Re: [MEDITECH-L] Faxing Radiology reports

Hi Fariborz,   We are faxing both Radiology reports and lab results with a system we built inhouse using Linux.  We have a Fedora Core 4 server with sendfax installed.  We wrote a Python script that receives a print job from Meditech and sends it to the fax spooler.  The Meditech system simply se

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Pharmacy Revenue

Assuming that you are accurately changing the AWP as they come on the invoice, there have been SIGNIFICANT reductions in AWP over the last 5 years. Some companies have gotten in trouble for "inflating" the AWP so they are getting more realistic. If you have FirstDataBank, make sure you are using

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Surgery schedule

We are C/S 5.5 SR2 and we use the Distribution Lists in the OR module. Once the surgery schedule is finalized in the afternoon, the surgery scheduler force prints the next day's schedule from within the GRID to the Locations/printers defined in the appropriate Distribution Groups. Maria Clau

[MEDITECH-L] BMV System

We are currently looking into several BMV systems, but are primarily looking at Cerner. Is anyone else running the Cerner BMV system and can you let me know how the experience has been with their systems and support with Meditech (Magic)? Best Regards, Chris Anderson MIS Director Moore C

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Attribute help-Magic 5.5

Hi Chuck and others, You can default previously filed responses into a multiple line query with the following attribute: IFE=IF{+/[ANS%0,"QUERY"]M[""]; IFE=""^ZX, IFE=DO{+([EMAIL PROTECTED],"QUERY"]M IFE=[ZX],ZV)^ZX ZV|0^/[ANS%0,"QUERY"]M[ZX]|0, IFE=IF{ZX'>2 P(R-1+ZX,S,ZV|0:25L)^#}}, IFE=DO{ZX'

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Negative Medication Orders: Where to build them in PHA

We have EDM/POM med ordering and BMV live. Here are notes I used for our pharmacists training sessions and 'where we put what', including Label Comments. Meditech doesn't really give you any guidance in deciding where to put information. You just need to look at the various fields from upstream

RE: [MEDITECH-L] PHA Review Activity Exists ???

Set your PHA customer defined parameters, page 6 in Magic 5.5.2 PHANUR Conflict Type Review Admin Allergy N N Disease N N Dose Warning N N Duplicate N N Food N N In

RE: [MEDITECH-L] What's wrong with a dash and FTP

The problem isn't with your originating source, it is with the destination. Your FTP host is replacing the dash (and probably other characters) with the underscore. Thank you, Mitch Lawrence Lead Applications Analyst - Advanced Report Writer General Financials Support CHRISTUS Information M

Re: [MEDITECH-L] attribute

Hi Janet, I'm not sure what additional things that you are wanting to do... but you can use as many FCL attributes as you want as long as you sequentially number them like this: FCL1=IF(@.response="Y" 1, FCL1=%MIS.SCREEN.display.doc("MYSCREEN","QUERY")} FCL2=IF(@.response="Y" 1, FCL2=%MIS.SCREEN.

RE: [MEDITECH-L] What's wrong with a dash and FTP

Doug - No idea why it's happening, but one workaround I would try is to insert a decode into the variable: "filename"_D(45)_"1.txt" (45 is the ASCII code for dash). Douglas B. McGaw Newman Regional Health 1201 W. 12th Ave. Emporia, KS 66801 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 620-343-6800 x 1130 fax:

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Default Documentation Limits in NUR

We have parameters set to 50% before, 50% after, and 90 Minutes. Then we do a lot of individual settings for specific interventions. For example, if vitals are not changed to 10 Minutes out of range, if you have vitals scheduled every 15 minutes, documening the very first one (where the 50%

[MEDITECH-L] PT/OT documentation

Good Monday morning! One of our sites is interested in entering PT/OT evals into Meditech. I am looking for ideas from other facilities as to how to accomplish this - documentation screens, canned test, etc. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Terry Angeloni Provena Health Informatio

[MEDITECH-L] PHA NDC codes on claims- Magic

We are 5.4sr3, how are sights handling this issue? Is the national drug codes stored anywhere in particular in the Pharmacy module? We are now getting requirements to include the NDC on claims for injectables. I am trying to figure out how I can pull this info onto our claims. Julie Kindred Cli

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Pharmacy Revenue

Please post. This same issue was brought to my attention last week. I'm not sure what I am to do about this. -Original Message- From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas Nancy Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:56 PM To: med

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Running multiple NPR reports from one prompt

I've never tried this, but it strikes me that, if you set up one report as the "master" and all the others as fragments of that report (run in the trailer region), you ought to be able to get what you're looking for. If you want to select from various reports, you'd have to set up a select vari

[MEDITECH-L] Please, sample policy BMV/eMAR to get me started

Please help, I am brain dead this morning. Can someone get me stared with a sample of a policy for BMV/eMAR? Charlotte Snider RN Clinical Coordinator Information Technology Hammond Henry Hospital Geneseo, IL Therapy is expensive. Poppin' bubble wrap is cheap. The choice is you

[MEDITECH-L] EDM LEVEL CHARGES

Is anyone using Level charging in Meditech EDM. We are currently doing it manually but would love to set it to be done by the system? If so will you share info? Thanks, Gracie Gracie Gillis, RN EDM Specialist Culpeper Regional Hospital 540-829-5024 BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Gil

[MEDITECH-L] LAB: COBAS 6000 / MIDDLEWARE

Hello, We are a magic 5.5.2 site, starting implementation of Roche Cobas 6000 and Middleware. Instruments are being delivered w/in 2 weeks. One question from Roche for the set up process is whether we will autoverify through Meditech or the Middleware. We currently do not autoverify any lab resul

[MEDITECH-L] JJ WILD handheld scanners

We are in the process of reviewing the possible use of the JJ WILD handheld scanners. We are Magic 5.5 and we use MSM/OR (PICIS). Wanted to know if any of you are using these devices for MM and/or MSM/OR. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dimitri Papachristos Database Admi

[MEDITECH-L] Job Opportunity - Lead Senior Analyst

Spring Harbor Hospital has an immediate opening for a Lead Senior Analyst. Spring Harbor Hospital is an acute behavioral hospital, located in the Greater Portland area of Maine. We are part of the larger Maine Health Network, running Meditech CS 5.5 SR2. - 5-8 years minimum Meditech experi

RE: [MEDITECH-L] PHA Review Activity Exists ???

Yes, it shows up frequently. Do a search of the L and you will find a thread from several months back. These are configured in the Custom-defined Parameters with several flags that will limit this somewhat. You need to add the REV function to the pharmacist ACCESS so the can REView these and cle

[MEDITECH-L] FW: Medication Reconciliation and related reports updated on Meditech Website (Client Server)

Many of you have asked different questions of us regarding NPR issues you're encountering on the Med Rec reports we've created that you downloaded from the Meditech NPR Archives on their website. We continue to revise and improve our processes and the reports. I have just added to the website our

RE: [MEDITECH-L] FW: Provider Dictionary

We had our MIS support person change our default Provider look-up to the expanded view. So that you can see the Provider Group, Telephone #, and ABS service. This almost always helps in picking the right one. Thank you, Tracey _ From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: [MEDITECH-L] OB Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring System and Magic 5.5??

Hi All; We have the GE QS system receiving adt's from Meditech (Magic). What we did is separate the QS to the Bio-med network, put a routter in place to protect the system and allowed adt's through and connection back to Meditech. The QS workstations have the Meditech Icon and the Nurse can connec

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Surgery schedule

We use a custom NPR and schedule a preliminary and final report to many different printers. We are a Magic site. Shirley Schoberg, MT(ASCP) Clinical Analyst Samaritan Health Services - IS Corvallis, OR Original Message Follows From: "Pearey, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: [ME

[MEDITECH-L] UB04 Type Of Bill

I can't get the Type Of Bill to print in box 4 of the UB04. The TOB is now a 4 character field and the four characters (eg 0123) are visible in the spool file but when it prints on the claim form, it only shows three (eg 012) with the right most digit truncated. Does anyone have a solution

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Blank MAR

You could define a MAR format that uses the page header to define the boxes. I am attaching an example. Shirley Schoberg, MT(ASCP) Clinical Analyst Samaritan Health Services - IS Corvallis, OR Original Message Follows From: "Carol Higley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CC: Mark Foesch <[EM

[MEDITECH-L] Patient Labels

We are going to be using Labels for our charts instead of the stamper card and I wanted to see if any of you have any policies regarding the use of the Chart Labels. If you have a policy, I would really appreciate a copy of it to use as a guide. Thanks Scarlet Scarlet B. Collier Lane Regional M

[MEDITECH-L] Denials / Case Management Third Party

We are a Meditech Client Server 5.5 Facility looking to find other Meditech hospitals (C/S or Magic) who use Thomson / Medstat's QMS, CMS & Ascent Products for Denials or Utilization Review. If you utilize any of these products, please let us know as we would like to network with you on current

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Operating Room Management Systems

James: We have the Magic version of Picis' Medsurg product. It has met all of our actual needs. It has fallen short of some perceived needs. For example, there is a perception that the Block Scheduling Utilization reports are not accurate. Actually, they are very accurate if you set up your

FW: [MEDITECH-L] Radiology Employee Scheduling Software

Our radiology department uses the NUR Staffing and Scheduling menu. It's really easy to build the different codes needed for an employee that may be in xray one day and CT the next. Joan Quinn Information Systems Coordinator PACS Specialist Conway Regional Health System Conway, AR [E

RE: [MEDITECH-L] NPR Slowness with Fragments (depending oninitialreport) post 5.5

Alternatively, you could try first untranslating the report (save it but don't translate it) then do a complete retranslation (start with macros, then do the main report). See if that works. Thank you, Mitch Lawrence Lead Applications Analyst - Advanced Report Writer General Financials Support C

[MEDITECH-L] Question regarding scripting products

Hi all, We have recently evaluated two scripting tools and would like to know what those of you on the L-list think of each of them, if you have an opinion. The two vendors we researched are Boston Workstation and Summit Healthcare. Do you have either of these vendors? Are you pleased with the

[MEDITECH-L] (no subject)

Hi, We have implemented Meditech's EDM Tracker and are moving forward with the rest of the implementation. If you have implemented EDM, would you please take a minute to answer a few questions - ballpark is ok! 1. How long did it take for your FULL EDM implementation? 2. If a phased approach w

[MEDITECH-L] select different drug from PHA rule

The user wants a PHA rule to evaluate at MED and list drugs with the same generic ID as the one the user entered. I have been able to do that. The user now wants the rule to number the drugs, allow the user to select a number, and have that drug populate the Med field. My rule is a Cus-Defined K

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Allergy Alert

Christina - This is one reason that I went with the MIS allergens from FDB - everything is based on NDC#. If you use FDB and are 5.5 or greater, I would advise changing. We've run into this problem with Robitussin AC (with Codeine) and Codeine allergies. If you do not have the correct class unde

[MEDITECH-L] DR PEER GROUP - INTERNATIONAL MUSE 07

Hi - I'm the 2007 Data Repository Peer Group Leader and as with everyone else I'm looking for ideas from those of you that use DR. What is working for you, what isn't? Have you done something different (no matter how small) with the DR that you would like to share with the group? Please remember

[MEDITECH-L] MUSE - NUR Show and Tell

HI, I am this year's IPGL for NUR. I am seeking users to present their solutions for Medication Reconciliation, especially in the OUTPATIENT arena. In addition, has anyone implemented Visual Smart Board that would like to present a short Show N Tell? Do you have any interesting NPR reports yo

[MEDITECH-L] Zebra Label printers

We currently have a lot of Zebra label printers in house that are less than 1 year old. In switching to Meditech, we were informed that we need to purchase our Zebra label printers from JJ Wild due to the custom firmware. Has any facility been able to use their existing Zebra label printers and i

FW: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Handhelds for BMV and Phlebotomy

-Original Message- From: Ruth Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:35 PM To: Birkenholz, Karen Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Handhelds for BMV and Phlebotomy We do. But we don't use the Meditech product for BMV. We use CareFusion for BMV (CareMed) an

[MEDITECH-L] Scripting into the Charge Master

Good Afternoon, Is there anyone currently scripting into the BAR Charge Master in Meditech Magic. If you are, what information are you scripting, how often, and with what tool? Are there any testing processes in place to make sure the scripting tool did not enter the incorrect info in the wro

RE: [MEDITECH-L] NPR Slowness with Fragments (depending oninitialreport) post 5.5

I concur. I have had the same thing happen. I think Meditech has even suggested it on an occasion or two. -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Hall Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 5:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Meditech-L (E-mail)

[MEDITECH-L] Recurring Accounts

How is everyone handling their recurring accounts? Do you discharge monthly, quarterly, yearly? What issues do you have with clinical departments? Thanks. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditec

RE: [MEDITECH-L] MIS/customer defined select screen

Diane, You made me curious about this and I found this bit of information in the Summary for MIS/UNV training: Customer Defined Select Screens - Selection screens are pop-up screens containing radio buttons or check boxes used to answer customer-defined queries. The created queries are enclosed i

[MEDITECH-L] Unison Synchronization QuestionS

I've been using Boston Software Systems Workstation software for scripting for two and a half years. This product alone has saved us countless hours of keying (LIVE and TEST for 9 facilities!!!). Last Spring I wrote a script to copy Scheduling dictionaries - it was very time consuming and demandi

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Allergy Alert

Jeff may be too humble to announce that he's offering a presentation on this topic at the 2007 International MUSE Conference in San Diego. See the abstract below... Alan Sherbinin MUSE Executive Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] 877-491-4703 Don't Be Allergic to the New MAGIC Allergy Model Presenter:

[MEDITECH-L] Clinical Analyst Job opening

Hi All, I was asked to post this for the Rehab Hospital of the Cape and Islands. Please send resumes to David Rebello, CIO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clinical Analyst Responsible for supporting the Meditech system including training Hospital employees on basic system functions, implement specific appl

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Default Documentation Limits in NUR

Christina: Ours are set to 25% before and after and 120 minutes for out of range, with individual interventions that could be done less than Q2H having their out of range set in the intervention dictionary. June Emrick, RN Patient Documentation Systems Nurse Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin, In

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Surgery schedule

Our Surgery department prints it to our Pathology department automatically. Dawn D. Schneider, HT(ASCP) Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff, WI 54568 (715)356-8174 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ From: Deanna Ramirez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2

RE: [MEDITECH-L] PHA NDC codes on claims- Magic

The NDC code is on page 2 of your Drug Dictionary ("NDC/DIN#). 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 Julie Kindred Sent: Mond

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Medication Discharge Summary Report

Does anyone know if this function is also in Client Server version ? -Original Message- From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Angeloni, Terry Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 5:01 PM To: Castillo, Cristina; meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Medicati

RE: [MEDITECH-L] BMV System

We used Pyxis' Veri5 BMV for 4 years and just recently switched to Meditech's BMV (Pyxis no longer markets or supports Veri5). Because we were using an interface between Pyxis and Meditech, we had to modify how we enter Pharmacy orders, including not using some of Meditech's functionalities. We w

[MEDITECH-L] C/S Use of Handhelds for Ancillary Staff

Has anyone been successful in Client Server using small devices to put in things like Vital Signs or even interfacing VS machines to Meditech? I would love to hear of successes! Thanks, Mary Jo Nimmo, RN Director, MIS Lenoir Memorial Hospital Kinston, NC 28501 252-522-7700 * Confidential

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Running multiple NPR reports from one prompt

Yes you can do. We are printing multiple reports. Mr Ramani Shantilal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McGaw, Douglas Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 9:47 AM To: Kern, Wayne; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDIT

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Running multiple NPR reports from one prompt

You might try using 8. Edit Elements from the process reports menu. I've set up some small selects there. -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McGaw, Douglas Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 10:47 AM To: Kern, Wayne; meditech-l@MTUsers.com