What computer charting system do you use?

We are in the top 100 wired hospitals in the US. We use McKesson Care Manager. I did not like it when I came on board about 6 months ago. But the system is infinitely adaptable and I think it's a pretty good system now. All units use it. It is a windows driven setup and so you use it just by clicking with a mouse. There are free text boxes. Orders are put into the system via the program also. A few older programs are used too, but I think they are being phased out. The only problem is that most of the MD's on our service can't (or won't) use the system and there are still thick paper charts. Some of the cardiac unit MD's put in their own orders. Of course, the goal is to get everything computerized. I must say that the only thing I see as problematic is that too much time can be spent nursing the computer and not the patients which can foster functionality over professionalism. But program familiarity with the system lessens this problem.

We also used McKesson Care Manager. In fact, our upgrade to HED doesn't cover 100% of charting so it is still available. Talk about a PITA! In addition we have Watchchild for archiving our tracings. BP's are recorded here, and annotations about the strip, but these don't "talk" to and can't go to Care Manager or HED. So my charting consists of recopying things I should not have to do in the first place. And why??? Because "we all should be charting on the same form". The critical care units hate it... PACU is going to have to start using it... STILL have a wad of paper because of various peoples desires.... I wish we could utilize the WatchChild since it is sitting right there...
My biggest frustration about my job is the computer charting. Not user friendly and not time saving because I have to know what I want to chart and where it is located...

we use Watchchild. Am I the only one?

We used Meditech in L/D for about 5 years. Finally all the L/D nurses, including our manager, voted to go back to paper charting and the flow sheet. Now we are much happier and charting is much more accurate and faster. Meditech is the worst. Every time they say they are upgrading, it results in some kind of problem that takes 6 months to fix.

We use Meditech and it's the only computer charting I know so I'm ok with it. Definately better than paper. Our OB dept does not use meditech. They use a program called childwatch. The OB nurses seem to like the childwatch program.

meditech is so time consuming, i liked paper charting better....u keep ''shift-f5ing'' on meditech and really it's so redundant.

We use QMI (Quadramed?) at our large teaching hospital clinical facility. I think overall it is very efficient and the students generally catch on like lightning.

We use meditech for pp, gyn, and neonates. Gotta agree...I HATE IT!!! We've had it for a couple of years now and it has not endeared itself to me. We use watchild for L/D. I do like that one. We were told they would communicate w/ each other eventually (when we first got meditech-had watchild for 5 years), BUT they do not and never will. It's great when a pt. has a C/S. Our post-op checklist is in Meditech, so we have to bring that up to do the checklist and care for pt. in PACU. Just what you feel like do when you have a stat situation. OR no longer "sees" the pre-op checklist. as it is in the computer which they do not bring up. I think I would like doing everything in Watchild or another user friendly system. I prefer paper to meditech. We are also a small rural hospital.

Do you know how to work the F1= "start block", F2="end block" function in the word processing feature. Options include copying/ deleteing to buffer or clipboard. I can get this far, then I can't find buffer or clipboard to reteive the info.
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