RE: Order Entry

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From:"Weems, Joyce" <JWEEMS@sjha.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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No log book here! We do have a "Daysheet" where number of pieces, blocks and
special instructions are written - but by case number only. 

> -----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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