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Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

We are going to this system in the next couple of months. Anyone use it and do you like it? If yes, why and if no, why? Thanks in advance.

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Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.

nope...we use hospice pharmaceia (sp)

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Specializes in ICU, ER, MS, REHAB, HOSP ICE, LTC DON.

At our hospice, we also use HP - Hospice Pharmacia, I really like it, though it took

some time getting it set up. I hope Allscript is as good.

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Allscripts is a bit clunky, but not a bad system if you get proper training. Will you be using field devices? I supported Allscripts/Misys Homecare at two hospices when I was in IT. The first one I was involved with used the Point of Care module with tablets. The main issue they had was with synchronization. The database on the field devices would sometimes get messed up and need to be reset. If this happened after they charted and before they synched, they would lose their work. This may have been resolved since then...that was back on Misys versions 3.0-3.8 and when it was much more costly to have aircards and the like. I believe Allscripts did an overhaul of the system and changed the way field devices synchronize. The last system I supported did not make use of POC, but I've supported up to the latest version.

If you ever need technical support, I'm happy to offer any advice I can. I was pretty much the Allscripts guru and I know the database like the back of my hand.

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Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

Thanks all for your replys! Barb, I work inpatient Hospice, so my system will automatically sych from what I understand. We had pretty intensive 3 days of training and I like to think I took to it pretty well. I have worked with electronic medical records in the past and loved it, hoping I feel the same about this system in a few months. Was just told yesterday that we are going live in about 6 weeks and they want me to be on the committee to help impliment it. Will have pleny of questions for you, for sure, lol. Thanks in advance and if I get to pesky, let me know!;)

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Specializes in Med Surg, Hospice, Home Health.

i LOVED hospice pharmacia, my company uses EHO which is basically a billing program, they don't tell you what is covered under disease process.....I miss HP.

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No worries! I was basically the IT department for hospices for five years (in IT for ten years) before I decided that I wanted to be a hospice nurse. Getting laid off felt like a sign. :) I am happy to help.

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I work in an IPU and I use AllScripts. I hate it! It is not efficient. Uses a "point" and "click" template. A large portion of the assessments and admission charting pertains to homecare and not the unit. Many gliches in our system. Our computers are slower, though, so that may add to the frustration. I'm a younger RN. I'd like to think I am technology savvy and I feel this system takes too much time to use to document notes and charting. I came from a large hospital that had a very user friendly system. Maybe I'm just spoiled from going from there to here. :)

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Specializes in Psych, Informatics, Biostatistics.

Barb, just accepted a position in Pittsburgh working with Allscripts, I am looking forward to it! I have an IT/e7000 and SAS background. The people I interviewed with were nice, and I can see myself fitting in with the group. Any pointers on Allscripts would be much appreciated! I imagine it uses SQL or some breed of it to retrieve records.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Kevin

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Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.

Allscripts was not as electronically integrated as we needed it to be. The phone calls were slow. They wanted us to fax info rather than enter it into a data base. We could not view the patient profile at the same time that the pharmacist from AS was accessing it. They, I don't believe, were prepared for the volume of pharmacy that we generate and they were not able to meet our needs. We went back to HP and are happy.

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@ babybee, I agree, it's really not set up for IPU.

I have worked on home and facility teams, though, and it is good for them.

The trick is trusting the n/e and n/a buttons!

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Are you still working working with AllScripts in the in patient setting? If so, has it gotten any better?

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