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No. 10
from icuwant2rn
Old Jun 02, 2007, 05:32 PM

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I have also found that the system is only as good as the Pharmacist putting the info in. There have been a couple of occasions where I have been doing daily MAR checks only to discover that the physician discontinued a med earlier, the order was faxed to pharmacy, but it is still in the patient profile. Call the pharmacist, and they must have "overlooked" that order.
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No. 11
from nightnurse7
Old Jun 04, 2007, 12:19 PM

Piggy Bank Re: Intellidot
Originally Posted by icuwant2rn View Post
Nightnurse7:
I think you must be crazy if you're "loving" your Caret.
Ok, maybe love is too strong of a verb to use but we are working through our differences and I think we can be friends!
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No. 12
from nightnurse7
Old Jun 04, 2007, 12:21 PM

Default Re: Intellidot is very cumbersome
Originally Posted by jethrobodine View Post
As a traveler I have worked with several electronic MARs, scanning systems etc., and I must say that Intellidot is the most cumbersome, time consuming eMAR I have worked with. It was also the system most prone to causing medication errors. If you click on the wrong dot or accidentally click the CARET at the wrong time it is a pain to correct it. I counted the steps from the time of scanning the patient's band to the time of actually giving the patient the medication and stopped counting at 18! Intellidot seems to be intentionally designed to remove nurses from the bedside and actual patient care and make the job more difficult and stressful.
What other eMARs have you used and which system would you say is the best?
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No. 13
from NurseCherlove
Old Nov 05, 2007, 12:23 PM

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A bit off the subject here, but I wish they would have computer systems where the MD has to enter in their orders electronically. That way, no problems with handwriting or need for clarifications (i.e. would not let the MD proceed without all proper elements - dosage, frequency, etc. - saving another phone call for nurses). And the process of processing orders would be even faster.
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No. 14
from rnrae
Old Nov 15, 2007, 05:48 PM

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Intellidot is the most annoying, time consuming, frustrating system! I end up charting my meds on the computer when I get really ******!
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No. 15
from Pfiesty
Old Apr 05, 2009, 04:34 PM

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Many of the dots won't scan. Fellow nurses say they just scan any injection location or any reason theat will take the scan. So, the caret promotes false charting - just for time constraint reasons. Sounds like an PI attorney's dream to me!
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No. 16
from bellafea
Old Apr 08, 2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rnrae View Post
Intellidot is the most annoying, time consuming, frustrating system!
ditto
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No. 17
from ScoutLeader
Old Apr 12, 2009, 08:53 AM

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It saddens me to hear all the negative things with Intellidot. We are getting this system at the hospital where I work in the next month or so. I am probably going to work at this hospital for YEARS still and on our busy med-surg unit, we don't need one more thing to slow us down.
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No. 18
from Pfiesty
Old Nov 04, 2009, 08:27 AM

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We joke it is a good thing that the hospital has hurricane-proof (unbreakable)windows because one frequently hears, "I'm going to throw this (expletive) thing right out the window!"
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