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Hi Diane, I just received some information that I think will be helpful: Regarding the issue of long load times, there are two components that cause that process to so long: Meditech was reading the file 1 line at a time and then processing that information which had the effect of really working your hard drive for 14+ hours. Meditech is working on a change in that the system will now batch multiple lines and then process them. In their test system, the load time was cut down from 14 hours to just over 6 hours. This change will be seen in the near future. Micromedex has a long drug file in the MAS module. MAS stands for Medication Advisory Screening. The reason for the length of this is that they never purge deactivated or dc'd NDC's in Redbook. They are looking at a new process now where they will have an initial load to include these old drugs that still may be around but then future refreshes will only list drugs active in the last 3 years. This will cut down on the length of the monthly loads. hope this helps Ron -----Original Message----- From: Diane Folsom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:08 AM To: McBride, Ronald Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Micromedex vs First DataBank Ronald: Please place all your responses on the L...we are trying to make this decision, too. Thanks, Diane Diane Folsom, RNC Clinical Information System Specialist Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital Kerrville, TX 78028 830-258-7080 ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of McBride, Ronald Sent: Tue 5/23/2006 4:37 PM To: Meditech L (E-mail) Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Micromedex vs First DataBank All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== Hello, We are Magic 5.4.2 and are looking at switching from Micromedex to some other Formulary service such as First DataBank. Is there anyone out there using First Databank? I would be interested to know what your experience has been. We have had a number of issues with Micromedex. any help would be appreciated. thanks, Ron McBride RN Clinical Analyst Meditech Workgroup Rapid City Regional Hospital 353 Fairmont Blvd Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: 605-719-8032 Fax: 605-719-4693 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
