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RN_wannabee, Go to the Meditech website. I found the website to be cumbersome and not intuitive, so you have to navigate on most if not all of the clinical applications. The documents i.e. Manuals are often not updated. When you think the tab will say 6.0 and open the document to find 5.6... This is my experience.. Good luck!

Angela, How do i send you a PM? I was tagged to partner with our CMIO in the design of our CPOE - currently on Meditech C/S 5.6 version and planning on going live next year. I will also need feedback on CPOE vs Care Plan. Thanks so much.

Hi Spring152, Where are you located? I'm in Fresno, California and maybe able to help you. What is your e-mail address or send me a private message. didodeern

I am one of the earliest graduate of dual program MS in Administrative Studies in Nursing and MS in Health Informatics in UIC. The Health Informatics is all on-line. It was very convenient for me who was working full-time in UIC Hospital that time. I highly recommend UIC's program.

I found an article that is a good resource regarding downtime. Journal of Critical Care (2007) 22, 45–50

Angela, Glad to know that you are in the Meditech C/S Wagon. I will be in touch with you as we start our build on PCS. I'm curious, what is Phase 2 of EDM? Our ED has been live with EDM since we were in Magic platform. Di

Hello everyone and nice to see Nursing Informaticists. I'm glad that we have allnurses to vent and rattle about our passion and frustrations with our job. Me: Been a nurse for >15 years with strong Critical Care background. Got my MS in Administrative Studies in Nursing and right before i finished school when i was choosing my electives, i stumbled to a course called Health Care data, not my first choice as elective byt it is the only elective course available online. I ended up loving this course and took MS in Healthcare Informatics. I have worked as a system analyst specicfically for Cerner: First Net, PowerNotes. I am currently a Nursing Informatics Specialist in a Pediatric Hospital. Been live with Meditech C/S e-mAR and Status Board. Will be starting with Clinical Documentation (PCS) projected to go-live next Summer 2010. Our peri-op area uses PICIS. I would love to network and share the pains and success of Meditech. I consider myself novice with Meditech functionalities so I would appreaciate feedback from the group. Thanks everyone!

Could you share your downtime policy? You can send me e-mail privately. Thanks and appreciate it!

Angela, now that i am Board Certified Informatics Nurse (since June 2009), can you recommend online CEU's or other organization offering CEU's towards my certification. Thanks in advance.

I am interested to know what is your criteria of choosing 6 hours as parameter. We are on C/S platform and also on BMV - scanning. Thanks, Diana

Angela - how do i send you e-mail privately? I do not see any icon or drop-down choice of e-mail privately when i click into your userID. Please advise. Thanks!

Congratulations!.... I am planning to take the ANCC NI certification exam and CPHIMS. ANCC does not offer a review guide for NI exam unlike HIMSS for CPHIMS. Since you are certified on both, how would you describe both exams in terms of similarities and differences? By the way, did you find the HIMSS' The CPHIMS Review Guide helpful or did you have supplemental readings? Thanks in advance.