mydesygn

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  1. Why is Epic better than Cerner?

    mydesygn replied to MELY13's topic in Nursing Informatics

    It is pretty difficult to really understand the differences in the system without having actually worked in both. I think we put a little too much emphasis on user opinion. I realize that is a...

  2. Why is Epic better than Cerner?

    mydesygn replied to MELY13's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Course you do have to consider other items as well. Recently our hospital considered changing from Meditech to Epic. 90 million pricetag to purchase both Epic and Lawson. Would the docs / nurse...

  3. Generating Downtime Forms for Meditech

    mydesygn replied to imenid37's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The 6 hour parameter has existed prior to my employment. So I am not sure of the logic but what I think is .. Our monthly scheduled downtimes start at 11pm with the expectation that we would have the...

  4. Physician scribes- Can this be a nurse? Anyone using them?

    mydesygn replied to Clinical IT nurse 09's topic in Nursing Informatics

    We are using physician scribes in our pediatric ER, however our ER is not on CPOE , they are fully on paper. They use Medical students for scribes. The medical students essentially walk with the ER...

  5. Any Hospital Doing Full CPOE

    mydesygn posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    We are in the process of implementing CPOE - what I have noticed is that most facilities are doing some sort of partial implementation 1) The physicians enter orders into the computer but they print...

  6. Any Hospital Doing Full CPOE

    mydesygn replied to mydesygn's topic in Nursing Informatics

    We are 5.54 with a planned update to CS 5.64 next year so in the meantime we work around the fact that continuous labs are not clearly identifiable from the PCS status board, the text of nursing...

  7. Any Hospital Doing Full CPOE

    mydesygn replied to mydesygn's topic in Nursing Informatics

    One of our issues, for instance is that physicians don't want to answer the Collected By Nurse query when entering labs - whether a lab is collected by the nurse or the lab phlebotomist can only...

  8. Any Hospital Doing Full CPOE

    mydesygn replied to mydesygn's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I guess I find it really discouraging, we are doing full CPOE. Our hospitalists are entering all orders electronically - labs going to lab dept, nursing orders, xrays, meds.. As we ran into issues,...

  9. Generating Downtime Forms for Meditech

    mydesygn replied to imenid37's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Not sure if you are Magic or CS. Our hospital has been documenting in PCS on our inpatient units for about 7 years. Our policy states that the nurses document all meds / assessments in Meditech once...

  10. Missing out??

    mydesygn replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Honestly, I don't miss Nursing - I do occasionally miss patient care. I love what I do now and would not return to the bedside unless I had no other choice. I guess for me - being a nurse in a...

  11. Project Comparing Cerner, Meditech, Epic, McKesson

    mydesygn replied to Nurse1357's topic in Nursing Informatics

    It's a bit difficult to perform a flat out comparison. Decide on a specific area and focus your comparisons. For Instance, Meditech has a pathology, blood bank, micro, and lab module. Epic only...

  12. Geek Nurses, Front and Center!

    mydesygn replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hi, I've been a RN since 1990 (18 yrs). Wow! can't believe its been that long. I have worked in Pediatrics my entire professional career, in numerous roles and settings. I started in IT 2 years ago....

  13. Implementation in the ED

    mydesygn posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hi, I am currently in the process of a research project to implement computerized documentation in the Emergency room. Early in this project, I have noticed and utter lack of interest from the ER...

  14. Implementation in the ED

    mydesygn replied to mydesygn's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thank you so much! your insight is appreciated. My personal opinion is that the apathy is rooted in "this is something that the IT dept wants mentality". It is the hardest mentality to get around....

  15. Implementing a new computerized charting system

    mydesygn replied to ladybartylla's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Currently, our facility uses Meditech. We are a stand-alone pediatric facility. We are documenting in our inpatient units but not in our ER. Our nursing staff have several assesments built that list...

  16. Meditech POM/PCM implementation

    mydesygn replied to crazErn's topic in Nursing Informatics

    our process to bring up pom was we created orders in pom and the secreataries entered the order into pom from the physician's orders. most of the orders were xray, lab, dietary etc.. essentially...

  17. nursing supervisors all shifts?

    mydesygn replied to trixie's topic in Nurse Management

    It's funny how some facilities continue to try to save money by going around "best practice". One of the facilities I worked for had bed control located in admissions and had 1 clerk and her manager...

  18. nursing supervisors all shifts?

    mydesygn replied to trixie's topic in Nurse Management

    I really strongly feel that there should always be a dedicated nurse supervisor to facilitate bed flow and staffing/ 24 hours. The facility I worked for used to do something similar and it failed....

  19. Meditech POM/PCM implementation

    mydesygn replied to crazErn's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I can't say we have fully implemented both at our facility. Our facility is free - standing pediatric C/S 5.52 site. We have utilized POM for several years and are in the process of rolling out PCM...

  20. Medi-Tech?

    mydesygn replied to emsboss's topic in Emergency

    Our facility uses the full Meditech modules. I have also worked at hospitals with Cerner. We use the EDM module although our ED staff is not using the nursing and physician documentation features (we...

  21. Certifications

    mydesygn replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Informatics

    There is a lot of variation among healthcare applications. Working with Meditech is not going to lead to any better understanding of Cerner. What is important is that you have clear experience...

  22. Management on Decline?

    mydesygn replied to MikeyJ's topic in Nurse Management

    I have managed a small group of staff (6 staff, clerical/secretarial staff) and a unit (40 staff, majority nursing). By far, I would not manage a nursing unit again. However, it was not the staff...

  23. Health Informatics Survey

    mydesygn replied to dbb89b's topic in General Nursing

    I completed the survey but felt as if perhaps I should not. There wasn't a question focusing on whether your nursing functions involve direct patient contact. As an systems analyst - I use...

  24. Need managers input?

    mydesygn replied to mer_RN's topic in Nurse Management

    I think it really depends on the area of the country you are working in as to how "acute" the shortage is. Some larger states may find it easier to get call backs. I have never really had an issue...

  25. Meditech & OB TraceVue Interface

    mydesygn replied to kjsbox's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Our facility recently began using a product by InterfacePeople. They have an ODBC interface product designed specifically for use with Meditech. The group who designed the product suite were former...