OBS Hours 2 Replies

We are a 6.05 site and I work at a CAH. We have to monitor our observation hours very closely.With out old system we could get a census that had how many hours the patient was in in observation. Apparently meditech cannot provide this info. Are…Continue

Started by Amy. Last reply by Richard L. Clark 15 hours ago.

Physician view of Core Measures 10 Replies

We are going live with CPOE/PDOC next week and are trying to figure out the best/quickest way for the physician to view diagnosis or that a patient is admitted with any core measure for that matter. If anyone has any suggestions to boost core…Continue

Started by Amy. Last reply by Amy yesterday.

Code Flowesheet 1 Reply

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to build a code sheet for documentation in 6.0?  We are live with PCS and are also using PCS in the ED; as we are a small critical access hospital. We are currently still documenting code's on paper and would…Continue

Started by Amy. Last reply by Elizabeth Leblanc on Thursday.

Directions Dictionary - Troponin Labs 5 Replies

We are looking for information on how 6.0 sites enter orders for Troponin. Our site normally does a series of 3 labs spaced every 3 hours. We were using the direction Q3HR but found it goes across to LAB as routine instead of urgent. Going to lab as…Continue

Started by Annette Pleiman. Last reply by Yessenia on Wednesday.

Nurse Shift Change process 7 Replies

Hey Everyone,We are 6.0 hospital that went Live March of 2012.  Previously, in Magic, we had shift change patient reports for nurses to use and also utilized Voice Care for patient shift change report.  Since we went to 6.0, we did away with paper…Continue

Started by Kenneth Orr. Last reply by Yessenia on Wednesday.

Present on Admission 3 Replies

I'm interested in learning how other MT 6 users are managing the Present on Admission process. Please provide any insights you have on this topic - even if you don't like how it is going, perhaps we can get a good discussion going! Thanks.Continue

Tags: Admission, on, Present

Started by Christina Feak RN MSN. Last reply by Twila on Monday.

Physician 1 Reply

We are in the process of building our PCMII module and LSS cliinical documentation. We would like to know what kind of training sessions others had for their physicians. Things such as:How many hours were set aside for training?Did you divide it out…Continue

Started by Judy Long. Last reply by Brandon Smith May 16.

6.07 Implementation in progress - interested in comparing experiences 5 Replies

We are currently upgrading from MEDITECH 6.05 PP13 to 6.07 PP? - interested in sharing experiences with other sites doing likewise or who have already upgraded.Please post experiences here or email directly - Ron Rutherford RNDeputy CIOJordan…Continue

Started by Ron Rutherford. Last reply by Raychal Koob May 10.

CPOE implementation with Third party Pharmacy 3 Replies

Hello,I have a question, if anyone has done it and has experience please suggest how to go about.With Meditech CPOE/EMR/PCS tool is it possible to implement full CPOE  with a Third party Pharmacy Module. Is it a viable option at all? Would it be…Continue

Started by Srinivasan TV. Last reply by Srinivasan TV May 8.

High Alert Meds 6 Replies

We went live with PCS/BMV in December 2012. It is our practice at our hospital to have a co-signer for all of our high alert meds. It seems to be working well on the MAR for the majority of our meds. However; we consider all pediatric doses to be a …Continue

Started by Amy. Last reply by Kenneth Orr May 8.