For those of you who use computer charting....

[deespoohbear]

I was wondering how many of you use computer charting (bedside nursing in a M/S unit in particular) and what your opinion of it is. What system do you use? Do you like it? If so, why? If no, why not? Our facility is looking to build a new facility in a couple of years and we are trying to decide on a program for computer charting. Any infor would be helfpful Thanks.

[laura ann]

We also use the care manager system, and it seems to be pretty efficient. Besides standardized checklists to use you can always type in your own nurses notes as you would in paper charting. I think it is pretty efficient and would not like to go back to paper charting. We still have paper charts for physicians orders and I too look forward to the day when they have to go computer as well. I spend way too much time passing the chart around playing what do you think this says.

Laura

[MollyMo]

Originally posted by HazeK

DON'T use Meditech.....not user-friendly at all!

DO use a nurse-friendly system your facillity can customize and adapt!

It is worth every extra penny!

(I use a system in L&D called QMI that is user-friendly, with forms all designed by OUR nurses and translated to the computer!)

Oopsie!! I like Meditech. You can edit,amend or undo your notes(helpful if you document incorrect information). We have unit specific and diagnosis specific care plans. If your second assessment is unchanged from the initial one you can just recall the information rather than re-typing the same thing. If the patient is less than 30 day readmit, you can pull up the old admission assessment and update it. The system I work with in Virginia-they even charted the meds in the computer. I like computer charting.