"Having worked in a large health system for a few years, patient documentation is extremely important to ensure that accurate patient notes are seen by all of a patient's care providers. I make time after every patient for documentation right away. If, for some reason, patients are back to back, I jot notes by hand and make sure to enter the notes as soon as I can into the patient's medical record. I am comfortable working within an EMR and can easily learn a new system if it differs from what I am used to."

"Accurate patient notes are crucial to making sure that a patient receives the best possible care in the future from all of their medical providers. During my work experience in school, my preceptor trained me on the EPIC EMR system and how effective notes are entered from the sonographer's point of view. She stressed the importance of notes being entered both timely and accurately. That was an essential piece of information to learn, and I will continue to keep accurate notes and records throughout my career."

"In my time working as an ultrasound tech, how patient records have been maintained has changed greatly. I've charted on paper-to-paper files and been trained on various electronic systems like Cerner and EPIC. In the end, accurate notes come down to entering them in a timely fashion as soon as possible after seeing the patient. With the number of patients I see daily, I can't possibly handle all of the notes at once at the end of the day."