-----Original Message----- From: Gary Hall Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:35 PM To: 'Paul Goedicke'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] CWS questions
See answers below... Gary Hall Clinical Applications Specialist Estes Park Medical Center Information Systems Department 970-577-4443 -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Goedicke Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:57 AM To: Meditech-L (E-mail) Subject: [MEDITECH-L] CWS questions We are in the beginning stages of setting up a Centralized Scheduling office. I would appreciate feedback from any facility who may already have a centralized scheduling office up and running. We currently already use the Community Wide Scheduling module of Meditech but we are using it in a de-centralized fashion. Listed below is the main information I am looking for at this point but I welcome any other input that you may have. 1. How many schedulers do you have and what are the office hours of your scheduling office? The goal is three, but currently only one. Office hours 8 - 5, M - F. Phone message menu to leave a message or transfer to other departments if Scheduler is not there. We are undergoing a major expansion, which will create an office that will be staffed by three schedulers. But since we went "centralized" last May, we've only used one full-time scheduler -- with all the problems that's caused (coverage during illnesses & vacations, older patients who don't like to leave voicemail messages, etc.). We started out covering two major departments with centralized (RAD & PT), but it was pulled back to just radiology now. 2. Do you have an OR module and if so, what are you using? No OR module, but we do use SCH (de-centralized) there. 3. Do you schedule inpatient rooms, i.e. surgery overflow patients? No. 4. What departments are scheduled through the centralized scheduling office, i.e. Surgery, Outpatient RAD, Outpatient LAB, Physician clinics, etc.? Lab was adamant that scheduling made no sense to them. Physician clinic uses their own software (A4 (Allscripts)). Surgery does it de-cent, but very successfully, supplemented by lots of nice NPR report packages. Only RAD is done through cent sched now. 5. Do you have any job descriptions that you could send me for the schedulers? It was actually never written. We did put together a list of responsibilities, I can send you that if you'd like. 6. Is the scheduling department it's own department or does it fall under the umbrella of another department, i.e. Patient Accounting, Admissions, etc.? Under the wing of Admissions now. 7. Are you doing any type of Medical Necessity checking during the scheduling process? No. Responses can be sent to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Dena Daniel Assistant Director of Information Technology Jackson County Memorial Hospital 1200 E. Pecan, P.O. Box 8190 Altus, OK 73521 580-481-2368 posted by: Paul Goedicke IT Analyst III Jackson County Memorial Hospital 1200 E.Pecan, Altus, OK 73521 Phone: (580) 477-7485 Fax: (580) 477-7366 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The documents accompanying this transmission contain confidential information, belonging to the sender, that is legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of these documents is strictly prohibited. Violators may be prosecuted. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the transmitted information. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.COM. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender of this communication immediately. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.COM. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
