:<\/strong><\/em> 1 of your patients probably has a folder full of notes and lab results. Now, how can you put those inside a single Trello card and manage to find what you need? Just that alone should be enough to let you know how this will work out for you.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve also seen doctors use other softwares that are built for Spas, basically handling the appointments of \u201cfacilities\u201d – then the software just had a text box for notes. Much like Trello, those kinds of software really shouldn\u2019t be used for medical notes nor should you expect anything more.<\/p>\n There are \u201cworkarounds\u201d for software workflows\u2026 you can make some parts of an app work with what you need, but there are workarounds to just be stubborn. It\u2019s not efficient at all when you admit it to yourself.<\/p>\n In the future, standards for healthcare data will be implemented and since you are keeping unstructured data in these boxes, you\u2019ll end up with wasted time, wasted effort and of course, there\u2019s a good chance that you won\u2019t be able to use the data you\u2019ve inputted in such software at all.<\/p>\n In short, let\u2019s just say that it isn\u2019t future-proof.<\/p>\n Adding a workflow can be the detrimental part as it’s not build for it, there will be a lot of manual things, like moving patients from the queue back to another list. There are also limitations with the workflow you can implement.\\<\/p>\n My final verdict, is a clear no.<\/p>\n I cannot recommend it to any doctors that want to use it as an EMR or a practice management app.<\/p>\n Use it instead for what it was built for, to track other projects, tracking department tasks or handling daily to-do lists.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n Are you using Trello to keep your medical records now?<\/p>\n If you\u2019re ready to actually take the leap and change to a real EMR\/EHR system (ahem, SeriousMD) – contact us and we\u2019ll help you out.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how to easily export your patient data from Trello. We don’t recommend the official Trello export as it’s not a complete export.<\/p>\n We get asked by doctors very often, practically everyday, about how they can move from their current EMR system to SeriousMD. I thought I\u2019ve already heard of all the systems out there. Apparently, not all, because I was actually shocked to hear when I heard about a doctor in Bacolod and 1 doctor in Makati […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seriousmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Exporting from Trello and Switching to SeriousMD<\/h2>\n
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