What is Meditech???

[nursejllrn]

What does it mean when a job ad says "Must have meditech." Is that computer charting? We still paper chart where I work, and I would like to travel in the future but almost all ads say must have meditech. Please clarify for me. Thanks

[nursein08]

We use the CS version and I love it. I've been to another hospital that used the older version and it was terrible. The CS version is much more user friendly.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

As someone in informatics I can tell you that Meditech is, unfortunately, pretty much the only choice for a large hospital/system.

It's not the most user-friendly system out there from what I know of it.

The acronym for this kind of thing is EMR, for "electronic medical record."

When a system is well-implemented and designed it's a pleasure to work with and makes obtaining necessary data a breeze. When it isn't, well....

[Nurseismade RN]

There are two Meditech versions.

Magic is the older version which is not truly GUI and the newer one is Client/Server (referred to as CS often) which is graphical and much easier to use.

I think this is why we may have such a love hate when talking about Meditech.

I bet the people using CS love it.

I must have the CS version.....I love it and will only apply to hospitals that are using Meditech......too many errors the paper way......

just my:twocents:

[macksmaw]

when I began traveling 10yrs. ago, i had to take 2 full 8hr. days of medi-tech training. i've traveled from one side of the us to the other and i absolutely love medi-tech. this is a nurses bestfriend, and it's soooooo easy to use.

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

Yes it is a computer program.

[whichone'spink, BSN, RN]

I hate it. Hate, hate, hate it.

[NickiLaughs, ADN, BSN, RN]

lol I think you already have your answer. But yeah it's a nightmare. They're basically looking for nurses probably who don't mind dealing with a non-user friendly version.

[Rob72, ASN, RN]

As someone in informatics I can tell you that Meditech is, unfortunately, pretty much the only choice for a large hospital/system.

Because...(**drumroll**), whether CS or Magic, it is easy to contain users data-access, it is easy to audit, it is very easy to "lose" information. There are far better systems available, but they offer far less insulation for administration.

[MomRN0913]

good thread, I just started a new job and they use meditech. I am getting it installed on my laptop now. The client server version. I will have to figure it out myself for the time being, (to research data, I am an outcomes manager)

I hope it's user friendly!

[whichone'spink, BSN, RN]

good thread, I just started a new job and they use meditech. I am getting it installed on my laptop now. The client server version. I will have to figure it out myself for the time being, (to research data, I am an outcomes manager)

I hope it's user friendly!

No it isn't.

[Rob72, ASN, RN]

good thread, I just started a new job and they use meditech. I am getting it installed on my laptop now. The client server version. I will have to figure it out myself for the time being, (to research data, I am an outcomes manager)

I hope it's user friendly!

Ask a co-worker to take you in the hall, and punch you in the nose, six times, hard & fast, to get in the proper mindset. That will be the high-point of your day with Mediwreck.