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Dana, How can your RN's cosign an assessment? If they asses the patient 20 minutes after the assessment completed by the tech, how can they say that they know what the assessment was 20 minutes prior? History information at least, the nurse can ask the patient and check it that way. But, an assessment could change, so I don't see how they can "cosign" it unless they were there when it was completed. Daniel Davis, RN Patient Care Module Coordinator Southern Hills Medical Center Nashville, TN (615) 781-4153 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Pfingstler Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:26 AM To: Meditech L Subject: FW: [MEDITECH-L] RE: EDM - Documentation Policy & Downtime All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== Hi Angel, We have been live with EDM for about 4 years. We do staff a few ED Techs and LPN's both of which are able to document patient assessments, but their assessments must be cosigned by an RN. As for downtime, we revert back to our old paper assessment. Any patient started on paper remains on paper, we do not enter information into the system once it is back up. It saves on confusion and time. As far as acuity level, with the assessments being chief complaint driven, the higher the acuity and more critical the patient, the more documentation marked as required. This serves as a reminder to staff that certain things should be done. Hope this helps and good luck Dana Pfingstler, RN Nursing Analyst Elk Regional Health Center St Marys, PA 15857 814 788-8682 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- -------- The information contained in this e-mail is private and confidential and is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender of the error and thereafter delete this e-mail. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregersen, Glenn A Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:16 AM To: CS Hampton, Angel; [email protected] Cc: _SISU - Clinical Systems Users Group Subject: [MEDITECH-L] RE: EDM - Documentation Policy & Downtime All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== Please post - this would be great information to have. Thank You Glenn Gregersen Clinical Application Specialist / HIPAA Security 218-927-5579 "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky -----Original Message----- From: Hampton, Angel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 6:35 AM To: [email protected] Cc: _SISU - Clinical Systems Users Group Subject: EDM - Documentation Policy & Downtime (C/S 5.4) We are currently building our clinical documentation for EDM, and are looking for examples of a documentation policy that outlines expectations for Live documentation, as well as downtime. Do any sites vary documentation expectation by patient acuity level ? Do your ED Techs or other non-licensed staff document in EDM ? What do you have in place for downtime policy and forms ? Do you enter back in, the documentation collected during downtime on paper ? If so, who does this ? Thank you for any assistance, Angel Hampton RN ED Clinical Analyst (386) 226-4509 Cell 679-3614 (In ED Classroom) Halifax Medical Center Daytona Beach, FL DISCLAIMER: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action taken or omission of action by you in reliance upon it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and permanently delete all copies of the message if you have received this message in error. Please Note: E-mail transmitted over the internet is not secure and may be accessed by unauthorized individuals. Thank you. _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
