Hello all,

Here are my responses:

1.  Yes, we implemented CPOE with a pilot group.  Our pilot team
consisted of 1 unit.  Approximately 12 physicians and 12 nurses are LIVE
with CPOE for this pilot.  They began using it on 9/19/06.  We have not
rolled it out to any other units yet.

2.  The only doctors who write written orders are the consulting
physicians.  The staff is aware of this, as are the consulting docs.
Medical Records runs reports (1 standard, 1 custom) to figure out if any
consulting doctors wrote orders for the discharged patient.  Then they
are located in the chart and closed appropriately.

3.  Medication orders are copied from the interagency form.  We will
also be using the restorable orders feature in the very near future.
All NF drugs require a request form to be completed.  We have set up the
NF request as a procedure in POM.  The docs type in NF and are asked a
series of questions such as, what is the drug that you need?  Dosage?
Why is this necessary?  Etc.  This order then prints in the pharmacy
where they deem whether or not the drug is necessary or whether or not
it can be replaced with a formulary item.

4.  One big thing that we forgot about was all the physicians' orders
for the nursing staff.  We are still in the process of building these
today.  

If you have any questions about any of the information I've included,
please don't hesitate to contact me.

Best wishes,
Courtney Stone

Roger Williams Medical Center
Technical Physician Liaison
401.456.6503
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Please post. 

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Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:42 PM
To: MediTech Users Group
Subject: [MEDITECH-L] CPOE Questions


I have questions for any sites that are LIVE with CPOE.  We are a C/S
site, 5.5, SR2.  We are planning to implement CPOE very soon and we are
questioning our decision to implement with a pilot group of doctors vs
everyone all at once.  At the MUSE conference there was a site that
presented and they implemented with everyone at once and it worked well
- so we are having second thoughts.

Here are my questions:

1.  Did you implement with a few pilot doctors?  or all doctors?

2. If you did pilot doctors how did you handle some orders being on-line
and some written, like when a consulting doctor sees the patient

3. How did you handle the many medication orders - since the "continue
from ambulatory" does not work at all for profile medications.  It can
take a very long time to enter 15-20 meds - some of which are
non-formulary meds for us.

4. What are any lessons learned with your implementation plans?

Any information will be greatly appreciated.  I found out so much
information at MUSE - but still have many more.  We would also love to
discuss your implementation if anyone is interested in a call.

thanks,
Cindy Grolla, RN
Clinical Project Leader
Phone: 507.646.1209
Pager: 507.645.1475





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