Meditech 5.6 Upgrade Training

Desktop Functionality

Groups similar functions together No more icons → (Right Arrow) Indicates More Functions Allows movement to another area without going all the way back out. Opening screens in new windows leaves main menu available

Navigating Through New Desktop Functionality

Click onto arrows to go deeper Use Back function on right side to go back one section OR

Click on function desired no matter where it displays Home takes you back to first column Recent displays recently viewed Meditech areas Frequent displays your more frequently accessed Meditech areas

Functionality – Is It So Different?

Choosing Site

Here

Or, if already passed this Site Choice,

Care Area Enter/Edit Patient Data

Mostly the Same Functionality with Different Look and Feel

Search By Patient or Location

To search by Patient – Same Searches Work

Partial Name and then F9 or OK key will do a partial search

Green means that is the patient you are on and that

patient’s identifying information displays below

Use Prior or Next to move through patient list

Filter allows you to filter by the following

Standard Field Tab

Same Information is Collected per Tab

Note: * Means Required Field

Custom Fields Tab

Same Information is Collected

Not the same amount of space

Note: Page 1 of 3 with GOTO function

Allergies Tab

Note NKA and UNOBTN (UNABLE TO OBTAIN) buttons

Enter New to enter a New Allergy

Information collected is the same

PATIENT REPORTS

Special Note:

o All OR Schedules and Dept Schedule will no longer be

found under Patient Reports

o Users with access to these reports should go into the

appropriate SCH database – see 2nd picture below

ENTER ORDERS

Let’s start with Enter Orders which is now found in the

Process Orders Function (See Process Orders below)

NOTE: NEW FUNCTIONALITY

o Series Order

� Answer Y or N if want Series or Continuous

Order Directions

o Has Specimen Been Collected

� Answer N for STO’s. No longer using STO

category. More on this later.

o Note 1 of 2 – GO TO function

� Not all questions displaying

� * (Asterisk) Denotes required questions

� Required questions may be on a later page

o Note CHANGE PATIENT

� Can change patient AFTER you have placed and

filed the orders

� This allows you to go to next patient and place

orders on that patient

NOTE: NEW FUNCTIONALITY

o String Search w/ ? has changed

o By doing a lookup <F9> at Category Prompt you can

� Search by Category Mnemonic or Name, Order

Set Mnemonic or Name or Keyword

o Note Prior and Next Buttons to see more or go back

You can use the same lookup <F9> functionality at the

Procedure Prompt

PROCESS ORDERS

Enter Orders, Review by Service Date and Review by Order

Date are rolled up into one function – Process Orders

Patient Name

Do Not have to enter Category OR Service Date

Click on OK or F12 when ready to Process

PROCESS ORDERS NEW LOOK AND FEEL

Bottom of Screen

Note: Check the order or orders you want to process and

then click the appropriate function

o Patient Data – take back to E/E Patient Data Screen

o Temp Loc –

Temporary Location function

o Order – Enter Orders function o Amend

o Edit Status

o Edit Source – Edit Order Source function

o Cancel – Cancel Function

o Print – Print Function

o Change Selection – Change Patient

o Refresh

Right Side of Screen

o Process – Process Orders

o Change Patient

o Change Location

o Continuous – Continuous Orders

o Uncollected – Displays Uncollected Orders to Process

o Requisitions -

Enter Work Orders

o EMR – Go to EMR

o Colors – Informational as to what each color means

� New Enhancement – More Info to Follow

Center of Screen Below Orders

o More Information – Will display the query responses

for each order checked

Can Sort by Any Heading – This is the way to look at orders

by Order Date or by Service Date

Collecting Specimens

Click on Uncollected to see a list of all uncollected

specimens then check the appropriate specimen and

click the Collect button at the bottom of the screen

Other Functionality

Dietary Related Functions

Process Dietary Data

See Next Page for Process Dietary Screen

Note Colors

If click on Colors on Right will see what each color

means

All Diets in White – That means this is what you are

looking at

More Information displays Dietary Queries

Gives caregiver a running tab on diets

Can use Current Diets Function just to see the current

diets

Admissions Related Functions

Discharges/ Bed Transfer

Choose Function you want to do on right hand side of

screen then fill in information

In Transfer – ADM IN and ADM INo

Out Transfer – Outpatient statuses

Discharge

Account Info – See Below

Demo Recall

EMR – Access the EMR

Account Info

Look here for Review Patient Activity and to Reprint

Admission Form – (Print Armbands and Labels)

Top of Screen

o View Patient

o View Condition

o Print Patient

o Reprint Admission Form (Print Armbands and Labels)

o Print Patient (Short)

o Review Patient Activity

o View CCI Data

o Patient Directory

PHARMACY RELATED FUNCTIONS

No real change in information entered, just getting to it

Print MARs

FINAL NOTES

We have done the best possible in changing your menus to

accommodate the new functionality.

We may have missed something.

It is your responsibility to go into the test system and review

your day to day functionality to determine if something important

is missing.

If something is missing please call Applications at Ext 6562 or

Pat Mulberger at Ext 5373 (Pat’s Meditech Hotline).

On the day of LIVE we will primarily be concerned with issues

that directly affect patient care. So as not to be frustrated

please please review your Order Entry and Scheduling (for OR

reports) menus in Test 5.56.

Questions? Call Ext 6562 or contact Pat M. at her regular

extension – 5781.