EMR in the ED

[ERnursie172]

we are currently looking at different vendors for emr in our emergency department. if your ed is using emr i would love to hear your comments, pitfalls and all please!!! we will be doing a site visit at houston medical center in georgia to check out ibex next week.

thanks for your input....:)

[Tonjia]

we do have a "summary" option, but it is not comprehensive, and it is cumbersome when reading it - the information doesn't flow well. It is not a good fit for an ED. I believe they think it works well, possibly because they haven't worked in another ED with a fantastic charting system. I'm moving soon from this place, so we'll see how another place works with their charting. My luck, it'll be paper charting. Eeeeeekkkkk!!!!

your IT people can customize the summary to read out however you want it to. Also, the past medical history can repopulate, ours does. So does the tetorifice status, flu shot status, and surgeries.. I agree with you about needing more nurses in IT!!!

Good luck with your new job!