I'm also a little uncomfortable with having my balance due more visible to my doctor than what my medical problems are. Doctors should deal with medicine, office clerks should deal with the balance due. Having emotional information like money on the info screen can adversely affect the emotional doctor/patient relationship in a way that's completely unnecessary.
The drchrono EMR is fully compliant with HIPAA. One of the screenshots shows the Dr. the overview of patients coming in for the day (that view isn't for patients to use.)
Having the charting function next to the schedule is problematic for any medical staff which writes their notes while with the patient - and that's a practice many experienced healthcare professionals use because it allows them to spend more time with the patient without spending more time per patient and it allows them to get answers to questions which arise during the writing.
I've been to two separate dental practices that are under the exact same HIPAA scrutiny as doctor's offices and they have a printout of exactly who they are seeing at what time and in what operatory taped on the wall when you enter.
Somehow I doubt an iPad being clutched in the doctor's bosom as they read it is anymore a violation than that.
Not much worse than the paper sign-in log where I can see the name, address, phone number, and physician's name for the 10 people who came in before me.
