We keep at least on Dummy patient in PRE-IN status, at all times. At times we have to put this patient in a bed to do some NUR testing. When we do this, we notify those areas that will get ADM OA messages notifying them of new admissions. Before day end, we undo the dummy patient's admission so no room/board charges roll. We keep a constant watch in BAR to see if charges make it to the account from a source we have not thought of (NUR interventions that send charges, for instance). Having a TEST patient in LIVE is problematic and does require constant vigilance to assure that revenue and statistics are not affected, but no matter what Meditech or anyone else says, TEST and LIVE functionality do not always match (DTS loads in TEST that need to be tested after they are moved to LIVE and the rare case where something works in TEST but does not work in LIVE) and these are the times when testing in Live is needed.
-----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Duckworth, Tamie Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:02 PM To: Lawrence, Mitchell; Rich Griffith; Freeman, Gale; Molenhuis, Henry; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Dummy Patients Just curious. If you test with dummy patients in LIVE, how do you account for them on your period end reports? Revenue and receivables? Have seen lots of traffic about doing this or not doing this, but no one has said how they handle them financially. Tamie Lynn Duckworth Business Services Analyst Patient Financial Services University of Texas Health Center Tyler 11937 US Highway 271 Tyler, Texas 75708 903-877-5171 903-877-7072 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence, Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:17 AM To: Rich Griffith; Freeman, Gale; Molenhuis, Henry; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Dummy Patients And we would trust the statistics that were now generated in the system because of these patients. Not. From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Griffith Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 4:32 PM To: 'Freeman, Gale'; 'Molenhuis, Henry'; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Dummy Patients 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.
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