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Hi Diane- It's all about visual display on the eMAR - 5.5 has the "old Magic look", while 5.6 gets more of the current "Client Server look". The biggest issue that I've noted is that 5.5 and prior display a concatenation of the Generic Name-Strength-Disp Form on the eMAR, which gets truncated to 29 characters. It's my understanding (but I have yet to get 100% confirmation of it) that the 5.6 view utilizes the Generic ID field similar to that in CS, and without a truncation issue. As always, I am a proponent of implementing eMAR and BMV separately - I realize the "training issues" with Nursing, etc. but still feel they are best done 3-6 months apart and the satisfaction rate and acceptance from Nursing is much greater as well. Too, how hard is it to use a scanner? There are some subtle additions with BMV but I still don't see the reason for dragging them back for another hour of training. Kevin. Kevin McConnell, PharmD. Clinical Consultant (713)480-6810 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.RPhInformatics.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Folsom Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:03 PM To: Meditech L Cc: Kaeli Dressler Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Upgrade to 5.6 prior to going with BMV/eMAR? All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== I heard that upgrading to 5.6 (Magic) prior to eMAR/BMV is considered a better deal than using 5.5... Can those of you out there that have 5.5 and 5.6 tell me why it would be better to wait until after the upgrade or why it should be done before 5.6. If you could list the top 2-5 things that 5.5 had issues and should be corrected in 5.6, I would appreciate it. Also, if you do have 5.5 were any of these issues able to be corrected with any type of retrofits? Thanks so very much for all your responses! Diane Diane Folsom, RNC Clinical Information System Specialist Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital Kerrville, TX 78028 830-258-7080 _______________________________________________ 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
