See my responses below: Daniel Davis
-----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Denise Summerford Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:02 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing documentation: skin/wound, post op vitals A few questions about how others are doing nursing documentation: (MAGIC, 5.5 sr3) SKIN For skin conditions (rash, redness etc) and/or wounds, how are you charting multiple sites? Do you put multiple sets of queries on one screen? Do you add "wound care" interventions multiple times and document on each one separately? Any other creative ideas out there? ---> You do not gain anything by having the same intervention with the same queries several times on the same patient. Most all of your print profiles, etc will see it all as the same source and it will be hard to keep it straight later. POP-UPs Are you using pop-ups in your screens? I have been advised not to do this as there are problems with this method in future releases. ---> While it is true that there can be some problems in some situations with the code used to "pop up" another screen, that can be true of nearly anything where you do some forward thinking "third-party" programming. The secret to working in software where you have some capability of tailoring how it works to your specifications is that you always have to check out those issues with new releases and fixes to ensure that they still work as designed. And if not, see what you need to do to fix it. So, you should work within your comfort level, but remember that you have the "L" to assist you in finding out solutions and workarounds when upgrades in the software make something not work as you planned. If you are going to successfully make Meditech work well for your staff you will likely have much in the way of attributes and NPR reports that may need maintenance from time-to-time. That is simply the nature of the beast. We never address a problem and then are able to forget about it. Job security. POST-OP VITALS Do you have one screen that has VS, dressing, CMSTP, etc? Or do you have separate interventions for VS, dressing, CMSTP, and you document on each intervention separately? ---> This decision rests partly on how each design impacts your users work flow, and partly on how you intend to print/archive the data collected. Some methods of printing in Print Profile and Audit formats will pull the documentation done on other screens with the same queries into the screen you reference. So, you need to look at the big picture from beginning to end in order to decide the best way to design your documentation. But, generally, one query for one bit of data is a good foundation. Meaning, you shouldn't have multiple vital signs queries - but just one for temp, one for height, etc. Any help appreciated, Denise Summerford =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
