ER computer programs

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Am searching for a computer charting program/system for the Emergency Department which you think is easy to use, is complete in it's content and doesn't require you to flip through dozens of screens in order to use. Is there a program out there that can do this?

Specializes in ED.

We use T-system and it's a breeze.

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Specializes in ER.

We use all scripts. It's alright but sometimes you end up repeating yourself in your documentation.

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Specializes in ER.

My last hospital used Sunrise Care Manager which I really liked a lot though it is a tad unstable (crashy) but that never bothered me.

My current facility uses EPIC which we refer to as "EPIC failure" in conversation. Its not real popular.

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Admit Bed for patient transfers. Not really for charting but a pretty cool tool.

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Specializes in OB, ER.

We have allscripts and it sucks! Very time consuming and you can only click what is available to click an often the right thing isn't ther.

It stinks so bad we are going to Epic after less then a year using it. However Epic seems to be getting bad reviews here...crap! Anyone else have opinions of Epic?

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Specializes in ED, Hyperbarics, EMS.
It stinks so bad we are going to Epic after less then a year using it. However Epic seems to be getting bad reviews here...crap! Anyone else have opinions of Epic?

EPIC will never be the "best" system, but it is highly configurable which is why hospitals seem to love it. That said, it's only as good as the people implementing it, and since they are usually bean counters or people so far removed from actually doing work--it generally sucks.

The -BEST- thing you could do for yourself and your department, is convince as many members of your staff as possible to get on the working committee (if they have one) so that you can trial it and lobby to have it set up "well" for the ER. Many times, the folks upstairs are the only ones who have any input (ER doesn't seem to participate in these things, I've noticed) so it's marginally usable for someone on a floor, but completely unusable for the "treat and street" life in the ED. Since they sunk in a lot of money, you spent your time ******** about the fifteen screens of data you have to input, as your time is the least valuable commodity the hospital has.

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Specializes in Emergency.

Having used 4 different systems i'm going to second the poster above's comment on Pulsecheck. 1)simple to use -can order labs and chart in the program, and 2)most all it virtually never and I mean never goes down- the hospital I worked at while I was there implemented it and in 3 years the only time it was down was for 2 major upgrades- 2 hrs total and one server crash. They can back up and do routine back up stuff on the fly so you dont have any down time. And that was hurricane central FL.

I hate what we use where im at now, its down more than a hookers panties.

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Specializes in Emergency.

Hi,

Where I work we are currently using A4, which is not a terrible system, but it does have it's flaws. We will be swithching to EPIC in the next year. I have used EPIC at another hospital I worked at and although I have heard mixed reviews, I really think it is a good program. But the other posters who have used it are right; the advantage to EPIC is how easily it can be customized to each department, BUT that will only happen if there are people giving feedback to the programmers about what works for each particular area. So, you really need involved staff who can get feedback, take it to the programmers, and then go back and educate the staff on how to use it to their advantage.

Amy

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Critical Care Nursing.

My ED currently uses EMSTAT which I really like, however we are supposed to be switching to EPIC within the next 6mo.

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Specializes in Emergency, Pediatrics.
My last hospital used Sunrise Care Manager which I really liked a lot though it is a tad unstable (crashy) but that never bothered me.

My current facility uses EPIC which we refer to as "EPIC failure" in conversation. Its not real popular.

We use Epic too. We just got it in August. The hospital spent a fortune on it so I'm sure it isn't going anywhere anytime soon, but I wish it would.. EPIC FAILURE is right!

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I just left a hospital where we used Medhost and now I'm at a hospital that uses IBEX.. I think medhost was much more user friendly and flowed better.

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My ED uses T-system. It's super easy and user friendly. Love it!

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