Q: How do you update your Meditech B/AR Charges in your Lab test dictionary?
A: Use the Copy Charges From B/AR Routine. This routine allows you to copy standard charges and alt codes from the B/AR database. This routine uses the billing (procedure) code for each test or procedure to look up and retrieve this information [...]

Q: Where would pharmacy staff create a new RXM access group?
A: Pharmacy staff can create a new RXM access group by copying a current access group and edit via the RXM ACCESS GROUP Dicationary
If pharmacy staff wanted to edit a RXM group (i.e. Nursing) to default lookup by “generic,” where would that edit be made?
The [...]

Q: Physicians are afraid of EMR (Electronic Medical Record) project failure, so why should their practice go through the headache of integrating EMR now?
A: Murphy’s law states that if anything can go wrong, it will, and EMR integration is no stranger to this rule. However, project failure is certainly avoidable if the practice takes the [...]

Q: How can my organization determine the most important factors that will lead to our project’s success?
A: There are many reasons why organizations take on new projects. Maybe the project is undertaken to meet a strategic goal, due to legislative changes, to meet a specific business need, or to improve or [...]

Q: I am concerned about the security of my facility, specifically, the security of core and third-party infrastructure devices. I hear stories on a weekly basis about “critical vulnerabilities” but I never know if I am affected, or if my potential vulnerabilities are being fixed. What should I do?
A: Your concerns illustrate one [...]

Q: How can I ensure that my Help Desk is a true asset to my organization instead of a source of never-ending frustration?
A: Without a well-planned Help Desk, your organization can become people dependent instead of process dependent. With proper advance planning and implementation, your Help Desk will save time and increase efficiency in [...]

Q: Nursing Charges: Many of our nursing charges, such as PICC line, transfusion or Telemetry are currently on paper. Is it possible to handle these items electronically within MEDITECH?
A: One of the easiest ways to automate this type of charging is to build it into the Nursing Interventions as part of a CDS. [...]

Q: How can I get information from my IT system?
A: Most healthcare organizations are under utilizing their primary IT system because they are not getting the reports they need to do their job. Because systems come with a basic set of (”canned”) reports, they try to use them, yet find them inadequate and incomplete. [...]

Q: I keep hearing about health information exchange (HIE) and RHIO Regional Healthcare Information Exchange. Aren’t these the same things?
A: A very good question and one that if you ask different people you will get different answers. An HIE is simply that, an exchange. An HIE is simply moving information electronically between healthcare providers – [...]

Q: Most physicians don’t understand the technology world, so how do physicians who view technology as something that is foreign to them even begin to understand which EMR/HIT vendor to choose?
A: It is important to choose an EMR/HIT vendor that caters to the needs of their practice, as different vendors offer slightly different things. It’s [...]