On the subject of Live ttest patients, we use a last name which starts with a double-Z, like ZZTEST,PATIENT. (We have two or three different ones). This way the patient doesn't get 'stumbled' over, as we have patients who, on a name search, may return said patient "Mouse,Mickey." ... and what about Veterinary Lab tests? I've seen dogs and cats setup with the owner's last name... I have a dog, named DOG. This search would return ANDERSON,DOG....... not a far stretch to Mouse.... HTH, Cindy Bodnar-Anderson Senior Programmer/Analyst IS, Regional Health Rapid City SD 57701
-----Original Message----- From: Mary Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 9:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Dummy Patients Whatever you test in LIVE should be the same as in TEST. If there are differences, Meditech support should be informed. Having worked at Meditech in support, we only tested in the TEST system. However, since I've worked in hospitals, I noticed that everyone tests in the LIVE system (and it gives me a heart attack!). All I can say is to not let your fake patient info get billed and give them a name that everyone knows is fake like Mickey Mouse. Mary Everett, Senior Consultant Lucida Healthcare IT Staffing _____ There was a lively discussion on this topic on the Meditech-L about a year ago. The opinions were about evenly split between those who said “No, Never!” and those who said, “Of course we use test patients in Live”. I am in the latter category. No matter how much testing you do in Test, you cannot guarantee that the setup is correct in Live until you test it. Better to test it on a dummy patient than a real one…. Rich Griffith Coordinator, Info Mgmt, QM & Compliance Hagerstown Medical Laboratory Washington County Health System Voice: 301-665-4906 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Freeman, Gale Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:55 PM To: Molenhuis, Henry; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Dummy We do not use dummy patients in live. only in test . -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Molenhuis, Henry Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 8:45 AM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Dummy Hello, Does anyone have a "dummy" patient in LIVE. We would like to use some for testing new procedures in LIVE and also for Quality assurance specimens etc. How would you register them? What account type etc. etc. would you use so it would not affect statistics that we need to submit to government (Canada) Thanks ***** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. ***Note: The information contained in this message, including any attachments, may be privileged, 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 immediately by a "reply to sender only" message and destroy all electronic or paper copies of the communication, including any attachments.
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