[crzyernurse12]

We also use Medhost. I love it, would not use any other. We have touch screen computers so it is really fast. It prompts you on assessment areas to cover,and highlights areas to chart on.

[RedSox33RN]

Originally Posted by SteveRN21

We used EmSTAT in the ED I worked in, and it was AWESOME. Simple, individual focused flowsheets for each dx, interactive bed board, you could see instantly who needed bloods, who needed the scanner, and who had a bed waiting upstairs, among other great features....

We use Emstat also, and while there have been some 'tweaks' they've needed to fix, I think it works really well. The timers are great and really are helpful for team nursing, when we are getting toward end-of-shift, we can all see who has timers running in our zone, and help knock those out for incoming shift.

[needsmore$]

We use Codonix-- which I would NOT recommend--too many glitches and the need to spend so much time 'editing' your entries to say what you want to say. We use 'free text' so much that we might as well just write everything down by hand

[whoofers]

Originally Posted by MassED

That's how Medhost was .... it is kindof like a computer game, you can see a blinking bone for who needs to go to xray, a blinking empy lab vial - they need labs. It was so user friendly. And you could click on the bed on the screen and move it to another bed. It was say "admit" when there was a bed or "hold." Meditech is outrageous - the places that continue to use this system (Where I WORK!) is simply ignorant of better and more efficient possibilities for e-charting.

My favorite is the brown things in the bed to inicate it has to be cleaned.

[whoofers]

Originally Posted by needsmore$

We use Codonix-- which I would NOT recommend--too many glitches and the need to spend so much time 'editing' your entries to say what you want to say. We use 'free text' so much that we might as well just write everything down by hand

I found the same thing with Cerner. Cerner is one of the most user unfriendly programs I have encountered. I think the most frustrating part is that you continue to get an icon to do something after it was already done. To make the icon go away, you have to rechart the same action in a few places, and then, the docs still can't find what you have done.

[MassED]

Originally Posted by whoofers

My favorite is the brown things in the bed to inicate it has to be cleaned.

like a clump of poo!!!!!! LOVED Medhost.... in fact when I go to work and use Meditech I am always wondering why any LARGE AND BUSY ER would use a system that is archaeic and just inefficient!

[vonxojn]

I'm working in the Ed for the first time. The Nursing/MD charting is done in Wellsoft. It's simple to use.

[Irish Nurse 89]

Originally Posted by needsmore$

We use Codonix-- which I would NOT recommend--too many glitches and the need to spend so much time 'editing' your entries to say what you want to say. We use 'free text' so much that we might as well just write everything down by hand

We use Codonix in my hospital also, and definitely agree with you here, that there are too many glitches with it.

[Larry77]

Interesting...I never realized how many different programs are out there for ED's/hospitals.

[rn-n- 2005]

We use PICIS. It was implemented last year. I moved from floor nursing to the ED a few months ago so it's all new to me. I like it but it's still strange that there is no chart!!! The chart is in the computer. We have a tracking board and PICIS shows empty beds and icons for tasks that need to be completed or have been completed. The icons turn green after you chart them. We also have handheld computers that do everything our desktops can do and that's where the patients sign for their discharge instructions. We hand them the paper instructions and then they sign the computer. It's actually pretty neat.

Ann