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There should be a downtime process available. I would contact the Info Systems or Education depts so they can get you the correct information if you are unsure what to do. Generally, each institute does something slightly different - typically ord...

I was wondering the same thing- typically - mapping LOINC codes to lab tests is done by a LIS (Lab info systems) coordinator. Depending on your EHR, you should have a nomenclature vendor who would assist with that also

I'm not exactly a nurse informaticist but a nurse who works as a systems analyst... My day 08: 00 spend an hour reading and responding to email. Most consist of questions / tasks regarding projects 09: 00 review the ticket que - I see 2 tickets to ...

I distinguish informatics from analyst. The informatics jobs are usually looking specifically for nursing/healthcare and focus on implementation / workflow. It's typically your analysts that do building / maintenance etc.. Depending on the facility...

I think with your background, you don't need to look specifically for informatics - there aren't that many. You have technical skills - a business analyst and/or systems analyst would be a better fit and more opportunities. Typically, informatics po...

Hopefully, large hospital systems are starting to see how critical it is to maintain adequate staff to support, build and maintain their documentation. One great thing about Meaningful Use money is that healthcare began taking IT more seriously and ...

Typically, I find that expectations are unrealistic. An EHR is not Itunes - all Itunes has to do is play and purchase music. So, the software can be very simple and easily maintained. An ehr has to maintain extremely complex and personalized data...

I agree - at the end of the day - there is no magic formula - sometimes it's just having some skills and applying for the job at the right time. Most employers will overlook lack of education for experience, sometimes a little experience with a lit...

I think having a Masters in Nursing is helpful - it demonstrates that you have some advanced education. That does help a lot cause it separates you from the pack. I can certainly see not wanting to jump into another degree program. I'm not sure if ...

In general, our facilty has over 120 staff in the IS dept which is pretty good for a large metropolitan area. Of the staff - not one has a degree specifically in informatics. The two nurses hired with the title of informaticist both came from Educa...

Most employers are looking for experience with the big EHR's. Having a degree in computer info systems and a RN will get you looked at but hospital based informatics tends to rely a lot on having worked with IS staff at the hospital in a super user ...

Don't miss bedside nursing one bit. Once I left bedside nursing, i never looked back. As a pediatrics nurse, I miss caring for the patients but I gladly accept the long IT hours to the long nursing hours. I feel much more valued as a clinician in ...

For a systems analyst, you would not necessarily need a clinical degree/background. A systems analyst could support any part of the healthcare IT - anything from financial applications (such as Kronos) to administrative applications to medical recor...

In our dept, we rotate call daily for the clinical team and then we rotate night/weekend call each week. You are on call for all the clinical apps not just the apps that you are a specialist for. Initally, they tried the specialist route but some s...

Not sure of the area you live in - if it is fairly competitive. I would wonder if they are holding out for that "perfect" candidate. It sounds like they may be looking harder for a perhaps clinical experience in a specific area. You can teach the t...

Not sure if you work at a hospital or not. I have worked with Meditech for over 7 years. If you have never used PCS, I recommend doing new user training. Most nurses when hired have software training - take the class. Set up time with the PCS tr...

Don't be too discouraged - this is a great time to lay groundwork. Get Involved - volunteer with your manager or education dept to be a superuser or tester; consider addl training or certifcation in a technical area. But remember without the nursin...

Very well said. I will add my other two favorites: "Nobody helped us learn how to use this or asked us about it" - to which I reply, the staff assigned to be superusers never showed up for training or if they did it was inconsistent. In addition,...

I have read quite a few comments about hospitals not having competent IT staff. As both a nurse and IT, I am and have been on both sides. Most hospitals do not have enough IT staff. Hospitals are notoriously bad about hiring IT. I Often hear stor...

We are C/S 5.6 facility and are CPOE for our inpatient areas (will be implementing in ER) soon. My advice is to really consider how to phase the project. You really need to spend the first year rebuilding orders before you even begin the order entr...

Most hospitals have to look at the bottom line. Meditech has been around since the early 80's which in the computer world is a really long time so realistically a complex application such as Meditech will be built on older technology. Newer version...

1. Do you report to the nursing department, to the IT department or have another reporting relationship? >>> I report to the IT department 2. Does anyone report to you? >> No 3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of your curr...

Also, Just an FYI. When your IS dept states that can't add the data you are asking for. They really can't. Meditech has limitations in structure and they likely have limitaions in staff. it takes several steps to get to data. For example a med or...

An NPR report is a report that is written from the data stored in Meditech. I don't know of a non-technical way to explain but any report you run from Meditech is written in a programming language. Most likely the end of shift report is just that a...

With Meditech if you are client/server (you will need to ask IS what version you are) they have the PCS Patient Profile Report. This is the Meditech standard report. It sounds like you have Iatrics at your location. The Meditech version will be f...