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While I think the conversation has become more than the question ask: I can refer you to Shore Healthcare System of Maryland, as they had a successful transition from totally decentralized to centralized scheduling. It was phased in to allow, all clinicians and the schedulers, that were moved from their individual departments to a centralized department, to accommodate the sharing of knowledge and nuisances of each areas schedules. Radiology was the first to go, then Rehab, Oncology, Epogen Clinic, Lab, Clinic Physician Practices, Behavioral Health and other areas followed. The lady that became the lead for the new centralized scheduling department, was one of the hardest to believe this would work, became a believer of the system. The new department reported to the Director of Patient Accounting along with Patient Access and the Business Office. The cost of healthcare is a one of the main concern, but working within the guidelines of the payers and the authorizations necessary to be paid for the services rendered was the driving force for the change. Bura J "BJ" Dominy Revenue Cycle Analyst & MEDITECH IT Consultant (340) 776-8311 (2214) Schneider Regional Medical Center St. Thomas, USVI CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: meditech-l Digest, Vol 18, Issue 34 Send meditech-l mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of meditech-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Productivity for B/AR (Mahnke, Peggy) 2. RE: Centralized Scheduling (Doug Davison) 3. cancer staging (Henkl) 4. In Magic 5.5.2 TEST, getting unwanted "Method" on BBK internal Report (Alan Kennedy) 5. RE: Centralized Scheduling (Alex Anderson) 6. question (Betsi McIntosh) 7. VBScript file to fill in PPII for LOCAL printing? (Seale, Peter) 8. Centralized Scheduling - Outsourcing ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 9. Staffing question (Marc O'Hare) 10. RE: ? NPR R/W: removing quotes in download files (Purvins, James A.) 11. Good Afternoon (Wendy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:00:17 -0500 From: "Mahnke, Peggy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Productivity for B/AR To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Has anybody come up with a solution for measuring productivity for B/AR? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://prosonic.iserver.net/pipermail/meditech-l/attachments/20060427/133a0065/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:04:08 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Davison) Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling To: "JOHN HUGHES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ann Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Randy Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Meditech-L List (E-mail)" <[email protected]>, "Patricia Cornwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mary Rozenboom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. Thank you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > meditech-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for > the use of the intended recipient(s), and may contain legally privileged and > confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please do > not > read, copy, or use it, and do not disclose it to others. Please notify the > sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, then delete it from > your system, and destroy all copies. 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:30:21 -0700 From: Henkl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] cancer staging To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello all- has anyone out there used canned text or questionnaires to standardize reporting of TNM staging in the pathology module? I'm looking at the pros and cons of each, and would like to know of other peoples experience. Any suggestions you can provide are much apppreciated. TIA Kris Henke Frontpoint Consulting ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:15:10 -0500 From: "Alan Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] In Magic 5.5.2 TEST, getting unwanted "Method" on BBK internal Report To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" When we printed out an internal report for BBK, the "Method" now shows up in 5.5.2 TEST. In 4.9.7 LIVE, the "Method" does not show up. Our BBK Supervisor would just as well leave it that way as we do not have any "methods" other than "Manual". Meditech said that this is a new "enhancement" in the DEFAULT dictionary under the heading of "SPECPRTI" [Specimen Internal Print] with the new choice "Print Methods/Analyzers?" set to "Y" and that it is all or nothing. "Y" has the method printing in ALL of the modules or "N" does not print in any module. I tried removing the method from the BBK tests, but it wouldn't let me. So, before I tell the BBK Supervisor that we're going to have to live with the extra lines of data on the internal reports, does anyone in L land know of a "workaround" to get rid of this data? I can see where this might be a nice feature if your lab had automated equipment interfaced in BBK, but ours does not and the extra information just clutters up the reports, making them harder to review, and kills more trees if printed out. Thanks in advance for any assistance that you may have on this topic. Alan T. Kennedy MT (ASCP) LIS Beloit Memorial Hospital (608) 364-5133 The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) indicated above. Use or disclosure of information e-mailed in error is respectfully prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and immediately delete the original message. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:19:26 -0400 From: "Alex Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling To: "Mary Rozenboom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "JOHN HUGHES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ann Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Randy Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Meditech-L List \(E-mail\)" <[email protected]>, "Patricia Cornwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Wouldn't it be nice to have the ability to look at his issue from a patient perspective? Personally, I would like to have one phone number to call or one website to visit to see all of my appointments. I would love to have the person who is scheduling my PT aware of my CT and my Ortho appointments. It would even be nice if my PCP could schedule my appointments at the hospital. The CWS module whether you are in client server or Magic can be set-up so just about anybody can schedule appointments, if you take the time and build it so other people can use it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary Rozenboom Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:06 AM To: JOHN HUGHES; Ann Skinner; Randy Hart; Meditech-L List (E-mail); Patricia Cornwell 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 ====================================== John, We have therapists who have specialized in certain areas as I mentioned in my first email. When we get so spread out and I know how this goes in the hospital field as well as many areas of business. Employees change, and to keep everyone up to speed as to who to schedule with for each different specialty; is challenging enough just in Rehab. It is definitely to the benefit of our patients to have them schedule correctly with the proper therapist their first visit. That isn't just owning an area that is the best use of our resources. Mary -----Original Message----- From: JOHN HUGHES [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:41 AM To: Ann Skinner; Randy Hart; Meditech-L List (E-mail); Patricia Cornwell; Mary Rozenboom Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling 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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Thank you. _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:07:35 -0700 From: "Betsi McIntosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] question To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Anyone who has a MediTech system in the Los Angeles general area ( Southern Ca) could you please e mail me. We are just starting to install our systems. Betsi McIntosh Director ED and Critical Care Valley Presbyterian Hospital 15107 Vanowen St Van Nuys Ca 91409 e mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] 818 902-5734 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://prosonic.iserver.net/pipermail/meditech-l/attachments/20060427/449bcea5/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:22:10 -0500 From: "Seale, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] VBScript file to fill in PPII for LOCAL printing? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, I am wondering if anyone has made a script of some sort that sets the local print driver in MEDITECH to PPII automatically? If so, I'd like to add it to our user logon script. Thanks, Peter -- Peter Seale IT\San Jacinto Methodist Hospital ----------------------------------------- Methodist. Leading Medicine. Named by FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2006 Named by U.S.News & World Report as one of "America's Best Hospitals" ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*** This e-mail is the property of The Methodist Hospital and/or its relevant affiliates and may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender and delete all copies of the message. Thank you. ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:29:33 0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling - Outsourcing To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain Centralizing or cecentralizing appointment scheduling is a tidal process. Since I have been working here at Children's we have gone from decentralized to centralized to decentralized scheduling. We are ready now to go back to centralized scheduling again. This time, our administration wants to take a look the possibility of outsourcing our soon to be centralized scheduling. Is anyone doing this? If so, with whom and what has your experience been? By the way, in the process of doing this over and over, I have heard every argument for and against both approaches. They are all correct. The bottom line is that a committed organization can make either system work, but it's lots easier to fail. Ultimately, it's about the people who pick up the phone. What kind of training do they get? What kind of support do they have? Are wages, benefits and working conditions competitive so you get the best most committed staff? I've enjoyed this dialogue so far. It would be good to hear some nuts and bolts case histories of implementation. As said earlier, our particular interest right now is in the possibility of outsourcing. Any real life success stories or horror stories will be appreciated. Thomas Stephen Laxar Coordinator, Hospital Information Systems Children's Hospital Oakland 510-428-3833 [EMAIL PROTECTED] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Thur Apr 27, 2006 10:28 am From: "Ann Skinner" <Skin Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Centralized Scheduling "Meditech-L List (E-mail)" <[email protected]>, From: "Ann Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:50:19 -0400 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 abo= ut the ability to have a level of control over your schedule for a profes= sional who knows more about the clinical issues related to how the schedu= le is put together and the ramifications, than a clerk in an office in an= other part of the building, or even another town. People who only concer= n themselves with "the purely business perspective" make it extremely dif= ficult for clinicians to do their jobs effectively. Calling people who h= ave 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 >>> i can't help but laugh as each dept. gets freaked out at the concept of c= entralized scheduling. "oh no! i'll lose my .75fte." from a purely business perspective it's a no brainer done deal; just gett= ing 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 works= tations 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SENT TO: DONALD LIVSEY, SUSAN HOHL %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:35:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Marc O'Hare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Staffing question To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Can anybody share staffing number with me? What is the total number of IT staff and how many beds in your system as well as the number of users. If you can also provide a breakdown of the number of application analysts, total number of modules and how many applications they support that would be helpful. I can share my aggregate data back with you as I have data from a Meditech shop I ran and I will compile all of the responses I receive. Thank you. --------------------------------- Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2ยข/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://prosonic.iserver.net/pipermail/meditech-l/attachments/20060427/4c2ff4ed/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:43:31 -0700 From: "Purvins, James A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] ? NPR R/W: removing quotes in download files To: "Ganesh Seshadri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Here's how I have handled sitations like this. Lots of times, I put a header record to describe the delimited fields for quality control purposes. I was getting quite tired of updating line checks. So what I did was create a computed field on page 2 with the IG (ignore) xx.header IG with prompt HEADER? Defaulted to N Then on the line check do : LC=c.xx.header="Y" Probably could do similar logic for COMMA/QUOTE delimited. James Purvins Inland Northwest Health Services (509) 232-8384 This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. 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The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== we have numerous instances where we download data and send them off as data files, usually comma separated. i have had several requests for minor changes - eg. semicolon or tab separated instead of comma which is straightforward. the one that is cumbersome is when some requests want the data in quotes while others dont want quotes. it's very cumbersome to edit every definition and reset each to DAT=FREE or DAT=INT. does anyone have suggestions on how this can be done without this laborious process? i prefer not to explicitly format and print the lines in a macro because it makes it hard for others to maintain the report, so this should be with meditech's standard strategy for download files ie., FD 44, RL nnn, SFF/EFF NO etc. i would even have considered duplicating each line, printing once with quotes and once without, and line checking the part that i dont need for a given download based on a selection condition, but this will add an extra null field at the beginning of the record. tia, regards, ganesh seshadri, indiana regional _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:54:27 -0400 From: "Wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Good Afternoon To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <!&[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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