Each month, Annie and I take a deeper dive into topics and information with an expert to give us more insights on things that we might be incorporating in our clinical practice as well as entrepreneurs and business owners. We're bringing you this snippet today to give you a taste of what these deeper dives are all about.

If you've ever felt stuck on a charting platform you've outgrown and couldn't quite bring yourself to leave, this one is for you. Annie, Leah, and Rachel O'Brien get candid about the state of EHR options for lactation private practice — what they've tried, what almost worked, and why migration terror keeps so many of us exactly where we are.

In this episode:

• Why switching platforms is harder than it looks, even when you really want to
• What to look for (and what to watch out for) when evaluating your options
• The dyad charting problem — and why it's still unsolved
• Rachel's advice for new IBCLCs choosing their first charting platform

Links:

• Subscribe to Deeper Dive — $20/month, 50+ recordings going back to 2020
• Guiding Bottle Breakthroughs
• Choosing a charting platform: Annie's updated comparison post
  
  

Rachel is a IBCLC in Massachusetts whose popular blog is a favorite of both families and lactation professionals. Her signature style of humor laced with pragmatic compassion and guilt-free support has resonated with hundreds of thousands of readers and has led to a busy full-time private practice which includes virtual visits with blog readers from across the world.

Before her foray into lactation-land Rachel received her BA in English with a Journalism concentration and then worked in higher education for years. She became an IBCLC in 2015 after completing her Masters degree in lactation, during which she wrote her dissertation on low milk supply. Rachel was a full-time working, breastfeeding and pumping mom for all three of her children and now specializes in low supply, bottle refusal and bottle feeding problems, working parents, and LGBTQ+ families.

When not working with families you will find Rachel reading lactation books, taking lactation courses, and fervently posting in lactation Facebook groups. Her hobbies include reading, watching drag shows, and staring blankly off into the distance while she wonders what she’s forgetting to do.