RE: Order Entry
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From: | "Tom T. McNemar" <TMcNemar@lmhealth.org> |
To: | "Horn, Hazel" <HornHazelV@exchange.ach.uams.edu>, "Tom T. McNemar" <TMcNemar@lmhealth.org>, Becky Scholes <raws43@hotmail.com>, histonet@pathology.swmed.edu |
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Sooooo much easier and faster to enter them directly into Meditech (easier
to read, too!).
Tom Mc Nemar
Pathology Supervisor
Licking Memorial Hospital
Newark, Ohio
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Horn, Hazel [SMTP:HornHazelV@exchange.ach.uams.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 5:25 PM
> To: 'Tom T. McNemar'; Becky Scholes; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: RE: Order Entry
>
> It appears from all the responses to the order entry question that most of
> you do not use a log book anymore??
> We still manually log all specimens into a log book and then log them into
> our computer system (Meditech) at our convenience. I cannot imagine not
> having our log book.
> HH
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom T. McNemar [SMTP:TMcNemar@lmhealth.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 01:07 PM
> > To: Becky Scholes; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > Subject: RE: Order Entry
> >
> > Our histotechs do the order entry. It works well for our case load.
> One
> > comes in at 0730 and covers all phases of grossing. We use the Meditech
> > system (but don't know that I can recommend it!) and when its down, we
> > assign the numbers manually and then enter the specimens later.
> >
> > Tom Mc Nemar
> > Pathology Supervisor
> > Licking Memorial Hospital
> > Newark, Ohio
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Becky Scholes [SMTP:raws43@hotmail.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:05 AM
> > > To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > > Subject: Order Entry
> > >
> > > Fellow AP Histonetters,
> > >
> > > Our lab is shopping for a new computer system, and they all have a
> > feature
> > >
> > > that could turn our accessioning system upside down. With the system
> we
> >
> > > have now, we apply an accession number to the case with a preprinted
> > > computer generated sticker. (I print 4,000 at a time.) In this way,
> we
> > > can
> > > gross in over 60 cases first thing in the morning, and the medical
> > > secretaries do order entry in the computer whenever they have time.
> > With
> > > the new computer systems, the case has to be entered before you can be
>
> > > assigned an accession number and do gross. This will really slow us
> up,
> >
> > > especially since the medical secretaries think that now we will be
> doing
> > > the
> > > order entry. So now I have to think outside the box. How do other
> > people
> > >
> > > do it that have heavy work loads and a computer system like the one I
> > will
> > >
> > > have?
> > >
> > > Bec the Tec
> > >
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