CERNER VS PICIS EDPulseCheck - NEED SOME QUICK HELP!!!!

[ERpinup]

:w00t:Hello fellow nurses!! I need some help out there PRONTO!! I am currently implementing PICIS ED PulseCheck into our three emergency departments and they have just decided to get CERNER for their house wide system and are thinking about dropping PICIS and implementing FirstNet, the CERNER product. I have seen their demo and I do not care for it at all! If you have used both products I need to know what you think. We are compiling surveys and trying to find info from people outside of our organization to decide which is best, my vote goes for PICIS:up:. PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks in advance

[mmutk, BSN, RN, EMT-I]

I use CERNER Powerchart in the ICU and it took some getting used too like all new programs... but I enjoy it now. When I float to the ER I use Firstnet and while it is a CERNER product, it is designed for ED use and is very different

than the CERNER Powerchart I use on the floor. On the floor we are reg'd to scan armbands to give meds but NOT in theER, so it is very adjustable per what you desire.

[thelema13]

At my facility, we don't seem to have a lot of downtime with Firstnet. My problems with it are this: not enough room in the triage note to always list what is wrong, It isn't Twitter. Sometimes it has a bit of an explanation. I do not like the way IVFs are charted. If the previous shift starts a drip, I cannot change the rate. I have to make an admin note. It's just little things that I do not like.

You can change a drip rate, click on the large box in the MAR, then on left side of matrix, click on drip rate, then sign.

[KentuckyNurseKim]

You can change a drip rate, click on the large box in the MAR, then on left side of matrix, click on drip rate, then sign.

I will have to try that! Thanks!