We use the deactivate function for hold orders. We have a policy that deactivated order for more than 3 days old can be discontinued at the discretion of the pharmacist.
Jimmy Fung Clinical Co-Ordinator The Credit Valley Hospital Pharmacy Dept. (905)813-4532 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crepeau, Denise Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 6:11 PM To: 'Charlie Downs'; Parker Karen; [email protected] Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Hold orders We are currently having this very discussion at our hospital. Is anyone using the hold function? Thanks, Denise Crepeau, intelliDOT Coordinator, Parkview Medical Center, 400 West 16th Street, Pueblo, Colorado intelliDOT Hotline # 3687 office (719) 584-4291 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charlie Downs Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 7:13 PM To: Parker Karen; [email protected] Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] Hold orders Hold = Discontinue unless for a specified period of time such as hold AM dose, hold for 2 days, etc in which case the deactivate function is used. The physician can write an order to resume or just re-write the order if they want to re-start. Charlie Charles Downs Pharm.D. Washington County Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy 251 E. Antietam Street Hagerstown, MD, 21740 301-790-8904 ----- Original Message ----- From: Parker Karen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:14 PM Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Hold orders To those of you who are using Pharmacy order entry: If a Physician writes for an order to be on hold, how does pharmacy enter that into the computer? Currently our pharmacy discontinues that order and the Physician has to rewrite the order when they want it to restart. Karen Parker RN, BSN Clinical Informatics Specialist Meadville Medical Center 751 Liberty St Meadville, Pa 16335 814-333-5606 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________ ====================================== All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l ***** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. This e-mail contains the thoughts and opinions of the sender and does not represent official Parkview Medical Center policy. This communication is intended only for the recipient(s) named above, may be confidential and/or legally privileged; and , must be treated as such in accordance with state and federal laws. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hearby notified that any use of this communication, or any of its contents, is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please return to sender and delete the message from your computer system.
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