RE: [MEDITECH-L] Off MEDITECH-Pneumonia and Influenza Vaccine

1. yes 2. yes 3. combination of general nurse and infection control nurse - only because the general nurse's workload does not permit him/her time to make multiple phone calls to track down the patient's immunization history, when the patient doesn't know that history 4. not sure what this question

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Time Clock system

We have been using Kronos Workforce Timekeeper for many years and are very satisfied with it. We have timeclocks on every floor and our employees swipe their badges to clock in and out. Kronos also has a browser based program for employees who want to clock in and out at their desk. Kronos creates

[MEDITECH-L] Display Message Attribute

Good morning L! Quick Question, I'm trying to write an attribute that will display a message if a yes is entered in any one or more questions. Example: Question1 Y/N Question2 Y/N Question3 Y/N Quesiton4 Y/N So if yes is answered to any of the questions above I would like to display a

Fwd: [MEDITECH-L] UB04 Print Problems

Thanks, Dan. It's nice to know that we're not going crazy. I'll give those revised settings a try, but I'm skeptical that it will work, since I've pretty much tried all kinds of combinations of set-up, and the line-up wasn't pretty. If payers use scanning equipment to read in the data from th

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Time Clock system

We use Kronos for our timekeeping system. Our employees clock in by phone. We have different levels of restriction set. Some employees can clock in/out on any phone. Some are restricted to certain phones. Some employees can clock in from offsite, etc. We originally purchased the clocking progr

RE: [MEDITECH-L] PCI physician access question

PCI self assign may help you - it resolved issues similar here. You can track for HIPAA, but there is a certain amount of "honesty" required on the part of the provider in that they can access ANY record as long as they answer the self-assign screen...There are ways to send notifications to the oth

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Order Rule for required authorization number

Are you using CWS? If so, you can identify insurances that require prior authorization for certain exams in the Appointment Type dictionary, on page 2. We have ours set to display a warning flag, and this prompts our schedulers to obtain an authorization number from the person scheduling the exam.

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

Ours is set at 24 hrs after DC for the NUR module -Original Message- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sharon LaDuke Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:58 PM To: Patti Lawing; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Editing cut off date for Nursing

[MEDITECH-L] NPR Report for Admission Label - I can't find my copy

Hello, I know that I had a copy of the NPR Report for Admission Label that is formatted landscape and has the armband across the top, but I can not find my copy. Can someone please send this to me again? Lesa Gorman Systems Analyst Central Michigan Community Hospital (989) 772-6852 [EMAIL PROT

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Time Clock system

I have worked with multiple facilities that utilize Kronos. This product, with the appropriate set-up interfaces to/from Meditech. Employees utilize time clocks, phone, or computers to sign in/out and then the information is uploaded to Meditech. Files are interfaced daily/weekly to pass the infor

[MEDITECH-L] NPR report for insurance balances

I'm working on an NPR report that will give me the following information: For patients who received services in a specified date range (ie. April), show the balance in each insurance bucket and the date that each insurance was filed. We want our collectors to use this report to target their wo

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Time Clock system

We are using Kronos. We have some time clocks at the out locations but here in house they use teletime so you could use either. We do have interfaces between the two so that the employees update in Kronos with the interface as well as their PTO. We then pull the file back into Meditech from an

[MEDITECH-L] Attributes on CDS

My facility is instituting DVT prophylaxis regime on patients. It has been requested to be able to have way if they answered the query of DVT prophylaxis has been addressed, it would not print the NPR doctor order sheet. I thought a CDS attribute, but I am not sure how to do this. Does anybody in t

[MEDITECH-L] PHARMACY IV REFILL LIST

I have been asked by the Pharmacy department if there is anyway to download the IV REFILL LIST to a hard-drive as opposed to printing it out. I know that when you set it up in the CDP's it requires an actual device so I can't type in DOWNLOAD. Has anyone done something like this? We used to ha

RE: [MEDITECH-L] BMV - FUTURE MED ORDERS - CS

Terry, Our nurses go into SO - Sort Order and change the date on "Thru Date" to be able to see the future date and they acknowledge the order. Diana L Teeters, RNC Alliance Community Hospital 200 East State Street Alliance, OH 44601 From: meditech-l@MTUs

[MEDITECH-L] Making the EMR notes view only

Would you please post this question. Currently we are able to post a note into the patient's EMR for an undefined length of time. We would like to be able to make specific records on an as needed basis a view only status and eliminate the ability to enter notes. Have others had this issue

[MEDITECH-L] (no subject)

Cape Regional Medical Center is seeking an experienced Meditech analyst to provide software system support and serve as project coordinator for Meditech and other hospital-wide systems implementations. Candidate will build systems, develop and maintain dictionaries/tables, and use thorough knowledg

[MEDITECH-L] Financial Productivity, Indicators and Benchmarks

Financial Productivity, Indicators and Benchmarks How do you know where you are going if you don't know where you are? Have you ever asked yourself? * What is a good financial standard or benchmark? * Are the financial standards/benchmarks we are using applied uniformly and cons

[MEDITECH-L] FW: Memo tracking software

Hi all, We are a Meditech magic 5.4 facility. We also have the McKesson PACS and Powerscribe. We would like to know if there are any other facilities that have McKesson PACS and are using a mammography reporting / mammography tracking software and what it is. Any information you give us, wil

RE: [MEDITECH-L] BMV - FUTURE MED ORDERS - CS

I would like to thank all that responded! Your help and ideas are always greatly appreciated. Once again at Meditech the right hand does not know what the left is doing. In other words, in Magic this functionality already exists, in CS your s#*&!%$. Meditech states that they have heard from

[MEDITECH-L] Pharmacy Consultants

Our Pharmacy Director has asked if I could get a list of other Meditech sites that have used Pharmacy Consultants. If you have used a consultant at your hospital, and you don't mind being contacted regarding your experiences, please let me know. Thanks in advance, Diana Whitehead Solutions Deve

[MEDITECH-L] Orders Entered on Wrong Patient

Magic Order Entry We continue to struggle with orders being entered on the wrong patient. For a variety of reasons we do not restrict users by location. We're wondering if anyone has found it helpful to force users to use the Review Orders routines to access Enter Orders? Do users pay at

[MEDITECH-L] Inside Wiring

Our data/phone wiring has always been done by engineering and we now want to bring it into the IT Department, can anyone tell me who in your department does this and a possible job description? Thanks as always, Doug Doug Burkhardt Mee Memorial Hospital =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=

[MEDITECH-L] Equipment Program

Can anyone tell me what they are using for tracking equipment? We are looking for an affordable program to track where items such as IV Pumps are located at any given time; this would include serial number, model, department or being repaired. Is anyone using Meditech or another vendors solution.

[MEDITECH-L] PCS and ITS Care Redesign

Opportunities for Healthcare IT Professionals CTG HealthCare Solutions (CTGHS), a leader in the healthcare information technology consulting industry, has an immediate opening for an experienced Meditech Client-Server Implementation Consultant. The Ideal Candidate Will Have: *Experience i

RE: [MEDITECH-L] UB04 print edge to edge printer required

The HP4250 has been tested and will work fine. I believe the HP4300 will work as well but we have not yet tested it. I'm at home now and don't have the exact settings, but can send them to you tomorrow if you'd like. Barry Christenson - Sr. Business Analyst Corporate Information Systems CRMC

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Respiratory Therapy

Hi, The nurse orders the ABG's in OE which then notifies Respiratory. In the past, resp techs drew them and brought them to the lab to run and result. Now resp techs have point of care analyzers they run and result (Abbott I-stat). -Original Message- From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Order Rule for required authorization number

We were using a CDS before but now have ARM module which tracks auths and referrals for us. From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlotte Huckabay Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:44 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Microbiology follow up

We do not track which micor reports are completed after discharge. The provider gets a report on paper or electronically depending on the office when it is complete regardless if the are discharged/inpt/outpt and it is up to the provider to follow up on their patient. The only time we do call is

RE: [MEDITECH-L] MRSA and VRE

We do not have separate organisms but have a canned text that is entered on each report with one of those organisms notifying it is a MRSA or VRE. From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smith, Adin F. Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:44

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Attribute Help (FCLn/FCLnA Explained)

Pat, Based on the information you provided I'm assuming that this is the attribute that you have placed on query NURFALL1. I'm not sure what you are wanting to do with your IFE attribute but it is not needed for what you requested. Instead, you only need the field check attributes but they n

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Attribute Help

If you want to stay at the query (not allow the user to continue) you would write the FCL as such: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"Y" [EMAIL PROTECTED]("You must document fall checks at a minimum of every 2 hours.") If you want the user to be able to continue you would use the `unmatched' FCL: [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Care Planning

Let's work together. I have the same goal.I have the prioritization setup and that part works great. Priority Intervention -pr. Priority & Unresolved Issues The lookups are basically the systems: Cardiovascular Respiratory Gastrointestinal Etc Pain D/C Planning __

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Allergy Management in 5.6 and formulary service vendors

Hi, Tara. Very easy switch and didn't take long at all. Some lessons learned here. Meditech can run a utility to "purge" the Medispan data. However, they are breaking the ties to things. The allergies still reside on all the drugs just don't do anything because they are purged in other places.

[MEDITECH-L] Magic - Iatrics interface between Dr First and RXM

Looking for any Magic site that has purchased an interface from Iatrics to link Dr First and RXM. Any information on how this is working would be appreciated. Thanks Kathy Horton, RN System Analyst Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington, ME =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe o

RE: [MEDITECH-L] UB04 print edge to edge printer required

HP4250 From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JEAN GOODMAN Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 5:23 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] UB04 print edge to edge printer required Does anyone know of the HP printer needed to pr

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Operating Room Management Systems

We have been live with Meditech's Magic ORM since Feb 6th and it was very smooth. I could not believe how well it was received by an area that never documented in the computer before. By the end of the first week they didn't even need IS support and were doing fantastic. Yes some others have bells

RE: [MEDITECH-L] UB04 print edge to edge printer required

It's the LJ 4250, not the 5250 (which doesn't exist). From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JEAN GOODMAN Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 4:23 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] UB04 print edge to edge printer required

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

Mike, There is a way to call a pop-up CDS using a Meditech Z program (at least for MAGIC sites). However, you must be very careful how you use it. For example, if you call a separate CDS based on a response on a NUR screen while documenting the NUR Intervention, although you can enter responses

[MEDITECH-L] Magic CDS - totalling multiple group responses

Good Morning! I've searched the L, MeditechTalk and Meditech's KB articles and can't find any reference to a totalling attribute for a group response query that is a multiple. Has anyone accomplished this? I have query NUSEPSIS that is a multiple and there are 15 choices the staff could select (as

[MEDITECH-L] Report to automatically email to a recipient?

Hello, Is there a way that a daily report can automatically email to a recipient? Thank you. Al Cardenas Memorial Medical Center Modesto, CA =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MT

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Care Planning

Please post replies to the L. Thanks! Cristina C. Kimball, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center 531 W. College St. Los Angeles, Ca 90012 Ph: (213) 437-4214 Fax: (213) 617-9203 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This electronic message is intended only for the individual or e

[MEDITECH-L] Looking for Magic NPR Report

Anyone have a report to list patients by abnormal lab results, for specific tests, who have specific diagnoses? Need a list of pregnant patients with abnormal TSH. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Thanks Kathy Horton, RN System Analyst Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington, ME =*=*=*=*=*=*=

[MEDITECH-L] UB04/1500

We are preparing to go-live with our UB04/1500 claim forms. I was wondering if sites that have gone live with the changes would be willing to share their experiences since going live. Also, we use Epremis to process our claims so I would love to hear those experiences as well. Any information wo

[MEDITECH-L] Physician office software

BlankGood Morning, We are looking at software for physician's offices. We have looked at Misys and now we are going to look at Meditech/LSS. I was just wondering what other Meditech hospitals are using and their experiences. As everyone knows, the fewer interfaces the better. Misys looks ni

[MEDITECH-L] Administration Log

Does anyone have a report that we could use that lists by location, date and time, meds not given. We don't need them to sort by reason code or really don't even need that, just want a quick listing of meds that Gvn N in Process Medications. We want to use this for cart exchange so that the tech

Re: [MEDITECH-L] attribute help

Here you go Lorraine, 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'>2 P(R-1+ZX,S," ":25)^#,ZX+1^ZX}},1 - Replace the QUERY with the desired query mnemonic whose respon

RE: [MEDITECH-L] UB04 print edge to edge printer required

Hi Jean, We have the HP4250 printer and the user guide has the edge to edge parameter on the main printer menu. But as we scrolled through our menu on our printer, it matched exactly with what was listed in the user guide until we got to the edge to edge parameter. It was no where to be found and s

[MEDITECH-L] Report to track repeat % for women having mammograms

I was wondering if anyone has come up with a report to track if patients are returning yearly for mammos in Magic 5.5? I also need to produce a report on women who have not returned or scheduled a repeat mammo, so that we can contact them. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Alison

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Entering patient charges

We have placed Billing access from ITS onto the Nursing's Order Entry Desktop The Unit Clerk on the Nursing Units enter the supply charges from the stickers upon Patient Discharge. There is a bar code scanner located at every nursing station The unit clerk enters the patient information then

[MEDITECH-L] Kronos and Meditech

<> Thank- you, Sharon Thom IS Support Specialist Beloit Memorial Hospital 1969 W. Hart Rd Beloit, WI. 53511 Phone (608) 364-5157 Fax (608) 364-0566 The information in this document is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privile