Ever since the first Post-its® appeared in the early 80’s I’ve used the little colored sheets to remind myself about all kinds of things–telephone numbers, todo lists, shopping lists, dates to remember, notes for other people-especially my husband. I do not know how my mother, with her organizational genius, managed to survive without them.
Ever since the first Post-its® appeared in the early 80’s I’ve used the little colored sheets to remind myself about all kinds of things–telephone numbers, todo lists, shopping lists, dates to remember, notes for other people-especially my husband. I do not know how my mother, with her organizational genius, managed to survive without them.
Later in the day I will quickly go through the stickies and move them to my calendar, Omnifocus, or if possible I’ll “just do it” (using a time-management technique by GTD® guru David Allen). They are ubiquitous in my exam rooms for writing quick info down with patients–a web site, recommended reading, an address, or medical term most often. Almost as frequently, they remind me to do something for a patient that would take too long to enter into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) or more commonly, it’s unclear where to put it in the EHR–like getting old records out of storage, obtaining recent ER notes, or looking up some particular disease state to research for the patient.
It’s clear that most other forms of paper will be disappearing from my office. Already the huge stacks of charts are disappearing, replaced with tasks or scanned documents in the EHR. Slowly, I’m beginning to appreciate the uncluttered appearance of my desk. However, I’ve found that its glass top, something I never used to see, makes a great surface for sticky note adhesive.
