Hi Leslie, We piloted the EMR Notes function at one of our facilities. There were many issues with the functionality (or lack thereof) that caused us to discontinue the pilot and not roll it out to all of the MDs.
1. The notes do not autoprint so there needs to be a procees in place to get the hard copy to the chart. We were able to get that worked out. 2. The note header shows the date and time the note was initially entered with no indication of when it was signed. We asked Meditech to make a custom change for this and they would not. There is a 5.6 enhancement that will provide this but they would not provide it to us out of sequence. Meditech's response: "There is an enhancement being coded for 5.6 SR0 however to include the date/time stamp of the e-signature on the note, and this will be included on the printed version as well. The DDP this is being coded in is DDP 3682. This is an enhancement, so it will need to be delivered as part of a full ring release update." The inability to have the sign date/time was the 'dealbreaker' for our HIM department. Hope that helps. Cherity From: "Feidt, Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Physician Documentation Using EMR Notes To: meditech-l@mtusers.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Our physicians have requested our organization to support the use of the EMR notes selection for documenting their daily progress notes. I was hoping to find an organization that has entertained this request and if so, what was the end result? Did you support this request? Did you have any compliance issues/concerns? What is the impact of having physicians document in the notes selection of the EMR and then move toward with PMO? Leslie Feidt AD Information Technology ECMCC Buffalo, NY
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