I agree that the board needs to focus on something else! When we questioned the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy about paper MAR issue we were told that it they wanted to make electronic documentation and ordering safer than paper documentation. I'm not convinced it is safer. Not only does this PIN pertain to the eMAR, but also to CPOE.
What is really frustrating is the PIN cannot be typed! We have to develop bar-coded badges with an ASCII character, so our PIN's cannot be typed. Our employee ID badge barcode doesn't work because it doesn't have the ASCII character and I'm told that our Kronos system won't recognize the character if we would add it to our ID barcode. We are the first Ohio Meditech Client Server site to receive the custom. We were supposed to go LIVE with eMAR and BMV on June 4th, but had to delay due to a unrelated problem. The State Board called on June 3rd and told us they were coming on the 4th. They gave us a certain criteria that we had to include in our policy. Melody Hills, RN Nursing Informatics Fulton County Health Center 725 S. Shoop Ave. Wauseon, OH 43567 (419)335-2015 ext. 2372 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. "Kay Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/21/2007 04:49 PM To "'Kimberly Frick'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Sharon LaDuke'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Bill Mullins'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Kenny Whiteside'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Deborah L O'Briant'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <meditech-l@MTUsers.com> cc Subject Re: [MEDITECH-L] Access to eMAR That Board needs to focus on something else, where were they with paper MAR's anybody could have written anything on your MARS, while you administered meds or after they got to MR upon discharge..........boy they need a life.....k Kay H. Morgan, RN Nursing Informatics/Clinical Analyst 256-386-4373 -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kimberly Frick Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:01 AM To: Sharon LaDuke; Bill Mullins; Kenny Whiteside; Deborah L O'Briant; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Access to eMAR You better believe it! Ohio's Pharmacy Board showed up on our doorstep the week we went live to make sure that another nurse could not document on our session. They went into a patient's room with a nurse and had another nurse try to file the documentation. Meditech has to give Ohio sites a custom to meet our requirements for nurse scanning upon administration. Kim Frick, RN Project Coordinator Licking Memorial Health Systems Phone: 740-348-4114 Fax: 740-348-4769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LMHealth.org -----Original Message----- From: Sharon LaDuke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:14 PM To: Bill Mullins; Kimberly Frick; Kenny Whiteside; Deborah L O'Briant; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Access to eMAR Can a state Pharmacy board dictate what is done by any discipline other than pharmacists? I don't get it. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mullins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:10 PM To: Kimberly Frick; Sharon LaDuke; Kenny Whiteside; Deborah L O'Briant; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Access to eMAR We did not have this requirement in Tn, 5 yrs ago, I do not know about it now... -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kimberly Frick Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 9:21 AM To: Sharon LaDuke; Kenny Whiteside; Deborah L O'Briant; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Access to eMAR I thought that an additional level of authentication was unnecessary too, but our State Pharmacy Board requires it. This level of security doesn't exist in the paper MAR world, so why is it so restrictive in the electronic version? Our State Board of Pharmacy requires us to enter our pin last, so we did not have a choice for that either. The only advantage I can see of entering it last is that you can access the e-mar to view the MAR, run MAR reports or do anything else except document without entering your pin. The "enter pin" prompt only comes up when you document something. Kim Frick, RN Project Coordinator Licking Memorial Health Systems Phone: 740-348-4114 Fax: 740-348-4769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LMHealth.org -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sharon LaDuke Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 7:36 AM To: Kenny Whiteside; Deborah L O'Briant; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Access to eMAR I recently worked for a multi-facility organization which did not require anything additional for eMAR access. No problems that I ever heard of. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenny Whiteside Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 2:42 PM To: Deborah L O'Briant; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] Access to eMAR Deborah, We just had this discussion this afternoon also! If your nurses ALWAYS log off when they walk away from their computers.... I would say that the redundancy would be insane. But I also know that in the fast-paced, pulled in every direction at once world of hospital nursing... that's not likely to happen. For this reason, we chose to require the user's password when entering the eMAR from the Status Board. But who knows, maybe someday we will decide that this is not necessary! Have a good weekend, Kenny Whiteside >>> "O'Briant, Deborah L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/11/2007 11:38 PM >>> Hello All, I am trying to gauge how the majority of sites live with the eMAR set up their password/pin options in MIS. We are currently using the NUR Status Board and the Project lead for nursing wants to take out any additional requirement to authenticate the user signing on to the eMAR. The thought is that the original request for a user mnemonic/password to log onto Meditech is sufficient and asking for the password again if accessing the eMAR, once in the Status Board, is redundant (we've set it up so all inpatient nurses get the Status Board upon successful sign-in). Our State Board of Pharmacy does not currently have any specific guidelines (yet) for us to follow. Has anyone experienced problems (ie, diversion) with the eMar and what security was in place at the time? I am trying to think of every scenario where having no additional requirement to access the eMAR might get us into trouble. I greatly appreciate anyone taking a minute to answer this posting! Thanks in advance! 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