We had the same need here to hold a room (and have it viewable on the public tracker) for not only ambulance arrivals but also for dirty rooms or maintenance. So, we had a custom done for us by Meditech. We have not gone live with it yet. However, it works well in TEST so far. It uses the existing Pre-Call Management feature to specify an unidentified patient which you alluded to. The Call Management Patient name field is used to identify the EMS company and unit number as well as the chief complaint. When you hit enter it prompts to ask if this is a temporary new patient. You click Yes and it will then ask for the Sex and Age. The Patient Name field automatically gets updated with the Sex and Age.
The custom consists of the following: 1. Allow a Room to be reserved without assigning a patient 2. Assign a Reserved or Dirty status without entering a patient 3. Ability to launch into this new Room Reserve Routine from the Call Management Routine. 4. Ability to view Room Availability via the Room Look-Up routine. A new field is added to the Pre Call Management routine labeled "Enter Room Hold?". A "Y" response to this prompt launches a new screen that includes the room number the availability type (i.e. Reserved, Dirty or Clean) and a Comment field. The room field has a lookup to the Room/Treatment area dictionary that now shows the Room Availability/Condition. The availability field is a choice field with three choices: Clean, Dirty, Reserved. The comment field is a free text field that holds up to 40 characters. After determining a room, the default comment becomes the "Caller" field comment from the "Enter/Edit Incoming Call" routine (The call should be documented before the room assignment). Based upon this, if the Caller field is filled in with the EMS company, unit number, age/sex and chief complaint in the "Enter/Edit Incoming Call" routine, then the Room Hold routine window and Comment field might look like this: Room: ER01 Availability: Reserved Comment: EMS 123 62/M Stroke We have added a second line to our public tracker so that next to the room number we can display the Room Availability and Comment. This will allow the ambulance driver from EMS unit 123 to quickly see that his 62 year old male stroke patient should be taken to room ER01 without having to find a staff person when things get hectic. It also alerts the RN assigned to ER01 to prepare for the stroke patient. Maybe Meditech will make this part of their standard EDM module for a future release. Pam Bunnell IT Project Manager Memorial Health Care System 2525 de Sales Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404 Phone: 423-495-7636 Fax: 423-495-7606 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: Dawn Olson Sent: 2/5/2007 9:53 AM Subject: [MEDITECH-L] EDM help - patient alerts and ambulance Hi, Does anyone have thoughts on the below 2 issues related to EDM. Thanks in advance 1. A frequent flyer with a certain history visits the ER. When the patient comes back in we want to be alerted that there is this information on the patient- off the tracker. 2. We would like to reserve a room for an ambulance patient without getting a V number or putting a name on the tracker. Lisa Lisa M. Janeway BSN,RN,BC Clinical Analyst Information Systems Delnor Community Hospital 630 208-4257 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= 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
