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My thanks to all those that responded, I do appreciate all the
information. Thanks again, Diane
Diane Folsom, RNC
Clinical Information System Specialist
Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital
Kerrville, TX 78028
830-258-7080
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Hi Diane,
Check out this presentation from Meditech on the EMAR in 5.6. It looks more
like the paper EMAR and appears to be a much better product than EMAR in 5.4
and 5.5. There are screen shots of the EMAR towards the end of the
presentation. This is one of the main reasons we are skipping a 5.5 upgrade
and going straight from 5.4 to 5.6 in early 2007.
http://www.meditech.com/MIX/Pages/2006NurWorkshop/presentations/emar/pharmacy_advisory_edited00.htm
Sharon Phelps, RN,BC
Clinical Analyst
West Park Hospital
Cody, WY
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> 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
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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
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www.RPhInformatics.com
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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
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Diane,
We are in the middle of our BMV/e-MAR implementation. We have seen a
demo of the new e-MAR which comes out with the 5.6 release. It looks
similar to the Status Board, as it has a larger grid format, and you can
point and click on different icons to get more information (label
comments, etc). We are scheduled to go live with 5.6.1 on May 20th,
2007. We thought it was worth the wait b/c the current e-MAR is very
ugly and cumbersome to use. I would suggest you take a look at the new
e-MAR on Meditech's website. I know there is a PPT from the nursing
symposium in April. It was listed in the Nursing Portal.
If you hear any other good news about 5.6, please share.
Thanks!
Deb
Deborah O'Briant, RN
Senior Project Manager
Information Technology-Applications
Arkansas Children's Hospital
(501) 364-3643
Fax: (501) 364-6859
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Visit our website: www.archildrens.org
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
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The MAR in 5.6 has great improvements to the look and appears to be much more
user-friendly. After seeing the 5.6 MAR, I wanted to wait to implement BMV too,
but that's not an option for us.
Kim Frick, RN
Project Coordinator
Licking Memorial Health Systems
Phone: 740-348-4114
Fax: 740-348-4769
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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
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Diane,
I don't think it's so much issues, as eMAR/BMV is very usable in 5.5 except for
TPNs (doesn't exist); it's more that for 5.6 they are doing a whole look & feel
redesign which would require retraining of staff
Carole
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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
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We had the intention of going LIVE in 5.5.2 with BMV this November. We
went out to training last July and saw a preview of 5.6. It is so much
improved that we didn't want to do a training of Nurses then have to
turn around and do a retraining 6 months later. We wanted to get it
right the first time.
Improvements:
1) What is displayed is more configurable. We won't be confined to
having to "live" with how the drug is displayed.
2) The nurses along with us thought the workflow was much better.
3) Handled piggybacks and IVs with additives much better.
Hope this helps.
Jeff Thompson
Newman Regional Health
Emporia, KS
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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
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