We put all physicians in our provider dictionary. We don't separate them in any way except that we mark the flag in the provider dictionary for 'on staff' if they are on staff. We also allow several areas to enter new providers, mainly because our schedulers would book DI appointments and by the time they were seen and the report completed, it would be the same day and the report would automatically fax, but the reports would say 'DNOS' (doctor not on staff) and not be delivered. This improved the workflow for the reports going to the correct doctor.
Roberta Cranswick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clinical Systems Project Manager Willamette Falls Hospital 1500 Division Street Oregon City, Oregon 97045 503-656-1631 ext. 3483 "Melaine Saxon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/30/2006 01:08 PM To <[email protected]> cc Subject [MEDITECH-L] Criteria for entering Physicians in the Provider Dictionary I hope some one on the L can help me with this issue. We have some staff at our institution that want to enter every Physician that sends a patient to our facility in the provider dictionary. It does not matter if he is on staff or not. It does not matter if her lives within a specified radius of the hospital or not and it does not matter if we have all the data we need to complete the dictionary or not. We are in a tourist area and we do have a large number of out of area physician orders. I would like to know how other facilities handle entries to the Provider Dictionary and if you have any restrictions. If you allow all doctors in this dictionary, do you have a way to separate doctors on staff and within a specified radius, from those that are most likely to send a patient once every ten years? My big concern to many sound alike / look alike physician names and mnemonics and thus errors in admitting doctor and ordering dr etc. Also, what are the pro and cons of allowing every physician in the Provider Dictionary? I have to report these findings at a meeting on Thursday to the hospital risk manager. Thanks in advance for any information and assistance you can provide with this issue. Melaine Saxon, RN Senior Analyst Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort, SC 29907 (843) 522-7901 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================== All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l ========================================================= IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you should contact the sender and delete the message. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature. ====================================== All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
