[webbiedebbie]

I know of one that McKesson offers...EDIS. Haven't used it but if you would like to know who to contact, PM me and I can give you a phone # for further information.

[Christy1019]

My ER uses Emstat as well, i LOVE it, like everyone else said, simple point and click ur orders to complete them, and have little receipt-like papers that print up when an order is put on emstat that also tells u the order so u can carry it w/u if you've forgotten one of the labs u won't have to go back to the computer. the drs do their charting on emstat Physician, but nurses also have access to that for med reconciliation and triage prelim info. it has diff. colors on the screen of all the pts, colors identify which nurses have which pts, and which doctors are the PMP caring for them, their age is in blue if its a boy, pink if its a girl, then theres colors designating if they are cat 1 pts, cat2 or 3 pts, and the Peds pts. then all the columns for NURS/PHYS/LAB/XRAY/CLERK etc will have numbers down them if there is an order that the nurse/doc/lab etc needs to complete. that way if the pt gets taken away for a test, we can check the status of the test w/out having to call them! its great! i highly recommend it

[EMTandNurse2B]

My ER uses EDIS. I love, love, love it. Things are so simple, quick, and efficient. You can see the entire ER on a flow sheet, as well as who is caring for what patient and what needs to be done for each patient. We are just about to switch to EPIC, and in comparision EPIC is clumsly and slow. EDIS has a very limited number of screens to chart in, is easy to read and understand, and makes it easy to help your co-workers. Triage is rapid, Doctor orders are easy to place/complete, and even charting in a code is quick and easy.

[nurse97mommy2000]

We have been using MEDHOST for several years for documentation and recently upgraded to order entry. I love it. We have touch screens and it make the charting so much simpler. I actually helped build our MEDHOST to our facility specifications and charting, and it is really user friendly.

[Velocityears]

I believe the advantage I see in Epic, which we went to this spring (from paper) is the ability to pull up all linked information: Lab results, Primary Care visits, imaging results, Triage to discharge and then PCP or Speciality follow-up. Access rights and read/write privileges vary. The interface could be better, but Epic IT adapts it to each department's needs. Some of our ED nurses have used systems they like better, but I think EPIC may be becoming a hospital standard in our Metropolitan area--not sure. At least the big Academic Hospitals are moving toward some sort of standardization because there are so many affiliated institutions everywhere. The medical information is linked which seems to benefit our patients continuity of care.

[KNARE]

I am the Application Administrator for HealthMatics ED which is owned by the same company as EmSTAT. "HMED" has an awesome tracking board and is VERY easy to customize to meet your hospital's work flow. The support from the vendor is outstanding!!! The system is easy to use, contains MD and nursing documentation, over 1,000 Aftercare Instructions, holds up very well in legal situations, is easy to modify to comply with JCAHO rules and regulations, has a charge feature, sketch drawing, Quality components and the reports are endless, both standard and custom reports that you can create!!!!! I can go on and on. I like EPIC but I love "HMED" You can contact them at Allscripts.com

[ernrs2b]

I have used both Meditech and HMED....Meditech sucks!! I wound up free texting notes, because it was so cumbersome, and even with that I felt like i wasnt charting efficiently. I have used HMED in four different hospitals, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! Its so easy to use that I have never had to stay late, because I felt like I hadnt charted enough on a pt. I always love when my recruiter tells me my next assignment uses HMED!

[ernrs2b]

I have used both HMED and Meditech and Meditech Sucks! you spend more time looking for where things are supposed to be charted, that you might as well free text everything! I have used HMED in four seperate hospitals and I love it, it's so easy and I have never stayed late, because I thought I hadnt charted enough on a pt. I love it when my recruiter tells me that my next assignment uses HMED!

[ernurse1993]

We use the Eclypsis system, wouldn't recommend it to anyone, only has spell check in select area's of the document, slow as molasses, doesn't have an efficient way of tracking times for QA. The med list section is very cumbersome and not user friendly, when you put in tylenol you get every possible kind of tylenol on the market, their numerical sequence goes something like this 10mg, 100mg, 1000mg, 20mg, 200mg,2000mg, 30mg. Last time I checked that wasn't numerical order, but that was there response to our complaints of items not being in numerical order. Not sure where they got their programmers, but I think I might be able to get a job working for them. I took a programming class once!!

[magicman]

We're using Cerner in our facility. The single biggest problem I've found with it is getting information back out when charting. There are so many different places to document the same thing, but no single place all the information can be seen. It's a real PITA.