[MEDITECH-L] MRSA log and/or a process that "flags" patients

I am searching for a program or a report that can be automatically reported from Meditech that will help me monitor patients with MDRO's. I feel that I need two reports. MDRO / MRSA log: Name of patient Demographics Lab date MDRO/MRSA flagging on admission: How are most hospitals "flagging"

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

Our parameter is set to 5 days. Jeanne Cameron, Analyst Clinical Informatics Olympic Medical Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patti Lawing Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:31 AM To: 'meditech-l@mtusers.com' Su

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

Jeff I have to disagree as I find the MM.PHA functionality very valuable. An accurate perpetual inventory allows you to: -reduce quantity on hand to 'just in time' which can be as much as a 30% reduction -anticipate stock outs before it happens -do all purchasing in 20 minutes or less -accurately t

[MEDITECH-L] Microbiology follow up

We are a critical access hospital with an average length of stay of 2.7 days. Leadership believes that there is a need for the hospital to follow up on microbiology reports that result after discharge to insure that treatment reflects the final microbiology report. Does anyone have a process t

RE: [MEDITECH-L] ARO Patients

Hi, Saira, The CCI CDS can be set up to notify on admission of MRSA or any other "across the board" condition; Meditech specifically designed it for MRSA & VRE notifications, but I've used it for a Hospice program notification, too. You can read more about the setup in these KB articles. The

[MEDITECH-L] RE: BMV Questions

Hi All, We are getting ready to Go Live with BMV in late May & I wanted to know what others do for the following: What is your policy dealing with Contact isolation patients? C/S 5.5 sr 2 Kimberly J. Hendrix Clinical Informatics Analyst Newberry County Memorial Hos

[MEDITECH-L] RE: BMV Questions

Hi Kim, We take a device in that room until the patient is discharged and then clean it. Hope this helps, Nancy Oliver Systems Analyst Albemarle Hospital 1144 North Road Street Elizabeth City, NC 27909 252-384-4742 Phone [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Attribute help

While it is true that your IFE statement will work without including the IF portion, it is not the best practice to write it leaving that portion out as a general rule. Keeping the proper syntax of the IF Statement in full view makes it easier to understand what you are doing. I would recommend a

[MEDITECH-L] RE: BMV Questions

This is one of the issues our BMV clinical team is discussing also. We had a BMV site visit to another hospital, and they scan the meds at the doorway of the patient room with 2 nurses confirming the patient ID and barcode. They do not bring the laptop cart into the isolation room. We don't hav

[MEDITECH-L] Dinamap VS

Hi L'ers, We are looking at implementing Dinamap Vital Sign monitors and have been told they do interface with Meditech Magic. Is any one successfully using these with an interface to Meditech. Please let me know how the monitors are performing as well as how the interface is working. Thanks, Liz

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Documentation

Generator Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium) We would be interested as well. Kathy Rupp, RN,BSN Clinical Analyst HaysMedicalCenter 785-650-2781 From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayward,Mary Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 7:27 AM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subje

[MEDITECH-L] RE: Bar-coded Wristband

Another questions for BMV: Do you limit who can print a barcode wrist band? Thanks, Kimberly J. Hendrix Clinical Informatics Analyst Newberry County Memorial Hospital 2669 Kinard Street PO Box 497 Newberry SC 29108 (803) 276-7570 ext. 279 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEAS

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

Same here. -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe George Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:53 AM To: Gauntt, Brandon K.; meditech-l@MTUsers.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] IS function or Business Office Brandon, We write

[MEDITECH-L] Removal of PRV in MT CS 5.6

At Cambridge Health Alliance we recently found out that PRV will no longer be available in Meditech version 5.6. Sites will need to migrate to Meditech's MPM module. We are currently on C/S version 5.5 2 and use a single Meditech Facility. Throughout our organization we use PRV to enter both Part

[MEDITECH-L] Zynx

Has anyone utilized Zynz Health to help develop and maintain physician order sets? If so, what are/were your thoughts? Did your physicians respond in a positive way? Thanks in advance. Kelly Lippold, RN, MSN Nurse Informaticist Salina Regional Health Center (785)452-7595 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*

[MEDITECH-L] Warning - index change

Warning - in 5.61 an index for ITS.ORD is no longer used (per Meditech - and I can verify that there are no entries in it). The index is ord.date.x - which has the subscripts [order.date,urn] - the physical structure is ?HIOODX ... =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubs

RE: [MEDITECH-L] LH500 & Lantronix questions?

We had similar problem with Xyplex termserver and LH750 at one of our MAGIC sites: Check block size 256 and mode on the instrument. On termserver default session mode should be transparent. newline filtering should be CR -Original Message- From: meditech-l@mtuse

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.6 Bed Board Enhancement

Hi We are also considering using this function and would love to see some replies posted to the list Sue Burger Senior Clinical Analyst St Marys General Hospital Kitchener, Ontario Canada -Original Message- From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smit

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Physician office log on/log off help

We set our LSS Schedule Screen Time-out override to 4 hours. Other routines could have overrides as well, as identified by the users. Cindy Bodnar-Anderson IS, Senior Programmer/Analyst Regional Health Rapid City SD 57701 -Original Message- From: Sandy Sothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

[MEDITECH-L] Synoptic Reporting

Is anyone using Synoptic Reporting (pre-arranged data entry templates for collection and comparison of cancer data) in the Pathology module? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Jane Hamilton MT(ASCP) Applications Analyst Piedmont Newnan Hospital 770-304-4303 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.6 Bed Board Enhancement

Please post responses to L. Thanks, Jennifer Glover -Original Message- From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smith, Joan Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:59 AM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.6 Bed Board Enhancement Happy Spring Y'all,

[MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.61 Attribute to jump from one NUR CDS to another

Hello Meditech L! I've been searching the archives and haven't found anything so I'm turning to you for help. I know this has been posted before but does anybody have an attribute that will Jump a user from one NUR CDS to another NUR CDS based on a Y/N response? I've never been a fan of

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

have you looked at Summit Interface Engine ? They have scripting and printing tools also -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hoffman Tom Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:47 PM To: MEDITECH-L@MTUsers.com

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Documentation

we would also be very interested in this . We are client server. -Original Message- From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayward,Mary Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:27 AM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L

[MEDITECH-L] Magic Clinical System Analyst Position

Russell Medical Center, an 81 bed facility located in Alexander City, Alabama is currently accepting applications for a Clinical System Analyst. The Clinical System Analyst position will be responsible for providing training to clinical users and in the overall planning, development, and implem

[MEDITECH-L] Duplexing question

I have a report that I would like to duplex. I copied/pasted the footnote that I seen on the Meditech KB site. The ADM.PAT report I have does duplex, but an extra blank page prints out. Have any of you experienced that and how did you resolve the problem? I tested on an HP printer as well as a

[MEDITECH-L] Provider Notification of Med Reconciliation

Good Morning, What are you using to satisfy the provider notification section of med reconciliation? JCAHO says it is not enough to have the patient deliver a copy to the next provider. Thanks in advance for any responses, Tim Scott Cascade Valley Hospital DISCLAIMER - Email is not consi

[MEDITECH-L] CORE MEASURE DATA COLLECTION (IN HOUSE)

We are trying to pull past hx on d/c charts in for certain labs, drugs administered (antibiotics, beta blockers into a NPR report. We seem to be running into stumbling blocks with this any suggestions on how others have proceeded with this data collection.) =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=

[MEDITECH-L] Patient Education CDS

Does anyone have a patient education CDS they are willing to share? "Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the i

[MEDITECH-L] Migration from Magic to C/S - NPR RW Question

Good Afternoon Everyone, My facility is migrating from Magic to Client Server in December and I was wondering if anyone that has done this migration can tell me if you had to re-train at Meditech for the RW module or if they were similar enough that you were able to write them in the C/S versi

[MEDITECH-L] Entering Patient Names

Hi there! Does anyone have any documentation regarding entering patient names in admitting? Specifically I am looking to see how our admitting department can put in patient titles - Mr. Mrs. Fr. Sr. etc. - and make sure that they are not picked up as middle initials? We had a couple of tries at

RE: [MEDITECH-L] (no subject)

What about using the outsource collection agency? Julia Carter, CPAR Consultant Consultant People 396 W Main Street Lewisville, TX 75057-3866 * 469.948.4000 Ext 308 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] e http://www.cpeople.org From:

[MEDITECH-L] Help with Macro

Hello L: I need help with a macro that I got from the Meditech archives. This NPR has 2 macros, and this one, I believe is the one that is causing the screen corruption for me. The NPR is attached to a CDS by way of an attribute and it pulls in from the PHA, a list of the pt's current active

RE: [MEDITECH-L] San Replication

James, We are implementing this now. We are Magic 5.5. The technology we are using is from Bridgehead Software called Integrated Serverless Backup and Integrated Disaster Recovery. MUSE just did a mini-MUSE webcast on March 22nd. The presentation can be downloaded from the MUSE website if you a

[MEDITECH-L] Policy for patient internet access

I am looking for a policy or statement that you use for allowing patients and guests to use internet access. We are installing a wireless network with a public side and would like some wording on monitoring sites and such. Thanks in advance. Mike Janeway Director of Information Systems Glendive Me

Re: [MEDITECH-L] attribute help.

Kathy, Magic programming has no "Skip to" functionality like most languages. You must put the IFE attribute on each query that you want to skip. Kenny Whiteside Kenny Whiteside BSN, RN Patient Care Information Systems Catawba Valley Medical Center 810 Fairgrove Church Road Hickory, NC 28602 [

[MEDITECH-L] What to Re-Enter after downtime - Emergency Room Documentation

I have been watching some of the threads regarding down time and have my own questions... Up until now, we re-enter everything (Vitals, Admit Assessments, Shift Assessments, ADLs, Dietary info..), basically anything that is done via interventions. Our policy is that the Electronic Medical Record is

[MEDITECH-L] Using Meditech 835 with multi-payer file

Our central billing office is currently testing reading in a multi-payer file into the 835 remit program. We are experiencing problems with payments to secondary payers that were crossover claims, 2nd to Medicare. We have tried using the TYPE INS of MULTI, and we have also tried using a map. Bo

[MEDITECH-L] E signature in Pathology

Is anyone using E signature for Pathology? Is there a way that the documents that need signed out go to a queue like the ITS report do? Is this a parameter? On the main Meditech default Pathology menu they give you a Sign Documents icon but when you click on this screen it always comes back t

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

We are using AccessAble helpdesk software, with WO requests from OE being populated into the database realtime, and Three Rivers software for Engineering. Ron Olsen Information Systems Coordinator Mercy Regional Health Center Manhattan, Kansas - 'Dream it to Reality' -Original Message---

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

Renee, do your end users enter the tasks through Task+ or through OE? Julia Carter, CPAR Consultant Consultant People 396 W Main Street Lewisville, TX 75057-3866 LL 469.948.4000 Ext 308 [EMAIL PROTECTED] e http://www.cpeople.org   -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto

[MEDITECH-L] OUTPT CHEMO DOCUMENTATION SCREENS

Does anyone have outpt chemo nursing documentation screens built, that they would be willing to share? We are bringing up outpt chemo and would like to not have to reinvent the wheel. Thanks, Becky Maxwell =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit

Fwd: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Documentation

We have been using the attached form for a couple of years. There are pop-ups for three of the questions. Also looks like I need to update the screen a little, but you'll get the idea. Roberta Laurimore, RN Clinical Analyst Culpeper Regional Hospital 540-829-4359 --- Begin Message --- Greetin

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic Macro Assistance

Joe, You need a comma after the ""^FND in line 2 of the proc macro But, you can reduce the coding to remove that line. Just replace all three lines with the following: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Gil Arnold Interface People, LP 214-222-1125 Corporate Office [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic Macro Assistance

I'm not sure in what context you are using the first macro. However, if you are doing a selection on your /PROC list, you can simply do a procedure LI /PROC (substitute "procedure" for whatever your procedure field is). This hardcodes your report to always select records where the procedur

[MEDITECH-L] Meditech Magic - Auditing User Accesses

We would like to receive information regarding this from other Magic customers using the Meditech audit/download process in a multiple facilities/hospitals/single MPI environment. Information regarding the process, reporting, overhead, etc. that would be helpful to a decision of whether/how best t

[MEDITECH-L] NMI Dictaphone ADT/ORM interfaces

I need to find a site willing to talk that has Dictaphone for radiology. I have some questions on the ORM and ADT interfaces. Thanks! Julie Kindred Clinical Coordinator Bozeman Deaconess Hospital 915 Highland Blvd Bozeman,Mt 59715 406-585-5047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This communication is confidenti

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Mox Msg from a Macro

Pat, Some things to consider: ~ If you trigger this macro prior to answering the queries you will not have information in the queries to pull into your message. ~ If you only default a "Y" into the query and then call the macro from an FCL attribute you will find times where the message is not se

RE: [MEDITECH-L] attribute question

You need to do something like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"F" 1, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@Z.mouse.click IF{E(/ . . . . . Daniel Davis From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathleen Lynch Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:48 AM To: meditech-l@m

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

item.procedure's.chg.cat Make sure if you are selecting procedure or chg.cat that you use a selection relationship, otherwise only those accounts that meet both criteria will be returned. The index must be transaction items, not transactions, otherwise you will need to have an MSEL footnote.

[MEDITECH-L] Using Meditech 835 with multi-payer file

Our central billing office is currently testing reading in a multi-payer file into the 835 remit program. We are experiencing problems with payments to secondary payers that were crossover claims, 2nd to Medicare. We have tried using the TYPE INS of MULTI, and we have also tried using a map. Bot