Achieving Meaningful Use With LSS and MEDITECH
A long while back I reported about how to potentially get all of the Meaningful Use objectives out of LSS before Stage 1 was final and before LSS had even taken its first stab at helping their customers out. Now that the criteria is set for Stage 1 and Stage 2, and LSS has come up with … Continue reading
MEDITECH Screen Icons
For those familiar, MEDITECH’s screen icons have always been a bit of a joke. Not purposefully, unfortunately as I always appreciate a dash of whimsy in products, but just short of the line of what most people would consider something acceptable to put out in public. Ever since they blue themselves and their interface starting … Continue reading
LSS/MEDITECH Meaningful Use Checklist
For those of you looking for a good way to manage your LSS/MEDITECH MPM Meaningful Use setup and tracking, here is a spreadsheet with checklist that should do the trick. Loosely based on the LSS provided spreadsheet until I discovered theirs was left out a few things and didn’t have the best concept. This will … Continue reading
5 UI/UX Tips For MEDITECH’s New Web-Based EHR
For those not following the rumors, the conjecture…and well, the words coming out of MEDITECH’s employees’ mouths at their CIO Forum; MEDITECH is developing a web-based EHR for 6.1. It will supposedly come in a tablet-friendly format (meaning web-browser based, but “designed” for a smaller screen), and no it does not appear that it … Continue reading
New MEDITECH Hire Is Good News For LSS Customers
MEDITECH let out some interesting news with a new physician hire to lead their EHR (the LSS product, MPM) redesign. The new physician specifically mentions he’ll be working on the “new design”, but what remains to be seen is whether this is a complete redesign (yes, please) or just tweaking. What also wasn’t mentioned was … Continue reading
MEDITECH on the iPad: A Review
Much to an IT department’s chagrin, a lot of physicians tend to be fans of Apple products much like myself. Therefore, they are continually requesting that their new EHR, which they may or may not like, be accessible on their iPad and iPhone. A little less than a year ago, MEDITECH posted a “Success story” … Continue reading
Engaging The Patient With Your EHR (And Why MEDITECH Can’t Help You)
The most underutilized resource in all of healthcare is the patient. For those unfamiliar, e-Patient Dave (Dave deBronkart) is a fairly well known blogger and activist who uses his personal experience to advance the proliferation of healthcare data into the hands of patients. No, this isn’t meaning through Patient Portals or PHRs. The idea is … Continue reading
MEDITECH/LSS Ordering Setup
One of the qualifications of Meaningful Use is to use computerized physician order entry (CPOE) within your EMR (Still resisting EHR! This is how I fight the man). The dirty secret in the LSS world is that barely any of their customers actually use the ordering functionality to its full intent. Some send orders to the Lab, … Continue reading
Why I download MEDITECH/LSS NPR Reports.
“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Have you ever tried to write an NPR report? Have you ever scoured a data definition only to come up with half of the information you need? Or maybe you’ve painstakingly created the perfect NPR report, let it run for an hour and find to your … Continue reading
Major Hurdles To Ambulatory EMR Implementations – Take 2
Back in September, I posted some of the hurdles that organizations experience when implementing an ambulatory EMR. The top three that I had dealt with at the time were: Treating the implementation as an entire organization project instead of a solely Information Systems/Technology project. Physician acceptance and leadership Reviewing existing physician practice group procedures and … Continue reading
Aaron Berdofe, MHI - Health Informatics 