[MEDITECH-L] ADM: Two Same Accounts Displaying on the Look-up

Has anyone had this problem in 5.6 Magic where 2 same accounts are showing on the look-up list? We have 2 patients having this problem when you do a look-up in ADM, NUR and OE but if I go to PHA, it shows only 1 account. According to MEDITECH, they don't have a fix yet. Have you encountered any ot

RE: [MEDITECH-L] A Spooky ADM Phenomena RESOLVED!

We had the same problem as well. Another problem we encountered was the NUR routine of Process Intervention by Location/List. It doesn't give you the new screen where you can make the selection. Instead, it brings you directly to the Process by Loc/List routine but you are forced to exit out. TH

RE: [MEDITECH-L] ADM: Two Same Accounts Displaying on the Look-up

n in error, please destroy it and notify the sender immediately by e-mail. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:37 AM To: Castillo, Cristina Cc: meditech-l@mtusers.com Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] ADM: Two Same Accounts Displaying on t

[MEDITECH-L] Ghost Screens and Kardex (Magic 5.6)

I have a ghost screen for our Kardex (thru NUR Profile Format in snapshot). In the report, we have the fall intervention queries for low, moderate and high risks which are pulled out from our Fall Assessment screen. The problem is when the previous documentation still displays. For example, we have

[MEDITECH-L] Off MEDITECH Topic

What websites do you use or recommend using as a tool for calculations for nurses (ie. OB Pregnancy wheel,) Thanks in advance! 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) 617-9

[MEDITECH-L] Date Conversion

Hello Lr's, I'm trying to pull out the Target Date from the Care Plan to an NUR CDS. The attribute works but the date format is MMDD. I want it to show as MM/DD/ just like how it appears on the care plan. This is the attribute that I have: IFE=IF{:NPC[aa]D[1]G[1]|5^/VAR, IFE=/VAR^/[ANS%0,[^

[MEDITECH-L] Med Reconciliation Data

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Someone posted just a few days ago wanting to know what information you have in your Medication Reconciliation form. If some

[MEDITECH-L] PC Name and Meditech

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hello Lr's, Has this ever happened to you where the name that you assigned to a PC suddenly changed to another name (as seen on the

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Careplans references

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Please post response to the L. Thanks! Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center

[MEDITECH-L] Dose Range CHecking

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hello Lr's, I was reading the Iatrics archive for Dose Ranges and it seems like a lot of you had problems with it (ie. Only works fo

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic-Physician Renewal for Medications

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hi Tristan, Pharmacy prints the Expired list and gives them to the Unit Sec who runs after the docs. The paper is then faxed to Phar

[MEDITECH-L] LAB and OE-Wrong Labels

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Has this ever happened to you guys? The nurse entered BMP and CBC for a patient in Urgent Care. Lab got the labels but it was for a

[MEDITECH-L] Status Board and Medications

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == For those of you who are using the Status Board and PHA but not the online MAR, is it possible to flag the user of new medications e

[MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.5

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hello Lr's, For those of you who are already in 5.5, are there any big changes/difference from 5.4? We are thinking of skipping 5.5

[MEDITECH-L] Medication Reconciliation Process

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Our Pharmacy and Nursing are kinda having a struggle on who should do what. Currently, this is our process which we just implemented

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Care Plans

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Please post your responses to the L. We are very interested in this. Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pa

RE: [MEDITECH-L] NUR DOCUMENTATION

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == We do, in pounds (that is if they go to the NUR CDS). If it's documented in Admin Data screen, it converts anyway to kilograms. Cri

[MEDITECH-L] Status Board

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == For those of you who are using the NUR Status Board and FLowsheet, are the contents unit-specific? Dept-specific? We are Magic 5.4.

[MEDITECH-L] NUR Documentation in OB

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Are there any hospitals in the Los Angeles area that are using NUR documentation in OB (L&D, Nursery and Post-Partum)? We are intere

[MEDITECH-L] OA Message Attribute

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == I have this attribute where I want an OA Message to print to our Infection Control when the score is 5 or higher but I couldn't get

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Rule in OE/NUR

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == We had the problem before where nurses will leave the Allergy fields blank. It's been incorporated in our Admission Assessment and w

[MEDITECH-L] Off MEDITECH Topic-Ortho Patients

We have a new provider group that specializes on Joint and Spinal surgeries and we created protocols for these ortho cases. We only have general Med/Surg and ICU units so our assessment forms are very general in nature and do not really address some of the things that are included in the protocol.

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Last documented vital signs

Hi Trish, Have you considered changing your screen format to Grid (page 1 in the Intervention Dict)? Cristina G. Castillo, 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]

[MEDITECH-L] Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) and Wound Care Documentation

Hello Lr's, Our facility will soon have a Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit/Wound Care (outpatient setting) and I would like to get some input (good or bad) on how you document in MEDITECH (if any). If you are using a software, what is it and does it interface with MEDITECH? I haven't worked in an HBO environ

[MEDITECH-L] RALS Glucometer

I am posting this in behalf of our LAB Director: To those who are using RALS Glucometer, how do you address the registry personnel? Do they have their own codes or generic codes? What about those who comes once in a blue moon? We have created a generic code for each agency and the plan is to lend t

[MEDITECH-L] BBK CDS Needed

Would anyone willing to share their Blood Transfusion CDS? Currently, nurses do not document on line. Instead, they record it on paper that is generated during order entry and is printed thru a genicom printer. Do you share the VS queries in the CDS or did you create a different set of VS queries s

[MEDITECH-L] LAB Markers

To the L Group, How do you handle lab charges that have different markers (say between 10-30)? Thanks! Cristina G. Castillo, 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

[MEDITECH-L] Printer Notification to more than 1 printer

I have this OA message that whenever the nurse answers a "Y" on the query "s/p Fall?" (in NUR CDS), it prints a message to Pharmacy. Two other persons from our Fall Committee want to be notified as well. I found out that you can only attach one printer regardless if I do it thru an OA Message (defa

RE: [MEDITECH-L] pharmacy rule

Hi Janet, This prints a notification to notify Infection Control whenever anti-TB meds is ordered for a patient. [f pt notification]("TBCONS","Med","THIS PATIENT IS ON ACTIVE TB MEDS."),1; Make sure that it is also set up in MIS Notification dictionary. We are Magic 5.4 Cristina G. Castillo,

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Nurse Driven Social Service Consults

Hi Angie, We have 2 consults for the Social Worker (in OE). One is Social Serv Consult by RN (usually triggered by a query link in NUR) and Social Serv Consult by MD (if there is a physician's order). Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center 531

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Informatics in Meditech

Hi Cynthia, I was trained in NUR, OE and PHA so I support all of them although my cup of tea is NUR because I was an end-user for a long time. It is easier for me to troubleshoot problems. I also support LAB, RAD and PCI. (PCI-I share this with the other manager). Hope this helps. Cristina G.

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Pneumonia Vaccine

Please share your responses with the list. We are in the same situation. Thanks! Cristina G. Castillo, 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 mes

[MEDITECH-L] Needs Attibute Help

I have this attribute that whenever the user is a CNA, MT or US Nurse types and the answer is 'Y" or "UnAsesXprs" in the first query, the cursor stops on the 2nd query. This is working correctly (thanks to the L). How do I make the 2nd query required if it meets all the above condition? IFE=IF

[MEDITECH-L] RALS PoC and NUR CDS

Hello Lr's, I posted a question in the past re: RALS result defaulting to NUR CDS and this is accomplished thru an attribute (c/o the L). We got this working. However, our problem is and if this is happening to your facility as well, please let me know how you resolve the issue. Since the attribut

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Status board implementation

Please post replies to the L. Thanks! Cristina G. Castillo, 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

[MEDITECH-L] Defaulting Physicians's Abstract/Specialty Service Description (Magic 5.4)

Hello Lr's, On our Consultation order, Nursing wants the physician's service/specialty to default as well. I created a pointer type query but it defaults the mnemonic only and not the description. It is not really helping the users that much because some of the mnemonic is not really clear (ie. OGY

[MEDITECH-L] Medication Discharge Summary Report

Hello Lr's, For those of you who are already in Magic 5.6, are you using the Medication Discharge Summary in the Multiple Reports routine in NUR? Cristina C. Kimball, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center 531 W. College St. Los Angeles, Ca 90012 Ph: (213) 437-4214

RE: [SPAM] [MEDITECH-L] Allergy Documentation

We document our Allergies in our Admission Assessment and Administrative Data if it needs to be updated. These shared queries are included in the order requisitions/labels. Cristina C. Kimball, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center 531 W. College St. Los Angeles, Ca

[MEDITECH-L] Default Documentation Limits in NUR

To the Lr's, What is your set-up on the Default Documentation Limits on the NUR Parameters? 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] T

[MEDITECH-L] Allergy Alert

Hello Lr's, We have a scenario where one of the patient allergies is Morphine HCL. During order entry, the pharmacist enters an order of Morphine sulfate but she did not get flagged at all. The allergy was entered as a Generic. I checked the drug dictionary for MSO4, obviously the Ingredient is Mor

[MEDITECH-L] 5.6 Magic: OE Amend and Cancel Order

I am doing the OE testing for 5.6 SR1 and I noticed on the Review Orders screen for Amend Order and Cancel Order strips, the screen has changed. For Amend Order, the screen looks like this: Edit Provider __ __ Other Provider __ ___ The fields where you e

RE: [MEDITECH-L] 5.6 Magic: OE Amend and Cancel Order

ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:11 AM To: Castillo, Cristina Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] 5.6 Magic: OE Amend and Cancel Order We are testing this, we go live on 5.6 in May, and we complained to Meditech about it. We can't get past the doctor field w/o entering a provi

RE: [MEDITECH-L] 5.6 Magic: OE Amend and Cancel Order

contents in any way is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy it and notify the sender immediately by e-mail. -Original Message- From: Castillo, Cristina Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:52 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[

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

I have been asked to post these questions to the L. 1. Are your Pneumonia and Influenza vaccines standing orders? 2. Is it part of a protocol? 3. If it is a standing order/part of a protocol, who carries it out- a designated nurse or the general nursing population? 4. Do you let your patient

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

Hi Debbie, I'm in the middle of testing 5.6. For missing documentation that's printed in a historical format, ask for DTS 8385. I would say that it was partially corrected. I am still having issues on some of the CDS, it didn't print the query responses while some did (on a 24 hour period). I a

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] Final Bill Format Redesign (Magic 5.4)

I am posting this in behalf of our programmer. Has anyone been successful redesigning the Final Bill format? If so, how and would you be willing to share your macro? How did you group it exactly the same as the standard format? I appreciate any input you may have. Thanks! Cristina C. Kimball, BSN

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

editech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Chapman Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:11 AM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com; Castillo, Cristina Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] Off MEDITECH-Pneumonia and Influenza Vaccine Please post to the L.  We are having these same discussions on ho

RE: [MEDITECH-L] 5.6 Magic: OE Amend and Cancel Order

ay is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy it and notify the sender immediately by e-mail. -Original Message- From: Borg Jeannie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Castillo, Cristi

[MEDITECH-L] Another Off-MEDITECH Topic: Intake and OUtput

I am asking this question in behalf of one of our Nurse Managers. For those of you who are still using paper I&O, where do you place the form? -At bedside? If at bedside, what privacy measures are you taking? -Inside the chart? Thanks again! Cristina C. Kimball, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informa

[MEDITECH-L] Final Bill Format Redesign (Magic 5.4)

received this communication in error, please destroy it and notify the sender immediately by e-mail. -Original Message- From: Castillo, Cristina Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:32 AM To: meditech-l@mtusers.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Final Bill Format Redesign (Magic 5.4) I am posting

[MEDITECH-L] Off-MEDITECH Topic: Tubing Misconnections

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hello Lr's, I am posting this question on behalf of one of our Nurse Managers. It's an off-MEDITECH topic. How do you address tubin

[MEDITECH-L] OR Management

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == I would like to get feedbacks (good and bad) for those who are using the OR Management. Where do you use it for (ie. Scheduling, Cha

[MEDITECH-L] OR Management

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Thanks to those all who responded. These are the responses including those who were forwarded to me. #1 From: McMullin Gayle - Wes

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Charting by exception (Using Standards)

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Please post responses to the L. Thanks! Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center

[MEDITECH-L] Documentation Policy

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == This is a request from one of our Nurse Managers. Would you mind sharing your documentation policy? Thank you very much in advance.

[MEDITECH-L] NUR Documentation

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == I am posting this again on behalf of the Nursing Managers. Are there any hospitals in the Los Angeles area doing "charting by except

[MEDITECH-L] Restricting Physician's Patient Access

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Please let me know if this is feasible. We have a physician that is covering for certain physicians. We restricted his access only t

[MEDITECH-L] Alert Messages in OE and/or ADM

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Can the following be accomplished thru the use of rules/attributes (OE and/or ADM) ? If not, any workaround? a. Alert the user thru

[MEDITECH-L] Communication Process Among Disciplines

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == To Lr's, What is your communication process between Nursing and other disciplines to relay pertinent patient observations/informatio

RE: [MEDITECH-L] OE RULE to restrict order provider if no ADM privileges

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Please post responses to the L. Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center 531 W.

[MEDITECH-L] OE and RAD

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Has this ever happened to anyone? This is the 2nd time that this problem occurred. Nursing placed an order for ultrasound. Based on

RE: [MEDITECH-L] OE and RAD

y the sender immediately by e-mail. -Original Message- From: Ledford James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:00 AM To: Elizabeth Kirksey; Castillo, Cristina; meditech-l@mtusers.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] OE and RAD Sounds like there was an ed

[MEDITECH-L] Attribute Needed

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == I have this attribute on queries "VOID" and "FOLEY". IFE=[ANS,"GU ASSESS"]|0="Y"& IFE=IF{gxx^/CDS,"N"^/F5[/S.LAST.QUERY,/CDS], IFE=%

[MEDITECH-L] PCI: Purging Criteria (Magic 5.4)

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hello Lr's, What settings do you have on the following Purging Criteria? -Orders: -Database: Last Activity Discharged

[MEDITECH-L] Care Plan Report

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Has anyone created an NPR report (and willing to share) to reformat the Care Plan (if feasible)? We are planning to convert to DGI s

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Plan of Care Routine or not

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Please post responses to the L. Thanks! Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center

Please Post Response to the L: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Attributes to allow filing of CDS w Req Fields

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center 531 W. College St. Los Angeles, Ca 900

[MEDITECH-L] Fall Notification Rule

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == I have this rule that prints a notification alert to pharmacy when a patient falls. It's in a NUR CD. IF{[q NUR.FALLAC]^T="Y" "s/p

[MEDITECH-L] Status Board and Restriction by Location (Magic 5.4)

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == For those of you who are using the Status Board, how do you deal with users who are restricted by Location? I just realized that if

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Status Board and Restriction by Location (Magic 5.4)

mrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 5:29 AM To: Castillo, Cristina Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Status Board and Restriction by Location (Magic 5.4) Cristina: We are currently Magic 5.5 SR 3 and that's not happening here, nor was it happening when we were 5.4 - the restr

[MEDITECH-L] Attribute Needed

Here is the scenario. We have an accucheck query (Y/N type) in our Shift Assessment. We also have a "Finger Stick Blood Sugar" intervention that has CDS. Sometimes the nurse would answer no on the accucheck query in the shift assessment even though the patient is on accucheck and has the FSBS inter

RE: [MEDITECH-L] viewing info on Status Board

Hi Janet, Check the Nurse Access dictionary for your physician's group. Go to page 2 and make sure the "Access to Patient Snapshot" is set to "Y". Cristina G. Castillo, BSN, RN Manager, Clinical Informatics Pacific Alliance Medical Center 531 W. College St. Los Angeles, Ca 90012 Ph: (213) 437-421