We are also looking at OE for Pathology and this would be for multiple sites. How does everyone find the specimen information provided by the ordering department and are there any fields such as clinical history that are mandatory?
Cathy -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Weems, Joyce Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:00 PM To: Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] computer order enrty Yes, Michael. Barcoding would eliminate the necessity of separating. That's an old rule/habit that many of us have because it is easier to sort out the errors if numbering gets messed up. When you are in a lab of all like specimens there is not that option, of course. So you stay up all night worrying about mixing up specimens. Joyce -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Mihalik Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 15:56 To: 'Victor Tobias'; 'Horn, Hazel V' Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; 'Hutton, Allison' Subject: RE: [Histonet] computer order enrty Victor, just as an fyi, in our system, THAT's when we create an accession number. Prior to this point, it's only an ORDER #. This gives the lab the flexibility to separate 'like' accn #'s, plus some other things. I concur that the benefits of an order entry interface are HUGE. The only caveat is that you usually have to 'massage' the surgical case data. For pap smears, order entry data is often times 100% accurate. But I'd still like to hear the 'details' about why it's commonplace to separate like specimen. I have a suspicion that this would no longer be needed if all materials are bar coded, but I need to hear the details behind this policy in order to make up my mind. Michael Mihalik PathView Systems | cell: 214.733.7688 | 800.798.3540 | fax: 270.423.0968 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Victor Tobias Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:50 PM To: Horn, Hazel V Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Hutton, Allison Subject: Re: [Histonet] computer order enrty I thought I'd give you my observations on OE. I don't know anything about Meditech, but with PowerPath it can be very nice. We have established OE with EPIC. When we receive the specimen, we enter the order number and virtually every field you need is filled in, patient demographics, referring physician, specimen and clinical information. Our accessioner just verifies the information, sometimes the specimen needs to be changed to pull in the correct lab orders. It is a great time saver. Victor Victor Tobias Clinical Applications Analyst University of Washington Medical Center Dept of Pathology Room BB220 1959 NE Pacific Seattle, WA 98195 vic...@pathology.washington.edu 206-598-2792 206-598-7659 Fax ================================================= Privileged, confidential or patient identifiable information may be contained in this message. This information is meant only for the use of the intended recipients. If you are not the intended recipient, or if the message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this transmission. Instead, please notify the sender by reply e-mail, and then destroy all copies of the message and any attachments. Horn, Hazel V wrote: > We are hoping to do the same here. But OE does not assign a specimen > number. The specimen number would be assigned when you receive the > specimen. > > As for like specimens, we have to accession them together as we get so > many GI bx's that's it's impossible to separate them. We do use a > color code system to separate the biopsy cases. We use 6 different > alternating colors and the color is dictated in the gross description. > > Hazel Horn > Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP) > Supervisor of Histology > Arkansas Children's Hospital > 1 Children's Way Slot 820 > Little Rock, AR 72202 > > phone 501.364.4240 > fax 501.364.3155 > > visit us on the web at: www.archildrens.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of > Hutton, Allison > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:41 AM > To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: [Histonet] computer order enrty > > We are currently looking into computer order entry for our pathology > specimens (using meditech). However, our major concern is that the > specimens will be assigned a surgical number when the specimen is > ordered in the OR, GI, radiology, etc and like specimens may not be > separated. 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