Re: [MEDITECH-L] NUR question

Isn't that what requiring a query is all about? Daniel Davis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 12:20 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] NUR question Does anyone have an attri

[MEDITECH-L] FW: Forward Advantage $T RAD reports

This is how we have ours set-up From: Lisa A. Dahl Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:52 PM To: Deanna Ramirez Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Forward Advantage $T RAD reports RAD - Dictionaries - Dictionary Maintenance - Enter/Edit RAD Defaults - Edit Copy Data?

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Job Description - NPR report writer

Hi Richard, Will you be coming on the 16th? My 2 cents. You want a Programmer/analyst preferably with experience in the Financial Application area. But anyone with NPR experience should be able to perform successfully. NPR is pretty much the same, regardless of the application, except for those

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Help with NPR (Hicks, Karen)

A great resource for displaying query text and query responses from PCS is Meditech knowledge base article 0407: http://www.meditech.com/mixmagtactical.nprreportwriter/0407nprrw.htm I was in the same boat a few weeks ago a

[MEDITECH-L] RT Incentive Spirometry Assessment

Does anyone have an RT Incentive Spirometry for C/S that calculates the % of the goal to get the frequency directions.  ie 65% of the goal would indicate that the pt is to be seen BID.  Thanks in advance. RenaeRenae Kendall, RNClinical Systems SupervisorInformation SystemsMemorial Hospital and Heal

[MEDITECH-L] Barcoded Armbands

Hello, We are currently looking for a new armband solution since going live with laser labels with implimentation Of glucose by meter and future archiving and scanning projects. The questions are as follows; 1.) Do you barcode your armbands? 2.) How long have you been doing this? 3.) What produ

[MEDITECH-L] U.S. Eastern Regional Conference

Good afternoon, Eastern MUSE'ers! My name is Tony and I will be the OPS Regional Peer Group Leader at this year's conference in beautiful Mystic, CT. I am fishing for ideas, topics and volunteers for Show & Tell sessions and JAM sessions. Don't be shy! Last year's OPS meeting was full of inf

[MEDITECH-L] MAGIC 5.5 Printing NUR Profiles to PREVIEW

Hi everyone, I have been testing with some of our NUR profiles, and I have discovered an issue with printing NUR screen profiles to PREVIEW. The output of the screen profiles does not look very good, because the answers to the queries do not line up on the shaded boxes in PREVIEW. Printing th

[MEDITECH-L] split meds

Hi All, I would like to talk to someone who has been able to get split meds to pyxis and have it show up correctly for the nurses. We have the Iatrics interface rather than meditech's and we are having some difficulty. Thanks Tara McNamara, MT (ASCP) Sr Systems Analyst Cape Cod Health Care

Re: [MEDITECH-L] split meds

Tara - we have the Meditech interface and it works. However, it had to be fixed after a couple of previous updates and when it was fixed, it screwed up other things (like Pyxis returns being credited to the wrong med) Charlie Charles Downs PharmD Washington County Hospital 251 E. Antietam Street H

[MEDITECH-L] Script for Admissions for downtime

Good Morning, Has anyone found a scripting solution for managing the admissions that arrive during a downtime? We are Client Server 5.5.2 and currently use Boston Workstation for our scripting needs. Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. Anne Marie Smith, RN Clinical

[MEDITECH-L] automatic spool file printing

I do not use spooling very much, but we are looking into printing our discharge med rec reports to a spool group and then printing all of the previous days reports at one time to mail/put in physician's mailboxes. Can I automate the printing of the spool group to happen every day? Is it possible

Re: [MEDITECH-L] split meds

Keep in mind. If you are going to use BMV, split meds don't work for scanning. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Downs Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 9:00 AM To: 'McNamara, Tara'; meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] sp

Re: [MEDITECH-L] automatic spool file printing

Yes - the DPM is MIS.SPOOL. In the report writer you can access elements in this DPM such as urn, date.created, date.printed, and so on. MIS.SPOOL.main is the main detail segment. The aren't many indexes of use - just a few such as MIS.SPOOL.spool.group.priority.index ... >>> "Roger Beverly"

[MEDITECH-L] OR systems

We're on the hunt for O.R. systems. We're Meditech Magic and have looked at Meditech and Picis so far. Meditech was pretty good but doesn't have an anesthesia or PACU component. Picis was also pretty good but they recently changed their pricing structure and consequently are no longer a viable alte

Re: [MEDITECH-L] compounded meds

We had this same issue. DTS's 6633 & 7017 corrected our problem. Now, the system looks to make sure that all medications in the compound have the same inventory, so even if one medication is in Pyxis, the inventory will be M if the remaining components are not in Pyxis. I would highly advise hav

[MEDITECH-L] POC and handheld devices

BlankGood Morning, Our facility has been huge users of the old Data General handhelds. We have patiently (not really) been waiting to see what was going to replace them. I'm just wondering what people are using. My staff really doesn't like the thought of dragging cows everywhere for document

Re: [MEDITECH-L] OR systems

Steven, We are a magic 5.5 facility and use Meditech OR Management. What are you looking for in regard to PACU and Anesthesia? We use the charge rules to capture Anesthesia charges and there is a tab for documentation as well. Preference cards are available for anesthesia as well. Our Anes

[MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routine within a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in the Magic versionof th

I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routine within a macro on CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in the Magic version of the report). Would someone far more experienced than I show me the error of my way, or show me a better

Re: [MEDITECH-L] OR systems

We use Meditech's ORM. I am not sure why you say they don't have a PACU component since we are using itThere is an anesthesia section too but our anes docs won't use it. That is our only downfall with the product otherwise it went up like a charm and users love it. Sandi

Re: [MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routine within a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in the Magic versiono

Try taking the parenthesis away from ins.order when you are nilling it out. Marc From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marge Sitterley Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:44 AM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] I'm getting

Re: [MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routine within a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in the Magic versiono

You didn't say what DPM your report was written in, however, it looks like BAR.PAT. Change ins.order to insurance.order Data Definitions are your friend when writing reports. :-) Thank you, Mitch Lawrence Lead Applications Analyst Technical Support - NPR/Automation CHRISTUS Information Manag

[MEDITECH-L] Quickbooks POS for giftshop

Are any hospitals using QuickBooks POS system for their giftshop? I want to find out if it can handle payroll deduction through Meditech's PP module. If so, how do you go about doing this? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Stephen Smesny Programmer \ Analyst Beaufort Memorial H

Re: [MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routine within a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in the Magic versiono

Hi Marge, I took a look at this and realized what's going on. BAR.PAT.ins.order is a segment, and not a subscript of a segment. The first line is causing a syntax error (however I believe subsequent lines need to be changed as well.) The assignment of ""^ins.order would translate to something like

Re: [MEDITECH-L] LAB/OE/CPOE: Collected by Nurse query

Yes, please post to the L -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kowalczyk, Susan Sent: July 31, 2007 10:17 AM To: Saira Somani-Mendelin; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] LAB/OE/CPOE: Collected by Nurse query Please post to L. T

[MEDITECH-L] Attaching modifiers in LAB/For LAB?

I was hoping to get some feedback from other facilities as to who attaches the modifiers for the LAB department. Is it a coder in HIM, or someone in LAB that has B/AR and ABS access? The reason I ask is that our HIM director believes that it is taking the coders too long and is not their respo

[MEDITECH-L] Cosigners by patient location..,,

Wondering if anyone has any insight to this issue and how you handle it ?? We have a unique situation here and we need help setting it up. We know that if a specific med always requires a co-signer , we can set that up in Pharmacy at the drug level. We know that if a user is in a specific care

Re: [MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routinewithin a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in theMagic versionof

Thanks for your suggestions - they were appreciated. I tried the changes suggested and I'm still getting the error. CS Code now looks like this: GET.SORT ""^insurance.order^SORT, [EMAIL PROTECTED](insurance.order)_.=. "SP."^SORT, 1^/ORDER["SP"]; [EMAIL PROT

[MEDITECH-L] Misys

Please help! We have just taken over a physician's office that is on MISYS TIGER. We need help setting up the system to do split billing. Any ideas? They can enter the charges in Meditech however, this system is in place. Jennifer B Owens IS Financial Analyst Transylvania Community Hospital [EM

Re: [MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routinewithin a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in theMagic versionof

The below code translated just fine in our C/S system. There is another part of your macro causing that error. Thank you, Mitch Lawrence Lead Applications Analyst Technical Support - NPR/Automation CHRISTUS Information Management *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send a "thank you"

Re: [MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routinewithin a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in theMagic versionof

Marge, This has already been mentioned, but Meditech is probably stopping you because in the first line you are trying to nil out what appears to be a field in that DPM. I'm not sure why you are using that instead of a variable. Daniel Davis From: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Physical Assessment Within Normal Limits

Our head to toe physical assessments do not use "WNL" is not felt that is appropriate. We have our assessments built as "normals" spelled out & other - an optional query - for example: Respiratory effort - no distress/no retraction or Other Also for this purpose Meditech does have EMR ID's c

[MEDITECH-L] I'm getting a syntax error: Syntax - ^@, ^%, ^$, ^?, ^:, ^*, ^[, ^& - not allowed on the following routinewithin a macroon CS LTC Platform (this code works fine in theMagic versionof the

Marge, When I copy and paste the below code in my macro, I do not receive the illegal syntax. James Purvins Inland Northwest Health Services (509) 232-8384 This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, or have otherwise receiv

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Cosigners by patient location..,,

There is a possibility yes. -Original Message- From: Davis Daniel - Southern Hills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:43 PM To: Freeman, Gale; meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Cosigners by patient location..,, Are they actually giving the same m

[MEDITECH-L] BMV USERS

Hello All, We are wondering what sites who are currently using BMV use for the drug bar code - NDC # or drug mnemonic and why you went with that decision? Thank you, Barb Homich Berkshire Health Systems BHS CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may c

Re: [MEDITECH-L] BMV and barcode readers

We're looking at scanners for BMV in C/S (go-live next spring?). Preliminary testing with Symbol tethered model DS6608-HD21 looks promising - but expensive at ~ $ 500 per scanner. Since more drugs are showing up with composite stacked bar codes we're limiting our testing to 2D scanners.

[MEDITECH-L] EDM attribute help

Hello everyone. I am looking for an attribute to add 2 time queries together, (a start and a stop time on an IV screen) to get a total infusing time (in minutes). We are Magic 5.61. Thanks for your help!! Rick Becker Clinical Analyst Newman Regional Health Emporia, Ks (620)-343-6800, Ex

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Cosigners by patient location..,,

Forgive my ignorance of NICU, but how many meds actually overlap, and can you give me a couple of examples? Daniel Davis -Original Message- From: Freeman, Gale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:51 PM To: Davis Daniel - Southern Hills; meditech-l@mtusers.com Su

Re: [MEDITECH-L] LAB/OE/CPOE: Collected by Nurse query

I can only talk from our experience. Here are the steps we took: 1) We evaluated every query on each CDS. Was it really something that someone would know when they enter the order? If not we eliminated those questions because we had simply trained our secretaries to go ask the nurse to find out

[MEDITECH-L] Question for Critical Access Hospitals

We are a Magic 5.4 site that is in the process of getting switched to Critical Access status. For other Critical Access facilities, how are you handling the separate bill types for patients who are admitted from the ED or Observation? Thanks, Judy William Baldwin IT Director Ashe Mem

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Cosigners by patient location..,,

Are they actually giving the same meds in both NICU and Maternity? Daniel Davis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Freeman, Gale Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:46 AM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Cosigners by patient l

Re: [MEDITECH-L] POC and handheld devices

I saw a demonstration of a device called a Motion tablet a few days ago. It was fantastic. It was roughly 10 in. by 12 in. by 1 1/2 in. thick, very light, seemingly very durable, and had a handle. It was the equivalent of a wireless laptop. You could pull up a meditech session and by clicking an ic

[MEDITECH-L] Conversion of Data in OV Systems

Has anyone on the list serve had to "convert" data in a foreign system once they went to Meditech ADM/BAR? What I mean by that is the conversion of Medical Record Numbers to match those generated by Meditech. If so could I please contact you for a short conversation on issues you had. Thanks, Ro

[MEDITECH-L] oe current diet report for magic

Hi, I have a current diet report that was posted on the L. The report has been working fine for weeks and now they find a problem. They would like to have patient show up even if they are not on a diet. The report is using the oe.diet.index. Does anyone know of a way to have all patients show up?

[MEDITECH-L] New User-I would like to subscribe to the this user email

Hello Everyone, I am new to the Meditech User support world and have lots of questions. I have only been working as a systems analyst at Samaritan, in Watertown, NY for three months now. Right now I am working on getting our site set up with Meditech Alerts. I was hoping someone could offer me s

Re: [MEDITECH-L] BMV USERS

NDC as much as possible. For compounds, IVs that have to be mixed, patient own meds (used as minimally as possible) use RX number. Felt NDC was actually attached to the drug so provided more safety than RX number. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [MEDITECH-L] oe current diet report for magic

Hi Keith, I would use the index: oe.adm.room.bed.index That would have all current patients. Sarah -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of keith owens Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:10 PM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] oe

Re: [MEDITECH-L] POC and handheld devices

This device has a builti in bar code reader and built in camera (very good resolution pictures, could be used for would assessment, etc.). Sorry, I forgot to mention this in my earlier email. I saw demos of both of these functions and they were also very good. Definitely worth checking into. Ol

[MEDITECH-L] Time of cart exchange

We recently changed our cart exchange time to 1430 instead of 0700 each day and have seen a significant increase in missing doses. Most are instances such as a tid (0800,1400,2000) where the 1400 dose was not given by cart exchange and then they use one of the 3 from the new refill period for

[MEDITECH-L] Meditech Alerts Set-Up

> Hello Everyone, > > I am new to the Meditech User support world and have lots of > questions. I have only been working as a systems analyst at > Samaritan, in Watertown, NY for three months now. Right now I am > working on getting our site set up with Meditech Alerts. I was hoping > someone c

Re: [MEDITECH-L] oe current diet report for magic

At our facility not on a diet isn't an option. If there is no diet ordered the physician is asked if they really want the patient NPO. No diet ordered is NPO isn't it Daniel Davis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of keith owens Sent: Wedn

Re: [MEDITECH-L] POC and handheld devices

Donald: Can you get an attached barcode reader for BMV? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Stewart, Donald Sent: Wed 8/8/2007 12:40 PM To: Janet Duback; MeditechL Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] POC and handheld devices I saw a demonstration of a device called a

[MEDITECH-L] Critical indicators

I would love to hear some feedback from other facilities on how you are tracking and capturing critical indicators in Nursing. Are you recording the receipt of a critical indicator for Lab? If nursing records that they have received the critical indicator, is the nurse also documenting that the p

[MEDITECH-L] Clear contents of a query

I know there is an attribute and macro that will clear the contents of a screen if a previous query is answered with a certain response. Is there an attribute that will clear the contents of just a query if a previous query is answered with a certain response. I tried to default a nil response

Re: [MEDITECH-L] EDM attribute help

This is what I use: IFE=IF{(%Z.elapsed.time(@.today,[ANS,"NURERIVE1"]|0, IFE=[ANS,"NURERDT1"]|0,[ANS,"NURERIVT1"]|0,"hhHrs mmMin"))^/VAR, IFE=/VAR^/[ANS%0,"NURERIVC1"]|0,P(R,S,/VAR)^#,""} @.today is the end date NURERIVE1 is the end time NURERDT1 is the start date NURERIVT1 is

[MEDITECH-L] EDM-RXM entering allergies and home meds

We are installing EDM and are in the process of setting up our process for entering allergies and home meds/prescription history. We just loaded the First Data Bank formulary and would like to talk with anyone in the same boat. We are a Magic 5.5.3. Does anyone out there have their nurses enter t

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Meditech Magic/LIS Applications Help

Hi All, I am hoping that someone out there knows someone (or is someone) that might be interested in hearing about a senior analyst position in the greater Boston area. I am specifically looking for someone with LIS and Meditech experience. The compensation package is great and relocation i

Re: [MEDITECH-L] carefusion

Please Post!!! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Olivia Taylor/mhhcc.org Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:03 PM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] carefusion Are there any sites currently using the CareFusion de

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Critical indicators

Please post to the L. Thanks, Renae Renae Kendall, RN Clinical Systems Supervisor Information Systems Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Jasper, IN 812.481.0152 Fax 812.482.0541 "Daugherty, Angie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/08/07 04:29 PM To cc Subject [MEDITEC