Meditech 5.6 Upgrade Training

Meditech 5.6 Upgrade Training

Desktop Functionality

Groups similar functions together No more icons

→ (Right Arrow) Indicates More Functions

Allows movement to another area without going all the way back out. Opening screens in new windows leaves main menu available

Navigating Through New Desktop Functionality

Use Back function on right side to go back one section OR Click on function desired no matter where it displays Home takes you back to first column

Recent displays recently viewed Meditech areas

Functionality – Is It So Different?

Choosing Site

Here

Care Area Enter/Edit Patient Data

Mostly the Same Functionality with Different Look and Feel

To search by Patient – Same Searches Work

Partial Name and then F9 or OK key will do a partial search Green means that is the patient you are on and that

patient’s identifying information displays below Use Prior or Next to move through patient list

Standard Field Tab

Same Information is Collected per Tab Note: * Means Required Field

Custom Fields Tab

Not the same amount of space

Allergies Tab

Note NKA and UNOBTN (UNABLE TO OBTAIN) buttons

Enter New to enter a New Allergy Information collected is the same

PATIENT REPORTS

Special Note:

o All OR Schedules and Dept Schedule will no longer be found under Patient Reports

o Users with access to these reports should go into the appropriate SCH database – see 2nd picture below

ENTER ORDERS

Let’s start with Enter Orders which is now found in the Process Orders Function (See Process Orders below)

NOTE: NEW FUNCTIONALITY o Series Order

Answer Y or N if want Series or Continuous Order Directions

o Has Specimen Been Collected

Answer N for STO’s. No longer using STO category. More on this later.

o Note 1 of 2 – GO TO function

Not all questions displaying

* (Asterisk) Denotes required questions

Required questions may be on a later page o Note CHANGE PATIENT

Can change patient AFTER you have placed and filed the orders

This allows you to go to next patient and place orders on that patient

NOTE: NEW FUNCTIONALITY

o String Search w/ ? has changed

o By doing a lookup <F9> at Category Prompt you can

Search by Category Mnemonic or Name, Order Set Mnemonic or Name or Keyword

o Note Prior and Next Buttons to see more or go back

You can use the same lookup <F9> functionality at the Procedure Prompt

PROCESS ORDERS

Enter Orders, Review by Service Date and Review by Order Date are rolled up into one function – Process Orders

Patient Name

Do Not have to enter Category OR Service Date Click on OK or F12 when ready to Process

PROCESS ORDERS NEW LOOK AND FEEL Bottom of Screen

Note: Check the order or orders you want to process and then click the appropriate function

o Patient Data – take back to E/E Patient Data Screen o Temp Loc –

Temporary Location function

o

Order – Enter Orders function

o Amend o Edit Status

o Edit Source – Edit Order Source function o Cancel – Cancel Function

o Print – Print Function

o Change Selection – Change Patient o Refresh

Right Side of Screen

o Process – Process Orders o Change Patient

o Change Location

o Continuous – Continuous Orders

o Uncollected – Displays Uncollected Orders to Process o Requisitions -

Enter Work Orders o EMR – Go to EMR

o Colors – Informational as to what each color means

New Enhancement – More Info to Follow Center of Screen Below Orders

o More Information – Will display the query responses for each order checked

Can Sort by Any Heading – This is the way to look at orders by Order Date or by Service Date

Collecting Specimens

Click on Uncollected to see a list of all uncollected specimens then check the appropriate specimen and click the Collect button at the bottom of the screen

Other Functionality

Dietary Related Functions

Process Dietary Data

Note Colors

If click on Colors on Right will see what each color means

All Diets in White – That means this is what you are looking at

More Information displays Dietary Queries Gives caregiver a running tab on diets

Can use Current Diets Function just to see the current diets

Admissions Related Functions

Discharges/ Bed Transfer

Choose Function you want to do on right hand side of screen then fill in information

In Transfer – ADM IN and ADM INo Out Transfer – Outpatient statuses Discharge

Account Info – See Below Demo Recall

Account Info

Look here for Review Patient Activity and to Reprint Admission Form – (Print Armbands and Labels)

Top of Screen o View Patient o View Condition o Print Patient

o Reprint Admission Form (Print Armbands and Labels) o Print Patient (Short)

o Review Patient Activity o View CCI Data

PHARMACY RELATED FUNCTIONS

No real change in information entered, just getting to it

FINAL NOTES

We have done the best possible in changing your menus to accommodate the new functionality.

We may have missed something.

It is your responsibility to go into the test system and review your day to day functionality to determine if something important is missing.

If something is missing please call Applications at Ext 6562 or Pat Mulberger at Ext 5373 (Pat’s Meditech Hotline).

On the day of LIVE we will primarily be concerned with issues that directly affect patient care. So as not to be frustrated please please review your Order Entry and Scheduling (for OR reports) menus in Test 5.56.

Questions? Call Ext 6562 or contact Pat M. at her regular extension – 5781.