[MEDITECH-L] RE: Data Repository and Institute for Health Metrics Survey

-Original Message- From: Jackie Welch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: Data Repository and Institute for Health Metrics Survey Polling all of you once again, this time regarding Data Repository. Do

Re: [MEDITECH-L] PRE SCH patients issue

Brandon, I'm not sure I'm understanding why the OR appointment has to be removed. If the appointment on the 28th is an Outpatient procedure, it should be done on a separate V# and date of service than the appointment that is booked for the 29th.If they are being admitted after the procedu

[MEDITECH-L] Meditech and UR

Good Morning Everyone, Is there anyone using Meditech's Utilization Review functions with or without Authorization and Referral Management (ARM) that I could ask a few questions? Thanks, Donna Wendel, RN Applications Supervisor Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL 62062 618-288-5711 ext. 444 Conf

RE: [MEDITECH-L] MSM/Picis and Pyxis Supply Integration

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Jerri, We're a 130 bed C/S 5.4 SR2 facility that's been live with OR since Sept. 2000 and use the Preference card items (that we c

[MEDITECH-L] Cardiac Cath Lab

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Afternoon L, We are C/S 5.4 SR2 facility getting ready to open a Cardiac Cath Lab and are trying to find the best solution fo

[MEDITECH-L] Anesthesia Documentation in OR Surgical Profile

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Afternoon L, We've been live with the OR Module now for several years. Anesthesia did not go with online documentation when w

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Looking for an ORM C/S Site

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Julie,   We are C/S 5.4 SR2 using Meditech's OR Module since September of 2000 for SDC, Inpatient Surgeries, Pre Admission Test

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Informatics Association

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Steve, Check out Meditech's website > Customers > Nurse Portal. This takes you to Mix Nurse Informatics Program page. There is a

[MEDITECH-L] C/S OR Module - GI Lab Documentation

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Afternoon L, I'm interested in finding out if there are any other sites using C/S OR Module for GI Lab/Endoscopy Documentatio

RE: [MEDITECH-L] SCH DATA DURATION

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Robert,   We are C/S 5.4 SR 2 and also wanted to maintain a longer history than 130 days.  We requested a parameter change in t

[MEDITECH-L] C/S Meditech Interfaces with OBIX Fetal Monitoring

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Afternoon L, Is anyone currently using an interface to send fetal monitoring and/or annotations in the Meditech's EMR from an

[MEDITECH-L] Meditech C/S BBK Electronic Crossmatches

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Morning L, We're C/S 5.4 SR2 and our Blood Bank is interested in finding out how other facilities have set up the Blood Bank

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Off topic - Fetal Monitoring

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == We use Obix. Donna Wendel, RN Senior Clinical Analyst Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL 62062 618-288-5711 ext. 444 Confidentialit

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Restrict By Location

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == We're 5.4SR2 C/S and there is an MIS parameter in the Location dictionary under the Order entry section that allows you to set by

[MEDITECH-L] PHA 5.5 FDB load version 1 vs. version 2

Good Morning L, We are going to 5.5 SR2 in November and in reviewing the PHA enhancements are considering implementing version 2 of the First Data Bank load to incorporate the new allergy management processes. Since this is an optional enhancement, we are not planning to bring it up at the same

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Update documentation

Marie, We are going LIVE with 5.5 on Saturday and have been using the Update Site on Meditech's website through this testing period. If you select update tracking on that screen, you can actually see all of your past and present updates. Between new Versions and Service Releases, we're on Upda

RE: [MEDITECH-L] patient paging systems-Magic facility

Hi Renee, We use a system called Comfort Call which is made by Curbell. The only information on the console is a phone number - 800-235-7500. We give these restaurant-style pagers to our families and significant others waiting with a patient in surgery. The console is a docking/charging stat

RE: [MEDITECH-L] physicians editing medical records prior to e-sign

Hi Janet, We do allow those e-signing Physician (who are willing and want to correct their own reports) to use the edit function through the Quick Electronic Signature Edit Mode. This takes them directly into the body of the text when they select edit. The Audit trail for the report shows who

RE: [MEDITECH-L] new CAP questions for patient safety

Happy New Year to All, Our Lab is CAP accredited and JCAHO does not include them in our surveys because of this. LAB is surveyed by CAP and the rest of the Hospital falls under the jurisdiction of the JCAHO inspectors. As a side note, on our last CAP survey, IS was included and the IS Direct

RE: [MEDITECH-L] RE: ORM MODULE

Hi Trish, We are C/S 5.5 SR2, but your questions really apply to either platform. We've been live with ORM since Sept. 2000 and initially printed the OR profile for inpatients and attached it to the chart because only a very limited amount of information passed from ORM to the EMR. I'm not su

RE: [MEDITECH-L] re: Anesthesia/PACU documentation

Hi Brenda, We're C/S 5.5 SR2, and use the OR for PACU, both Primary and Secondary, for Inpatients and Outpatients. We do not use the Anesthesia portion. Our Anesthesia Staff is still on paper. In a past conversation with our OR Specialist at Meditech, I was told that they are looking at reva

RE: [MEDITECH-L] FW: re: Anesthesia/PACU documentation

Hi Tara, Our Anesthesia staff also does not use ORM. Some of their meds are charged through Pyxis when the remove them from there, but Pharmacy as also put together an Anesthesia drug box with a tear-off lock (like crash carts) with a narcotics sign out sheet and charge sheet. They hand writ

RE: [MEDITECH-L] PIN Numbers

We don't expire PIN's, either. Donna Wendel, RN Senior Clinical Analyst Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL 62062 618-288-5711 ext. 444 Confidentiality Notice: This email is intended only for the person(s) identified above. It contains information which may be privileged, confidential and/or exe

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Scheduling Rule

Chris, If the restriction is related to a particular appointment type (don't know what your query pertains to ) rather than using a rule, you might look into creating a Start Time restriction in the Appointment Type Dictionary. If it's more resource-related, you could create a SCH Profile withi

RE: [MEDITECH-L] ORM Scheduling questions

Dee, We've been LIVE with C/S ORM since 2000. Our Schedulers schedule on the grid and complete the screen while on the phone with the Doctor's office. We don't have a CDS, but we do use the Scheduler's Instructions screen for some procedures to give special directions to the Scheduler. I'v

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Nursing Informatics in Meditech

Cynthia, I started in IS in 2001 after acting as the OR Core Team Leader for the OR Staff and became the OR Support Analyst, but within a short period of time, I also took on CWS, RAD, LAB, PHA and NMI interface projects. Donna Wendel, RN Senior Clinical Analyst Anderson Hospital Maryville, I

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Sites live with ORM Nursing Documentation

Hi Laura, We're C/S 5.5SR2 live with ORM since September 2000. I was the Staff RN Core Team leader for the implementation and subsequently took an IS position and have supported the module ever since. I'd be happy to discuss the application or answer e-mail questions. Donna Wendel, RN Seni

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Series Appointments

Gail, We're C/S 5.5 SR2 and have been using CWS for OP Rehab for over 2 years now. We have an appointment type built for initial Eval and our OP Rehab Secretaries schedule only this first appointment for a Therapist who has time available on their schedule. At the end of the eval appointment

RE: [MEDITECH-L] ORM Procedure Field on Preference Cards

Hi Kathy, Yes, we recognized this as a definite issue. We asked Meditech for a custom quote several years ago and were going to pursue the custom with them, but ended up instead having Iatrics (lower bid) build us a custom preference card that includes the full description of both primary and

[MEDITECH-L] RE: Procedures in ORM

Hi Rebecca, We're C/S 5.5 SR2 and use the ORM. We do not enter the CPT codes from the OR side, although there is a capability in the Procedure Dictionary to do this. All of our coding is done on the backside by Coders in Medical Records. We don't want the OR Staff trying to assign We first im

RE: [MEDITECH-L] lab handhelds

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Diane, Are you Magic or Client Server? Thanks, Donna Wendel, RN Senior Clinical Analyst Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL 62062 61

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Consignments

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Jim, We have a large amount of Ortho Implants (mostly total joints) under consignment. We set up a MISC MAIN Inventory then creat

RE: [MEDITECH-L] pre-registered surgical patients

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Title: pre-registered surgical patients Cindy,   We're C/S 5.4 SR2, so I'm not sure if this function is available to you, but we

RE: [MEDITECH-L] FW: Operating Room Module-Procedure level charging

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Morning, We're C/S 5.4 SR2, so I'm not sure if there are corresponding routines in Magic, but we had implemented our OR Modul

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Saving paper records on SDC no shows

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Cathy, Ok, you knew it was coming, "what are you waiting for"? We do also sometimes encounter the situation where there is a canc

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.4 - distributing LAB results to in-house MDs

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Mike, In Lab you could create a scheduled report for him and consider using the LAB Telecom dictionaries to set him up as a Site,

RE: [MEDITECH-L] ? ADM bedside registration process

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Morning, We are in the process of initiating bedside registration and are beginning with our ED. We've done some trial runs

[MEDITECH-L] C/S question - Reports to Not On Staff Physicians

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Afternoon L, Here's the question: How are facilities getting diagnostic results reports sent out when the ordering Physician

RE: [MEDITECH-L] EDM and OR contacts

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hi Tara, We are C/S 5.4 SR2 using ORM successfully. We have 10 OR rooms, a three-room Endoscopy Lab and operate a Cath Lab in ou

RE: [MEDITECH-L] OR CHARGING

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Hi Tammy,   We're C/S 5.4, but I imagine the same charging capabilities are present in Magic.  The majority of our procedures

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Blood Bank Issue Transfuse form

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Title: Blood Bank Issue Transfuse form Minnie,   We're C/S 5.4 SR2 and we got rid of our old tractor-feed continuous paper print

RE: [MEDITECH-L] ORM users - Medications on preference cards

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Marc, I recently investigated the pros and cons of using the PHA interface with OR. It sounded to me that if you have the PHA int

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Pyxis vs. Omnicell

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Afternoon L, Our contract with Pyxis will be up soon and we are also considering Omnicell. Please post responses to the L.

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Status Board & Surgery Inpatients

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Carole, Are you aware of the Big Board Menu that exists in the OR application that specifically displays data for OR patients? It

RE: [Meditech-L] Pyxis update testing-HELP

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Our Pyxis Engineer has come to our facility and tested with us using the Procar. I believe she is able to divert the test interfa

RE: [MEDITECH-L] ENDO Documented in PCS

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Title: ENDO Documented in PCS Good Morning Susan,   We are C/S 5.4 SR2 and have been using the ORM for Endoscopy Documentation

[MEDITECH-L] Hardware for BMV

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == Good Morning L, We C/S 5.4 SR2 going to 5.5 SR2 in November and are implementing the EDM next year. We are looking at budgeting f