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Interesting conversation but this is not the place nor the time for it. Why don't we just drop this subject line. Thanks Doug Davison -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "JOHN HUGHES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to > attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com > ====================================== > > my bad, didn't mean to offend ya just state the black & white of it from a > business perspective. again, your comments sound just like when nurses had to > begin documenting on the computer trashing their outdated paper forms. "the > story will get lost!" they cried... > > implementation requires cooperation, not dictation from either "side". team > play, remember? > > out! > jh > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ann Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:50 AM > To: Randy Hart; JOHN HUGHES; Meditech-L List (E-mail); Patricia > Cornwell; Mary Rozenboom > Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling > > > John, > Sorry, but this comment reflects a total lack of awareness of the issues that > are present for various departments. Its not about the FTE, its about the > ability to have a level of control over your schedule for a professional who > knows more about the clinical issues related to how the schedule is put > together > and the ramifications, than a clerk in an office in another part of the > building, or even another town. People who only concern themselves with "the > purely business perspective" make it extremely difficult for clinicians to do > their jobs effectively. Calling people who have a legitiimate concern about > the > way they treat their patients passive aggressive is unecessarily insulting, > and > totally dismissive. > Ann > > >>> "JOHN HUGHES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:30:52 PM Wednesday, April 26, 2006 > >>> > All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to > attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com > ====================================== > > i can't help but laugh as each dept. gets freaked out at the concept of > centralized scheduling. "oh no! i'll lose my .75fte." > from a purely business perspective it's a no brainer done deal; just getting > the > passive-aggressives to get used to it is where most folks are at. surgery > seems > to be the toughest egg to crack...$$$. > > reminds me of nurses (and administration) balking at the concept of > workstations > in the patient rooms or just moving to nursing documenting on the computer at > all... > > as always we in healthcare change albeit painfully & slowly. > > take care all. > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mary Rozenboom > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:54 PM > To: Cornwell, Patricia; Randy Hart; Meditech-L List (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling > > > All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to > attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com > ====================================== > > I totally agree with Pat on Rehabilitation Services, from start to > finish of her paragraph it is identical here in our Rehab Department. > Recurring patients, changes in patients schedule, and Staffing schedules > as well as Staff specializing in certain areas Vertigo, Women's Health, > Orthotics, TMJ..etc. The scheduler in the Rehab Department knows her > people, and their specialties. > > Mary Rozenboom, Rehab > Pella Regional Health Center > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cornwell, Patricia > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:59 AM > To: Randy Hart; Meditech-L List (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling > > All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to > attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com > ====================================== > > Speaking for Rehabilitation Services, I definitely feel that we are > better off being decentralized. We are using CWS, it is our third > scheduling system. We schedule for about 80 physical, occupational and > speech therapists who provide inpatient, outpatient and Home Health > services at two facilities. Our KEY resource in scheduling is staff, > rather than machines and/or rooms. We are constantly changing > availabilities for vacations, sick time, meetings, etc. Since most of > our patients are seen 2 - 3 x / week for 4 - 6 weeks, they are > constantly making changes for their appointments. It is very important > for the data to be up to date so we don't double book. Quite often, a > supervisor needs to be consulted during a scheduling process. This > would be for unusual problems (diagnoses) or a physician calling to get > someone in "now." I cannot imagine relying on Central Scheduling. > Pat Cornwell > Director of Rehab Services > Palos Community Hospital > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Randy Hart > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:47 PM > To: Meditech-L List (E-mail) > Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling > > > All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to > attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com > ====================================== > > Anyone willing to share information pertaining to their implementing a > Centralized Scheduling Department. What are the pros and cons? Has it > worked? Was it received well by Medical Staff? What departments do you > schedule for? Any information would be appreciated. We are > definitely going forward with this endeavor. We presently use CWS, MSM > but everything is decentrailzed. Multiple departments scheduling their > own. > > Randy Hart, System Support Analyst > Duncan Regional Hospital > Duncan, OK 73533 > Ph: (580)251-8939 > Fx: (580)251-8953 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > meditech-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l > > This message and accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic > Communications Privacy Act and the Health Insurance Portability and > Accountability Act. This message is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is confidential and/or privileged. If the reader of > this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the original > message. 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