[MEDITECH-L] ICU and I&Os / Vitals in MEDITECH

I have been asked the following questions.anyone who can help , it would be greatly appreciated. Gale Could you do an inquiring on the Meditech L to see what other ICUs are doing for documentation of I/Os and the times that they calculate. Questions are how are you handling the followin

[MEDITECH-L] Scripting and Scheduling tool for C/S

We are looking for a scripting and report scheduling solution for Meditech CS. I have seen comments on several products like: Boston Workstation http://www.bostonworkstation.com/ Iatric's Scriptmate http://www.iatric.com/npr/scripting-services.asp Automate http://www.summit-healthcare.c

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Can Clinical Analyst Report to Nursing Dept.?

I have been a clinical analyst/IT Nursing Liaison in a large hospital and a small hospital and I have always reported to the Nursing Director. The communication with IT is absolutely essential - but reporting to nursing has worked for me because I think I have more support implementing clinical app

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Display Window prior to filing a CDS

Hi Al, Normally that would be a MEDITECH custom! If you specify a custom to MEDITECH you might want to allow for some method of disabling the message perhaps based on screen type or globally. There are a couple of messages that pop up there anyway. 1. The number of queries on line 12 will

RE: [MEDITECH-L] IS function or Business Office

We write them to a scheduled ftp download but the business office manages and transfers to the sites. Jackie From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gauntt, Brandon K. Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:09 AM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com

[MEDITECH-L] Nursing Documentation

Greetings, We have been struggling with our IV documentation screen (where the nurse documents Inserts, tubing changes, sites etc) it just seems to be confusing. If anyone has one that works well for them, we would love to hear about it. Thanks in advance, Mary Hayward RN, BSN Applications

RE: [MEDITECH-L] IS function or Business Office

Brandon, We write the NPR report and give the users instructions on how to run. We also ensure that depending how the data is submitted/transmitted that it's HIPAA compliant. Joseph George IT Director Russell Medical Center This email and any files transmitted with it are confidenti

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Attribute help

First thing that I see is that the IF statement is redundant. The IFE statement functions as an IF when the statement returnes a value, i.e. "true", so there is no need for the IF. Try... IFE=([ANS,"ADM.INS.HM"]|0="N")!([ANS,"ADM.INS.WK"]|0="N") Monica Monica Summers System Education Consul

[MEDITECH-L] Transciption Software

Does anyone know of a Transcription software that interfaces with Meditech where the reports can be accessed via ABS or MRI. We have multiple hospitals that do not have the OE or ITS modules and are looking for an alternate solution. Thank you, Kathy J. Ogden Manager Meditech Financial Implem

[MEDITECH-L] bbk collection identifier

Hello We do not accept any specimen in BBK without the user nmuemonic written on the tube. Example LAB.GMS must be hand written on the label that was placed on the tube. In Meditech the correct Collected by: is entered, but just in case, we also have a separate non reportable test in the Group

[MEDITECH-L] San Replication

Is anyone using SAN to SAN replication with Meditech? James Wheeler System Administrator EMCPA, EMCSA Halifax Medical Center Office: (386) 254-4116 x1503 Fax: (386) 258-4808 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the s

Re: [MEDITECH-L] BBK Backup Client

We have it installed on all three workstations in Blood Bank, on the C: drives. Users access it via an icon on the toolbar. It's on the C: drives so it is available if the network is down. (At least that's our hope-we have not had it happen.) It is seldom used, but recently we needed it and

[MEDITECH-L] NPR Question C/S 5.5.2

I am attempting to write a NPR report to show the last documented assessment. We have a VTE assessment that is documented on qshift and when we run the report we want the last documented assessment to print. What we have in our computed field is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"PCSVTEASS",1]&'@td.value.m

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Assessments for EDM and Looking forward to PCS

Please post. Thanks, Nancy W Lucas Information Technology Randolph Hospital Asheboro, NC 27203 V:(336)328-4480 F:(336)625-0205 -Original Message- From: Delsesto, Marc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:26 AM To: Meditech-L@MTUsers.com Cc: Graham, Sheral; Pilon,C

[MEDITECH-L] Employee Assistance Program and Occupational Health

Is anybody using Meditech for Employee Assistance Program, the type of program where counseling services are offered to hospital and/or external employees. This would involve CWS, documenting progress notes, and client billing. If so, please let me know the good, the bad, the ugly and any caveats

[MEDITECH-L] Physician Portal / Scanning and Archiving

We are a Client Server facility and shopping Physician Portal and Scanning & Archiving vendors. Would any of you be able to provide any feedback/references on the following vendors? 1. Meditech (PCM Module) 2. The Shams Group (Galactica/Physician Portal) 3. Patient Keeper 4. Valco Thanks i

[MEDITECH-L] LH500 & Lantronix questions?

Anybody in L land interfacing to a Beckman-Coulter LH500? We've been trying to get our bidirectional interface going (we had a Act 5 diff before that), I had stuff flowing in test last week, then it mysteriously ceased to function. We've checked cables; our Beckman maintenance guy was here, restart

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Medicine Reconciliation....take 3

Please post to L - we are also trying to get med recon worked out. Kelly Lippold, RN, MSN Nurse Informaticist Salina Regional Health Center (785)452-7595 >>> "Troy Shaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/16/2007 9:48 AM >>> It is time to pick your brains*. We are trying to computerize the medicine rec

[MEDITECH-L] Report Issue

Meditech 5.4 Client server We are experiencing a strange issue and would like to know if anyone might be familiar with it. We created a status list via a NPR and assigned it to the Managers and dept. heads desktops. *** This has been in place for a year or more without issue.*** I got

RE: [MEDITECH-L] IS function or Business Office

When dealing with a department that has capable users, we write the report in IT, then publish to a user menu and they are responsible to run it and transmit to its destination. Where applicable, scripting is used to automate the process. We do have some 3rd party vendor downloads that are kept

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Helpdesk Software and Facility Software

We use Helpstar for our IT helpdesk software. http://www.helpstar.com For facilities we use Grand PM http://www.grandpm.com -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brown, John D. Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:08 PM To: Meditech-L@MTUsers

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Physician Offices scheduling appointmnets in CWS

We have let physician offices use scheduling and it is nice in the fact that they have immediate access to book appts however it can be a problem as well. If they don't know the correct mnemonic or if an auth is required it creates problems. Some were finding ways to "trick" the system. Some office

[MEDITECH-L] (no subject)

Posting on the behalf of a co-worker Are there any sites out there that have a way to flag accounts in Meditech and LSS as to which ones a Vendor is working with and which ones the hospital/clinic is following up on? For example, once a Medicare account has been paid on, generate a flag for the V

[MEDITECH-L] Nursing Point of Care

I am looking for a site that is using the Nursing Point of Care functionality. We are trying to get this set up and we're having issues with the signing onto the hand held. It first takes 60 seconds to log into our network and then we have to sign into meditech. We aren't getting much help fr

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Physician Offices scheduling appointments in CWS

Physician's office staff have been scheduling a limited number of Radiology exams for several years. It has worked well for us. It has been a time saver for all involved. Kathy Horton, RN System Analyst Franklin Memorial Hospital 111 Franklin Health Commons Farmington, ME 04938 (207)779-

[MEDITECH-L] attribute help.

I am looking for an attribute for "skip". On my nursing assessment for each category, I have a WNL query. If the query is marked "y" then I would like the screen to skip to the next section. Can I put one attribute on the WNL query or do I have to put something on each of the queries in that s

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Computer Generated MAR - Nurses please help

Answers below. Kathy Horton, RN System Analyst Franklin Memorial Hospital 111 Franklin Health Commons Farmington, ME 04938 (207)779-2488 -Original Message- From: Dale, Diane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:21 PM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: [MEDIT

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Helpdesk Software and Facility Software

We are using Array's Task+ for these functions and are very happy with its functionality and support. We also use their "add-ons" of DTS+ and Remittance Denial. Please contact me directly with any specific questions. Thanks! Tom Bluhm I.S. Director Island Hospital (360) 299-1335 -Origi

[MEDITECH-L] Helpdesk software and Facility Software

Terry, we use Array's Task+ software for both of these uses. We've have given all users access to initiate tasks to report problems such as PC/printer problems and to request biomed and plant ops workorders. I have other types of tasks defined, but haven't rolled out to entire employee populat

[MEDITECH-L] Mox Msg from a Macro

I hope someone can help me with this. I found in my notes from an Iatrics Attribute class on How to send a mox message from a macro. I am trying to send a mox message whenever this Departmental Requisition is ordered to specific users.The problem I have encountering is the first two TEXT LINE

[MEDITECH-L] Magic Macro Assistance

Good Morning L'ers I'm trying to create a "simple" macro in OE.ORD where I want to enter about 50 proc.number rather than "manually" keying them in every time I run the report. My report is crashing when loading page 1. Here's my first and second macro. What is coded incorrectly. Tha

[MEDITECH-L] Wireless Devices for Providers

What type wireless device do you provide for your physicians to use with PCI at the bedside? April Willis Systems Analyst Sumner Regional Health Systems, Inc. Phone: (615) 328-6547 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This transmission contains Privileged and Confidential information intended

[MEDITECH-L] C/S - preop patients and CPOE

Hi all, Our providers are trying to work toward fully using CPOE. In their efforts, our surgeons are frustrated that their pre-op orders can't be entered at the time they see the patient in their office. These offices have access to the hospital system and are not currently using LSS. The workf

[MEDITECH-L] Needed Clinical Professionals

Are you ready for an exciting career change? Inteck is looking for experienced MEDITECH clinical professionals with B/AR, Admissions, Scheduling and a Medical Records backgrounds to supplement our growing MEDITECH Consulting Practice. Full job description can be found: HYPERLINK "http://www.in

[MEDITECH-L] ELF CHIPS FOR NEW UB04 & 1500 Form

Are there any Meditech facilities that have successfully aligned patient data with forms overlay using the E-Forms box from CMFI Group, Inc. (Cheque-Guard)? Thanks, Danny Miles Jeff Anderson RMC =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUser

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Helpdesk Software and Facility Software

John, We use Array's task+ in both areas. It integrates completely within Meditech for entering workorders, messaging, linking to MM, and the user dictionary. No need to rebuild dictionaries, additional interfaces or for users to use different software. Their customer service is fantastic

[MEDITECH-L] Outpatient Reimbursement Rules for Illinois Medicaid

We are preparing to update to 5.5 in about six months and are attempting to write outpatient rules for Illinois Medicaid. Are there any sites in Illinois who are using 5.5, or have rules written for outpatient services that also perform the up-front adjustment? We have not used proration for

[MEDITECH-L] Magic NPR help needed in B/AR

I have a great report from another facility that lists accounts that contain specific procedures. It selects on the b/ar batch date, fincl, pt type and procedure. I'd like to further select only accounts that contain certain chg categories. I've been unsuccessful in modifying the select to in

[MEDITECH-L] Meditech Ease...

Is anybody in L Land familiar with a third-party product called Meditech Ease (sp)? It is supposed to assist with transitioning Order Sets into Meditech. Please let me know if anybody has ever used this, results, etc Thanks in advance! Brent Massey First Consulting Group Centura Health x74289 Cell

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic-fax solutions

You can buy the Desktop fax option from interbitdata to fax from any windows application. Also with ISDN line, you can receive faxes and direct them to specific users. Harry Rianto Bluewaterhealth. -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

[MEDITECH-L] Lab report header selected by receiving site magic 5.5

Good afternoon L'ers. I find myself in need of help again. So I am turning to my best source. You guys. We are opening a remote lab with a different pathologist as director. All reports will still be printed at the main lab to be sent out or telecommed to the doctor's offices. My dilemma is m

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Re: Pharmacy Perpetual Inventory

I have to agree with Jeff. Every time I have had a U.S. site look at doing this they backed away from it after realizing how much was involved in keeping it up. I would expect that you would need a full time position to maintain this. Drew Novack Healthcare IT Consultant Ph: 508-333-3865

RE: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic-fax solutions

Hi Ross, You are correct, that what you purchased back in April 2004 only allows you to fax out of MEDITECH. That is because you purchased our NetFax EM series which includes the appliance so you did not need to buy a separate server. I must also tell you that Interbit Data does have a faxing s

[MEDITECH-L] Anyone LIVE and HAPPY with EDM?

We have purchased this module but have some unhappy physicians who don't think they will like the module. Is there anyone out there who is using the EDM completely and happily that wouldn't mind talking with me? I sure would love to hear from you. Thanks in advance!! Nicci Dickinson, RN, Director

[MEDITECH-L] eMAR Detail Fragment with Admin.Criterion needed

Hello, MAGIC 5.4 sr2 I would greatly appreciate anyone's help with the following: I am in the process of creating a downtime format for our eMAR's. On the detail fragment for this report I am trying to capture Admin Criterion along the lines of the following: ADMIN CRITERION: CONDITION

[MEDITECH-L] MICROWAVES with wirelss

Has anyone had issues arise from your wireless when microwaves are in use. I have one site that has all of their meals heated on the units and they get kicked out of the mar when this is happening. Any help would be appreciated. Karen Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Auto print of nursing interventions ex:dischargesummaries, data bases

Output Format Enter the format for the output that you want to print for the associated activity. You can enter a standard or custom format. The following standard reports are available:

[MEDITECH-L] ABS-3M interface on an XP machine

Hi, we are a Magic 5.4 site and just began using the ABS-3M interface via the Code 3 option in Process an Abstract. It's worked fine for our Windows 2000 machines, but on an XP machine the Output file is not creating in the Encoder folder. The error message we received was "Error: COM-unable to r

[MEDITECH-L] Radiology Professional Billing

We would like to talk to anyone that is billing for Radiology Professional fees. Alicia K Garner, CPP Financial Systems Analyst II Randolph Hospital [EMAIL PROTECTED] 336-328-4462 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET.

[MEDITECH-L] Job Openings in Daytona Beach, FL

Would you like to work for a great organization in sunny Daytona Beach, Florida? We have openings for a Business Analyst, Education Specialist and a Knowledge Team Lead at Patient Business and Financial Services, an affiliate of Halifax Community Health System. Our Client Server site is located o

Re: [MEDITECH-L] PACS and PCI integration

Hi, Glad to know others have seen the same issue. We are hoping Fuji can correct it. Thanks for all of the responses. I just wanted to clarify our situation a little. In addition to loading the Fuji Synapse workstation software you have to set the I.E. security options to "prompt for username a

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Pulling element.response

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[MEDITECH-L] PCI physician access question

I'm posing this question for a colleague. Small hospital. Two main groups of physicians, with each physician in a group having access to all patients admitted by anyone else in that group. PCI access setup was pretty simple. Along comes the new group of hospitalists covering for all the doc

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Editing cut off date for Nursing

I have seen it at 3 days. I remember a situation in which it emerged, however, that certain physician practitioners who were using the Patient Notes function (can you believe it? Bless their souls!) were documenting weeks after the patient was discharged. At the time, we didn't seem to have a way