We began the Form Fast roll out to all nursing units starting in December 2005. We began with the Discharge Instruction form which was a 3 part form and moved it to a 2 part NCR form. Things worked for a few months and then there were problems identified by the HIM department because the nursing units were not making a photocopy and the records were incomplete - the doctor took a copy, gave one to the patient and the chart copy never surfaced.. We ended up reverting back to a 3 part form for that one.
With the exception of the Discharge Instruction form we have successfully migrated about 85% of the forms into Form Fast, physician orders, consults, progress notes, department specific forms, etc and all print with out multi-part form and only NCR forms - we even had 2 part Pink/Pink to support the physician consult sheets. It is an adjustment to the staff because of the lack of glue, but once they used it enough, and we did have administration's support there weren't any complaints. Just have good staplers! One word of caution with the NCR paper - make sure the staff is fully "trained" on how to load the paper. If the paper is loaded incorrectly it will not write through causing multiple issues. I think this was the biggest adjustment of all!! Lisa Hennessey Systems Coordinator Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital 609-463-2841 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carol Higley Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:40 AM To: Angie Daugherty; [email protected] Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] Form Fast and NCR paper We are just now implementing so we would like to know the answer to this question as well. Thanks. Carol Carol L. Higley Data Systems Analyst Howard Regional Health System 765-453-8140 The opinions expressed in this e-mail message are those of the author and may not be representative of Howard Regional Health System or affiliates. This e-mail message and attachments, if any, may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this message for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message, any attachments to this message, or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message in its entirety. >>> "Daugherty, Angie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/19/2007 8:24 AM >>> We use Form Fast and have a committee that is going through all departments and converting all of our forms, such as physicians orders to electronic forms. One of the issues we have run into is getting departments to give up there multi-part forms. We would like to convert the multi-part forms to NCR paper, but we are getting a lot of resistance. Having to line up the NCR paper after it comes off of the printer has been a complaint and the worry that the text written on the first page of the NCR paper filters through to the right lines on the 2nd or 3rd page. I would love to get some feedback from any facility who has implemented Form Fast and what your process is for multi-part forms and are you using NCR paper. Give me the good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks. Angela Daugherty, Business Analyst Caretech Solutions@ Blanchard Valley Health Association Phone: (419) 423-5471 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.COM. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
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