Meditech 6.0 Upgrade

ED TRAINING SESSION 1

Agenda• My Steward Review• Tracker Orientation (Main, RN,

Charge RN)• Reception Routine • Triage and Allergies• ED Visit Data• RN Documentation and Screen

Layout• RN Additional Focus of Care• RN Edit and Undo

My Steward

• Locating Training Materials

• Training Process– Intro– CBT– Questions

Meditech Training Tutorials

Tracker Orientation– EDM Tracker

• Location Tracker (Main ED, Fast Track, etc.) – These tracker are meant to be Standard Across the system.

• My RN Tracker– This tracker allows you to keep track of only patients you are

caring for. It also shows more detailed information.

• Charge RN Tracker– This tracker will display all area’s of the ED and show more

detail on the patient.

Tracker and Personalized View Tutorial

Charge Nurse Tracker• All RN’s will have access to the Charge

Nurse Tracker

• The Charge Nurse tracker contains detailed information on the patient

• Displays all patient in all area’s Main, FT

Tracker and Personalized view (My RN)

Questions

Reception Routine • This routine is the quickest way to get the patient on

the tracker.– It consists of only 4 required questions.– Patient Name is a required field and should be entered in

mixed case (ex. Darling, Jean)• Routine is meant to be used by Nursing only if

Patient Access/Registration is not available to put the patient on the tracker. – Primarily this is a patient access/registration routine.– Through this routine you are able to print the patient wrist

band and face sheet.– When RN’s must perform this routine they should enter

the SS number whenever possible and click SEARCH for the MPI (master patient index).

Triage and Allergies

• Triage can be accessed through the tracker

Triage and Allergies • This routine allows you to document the Triage assessment

as well as:– Change the Location of the patient– Change the Room for the patient– Enter in the Patient’s Chief Complaint

• There are certain functions that even though you have access should not be updated on this screen

– Filling in the Providers of Care will update the statistics such as door to doctor time. This is being updated another way and should not be updated on this screen.

The only fields that should be filled in on the screen in the first tab of the screen are: Location, Room, Chief Complaint and Triage (Patient’s MOA must be entered) along with the ESI level.

Allergies

• Allergies is accessed on the second tab of Triage

• Allergy information crosses to PCS, OM etc.– Allergies must be entered to place orders in OM

• Allergy information is recalled on the medical record based on what was entered in the patients last visit.

Triage and Allergies Tutorial

Triage and AllergiesQuestions

ED Visit Data Screen

• The ED Visit Data Screen is an additional screen where you can update the patients room and location.

• To access the screen go to Open Chart -> ED Visit Data

Documenting in Meditech

• Ensure that you are logged onto the computer under your own name and have a pin

• All entries are part of the patients legal Medical Record and time stamped

• Only answered questions appear as part of the Medical Record

• Be sure to lock down or sign out of your PC when leaving

• All documentation must be completed prior to Discharge or Admit and before end of shift.

• Always remember to SAVE your documentation!

Things that MUST be Documented in Meditech on every patient

• Complete Triage Assessment

• Allergies

• Patient History

• CC Assessment

• RN Disposition Documentation (part of Discharge Routine)

Things that need to be documented in Meditech as applicable

• Additional Focus of Care items

• Additional Vital Signs and Progress Notes

• IV site Intake and Output/ Add an IV or Add a Void

• Critical Value

• Treatments

• Other

Chief Complaints

• By choosing a Chief Complaint at Triage you are driving documentation onto your work list.

Notes

• You have the ability to add a Progress Note in the Vital Signs and Progress Note Assessment (typically this is what is being utilized for notes)

• You also have the ability to document anything in the comment section in each one of the CC driven assessments.

RN Documentation and Screen Layout

RN Documentation and Screen Layout

Questions

Additional Focus of Care

• Allows you to add assessments as needed

RN Additional Focus of Care

RN Additional Focus of Care Questions

Oops!

• With edit and undo options you have the ability to edit incorrect documentation done on a patient.

• You also have the ability to remove the entire assessment

• If you need to back date the time that can be done as well either when initially documenting or at a later time through edit

RN Edit and Undo

RN Edit and Undo Questions

Printing A Patient Report

• Click the ED Summary button from the Tracker

• Print the ED Summary this contains the complete SBAR format information of the patients visit.

Things that are still on paper

• Codes

• Procedural Sedation

• State Mandated Forms

• Cobra

• Section 12

• Consents

EMR Review– Highlight the Patient and Open the Chart– Click on Clinical Panel– Choose the ED

Here you can review all ED documentation (this is utilized by

ED Physicians, medical records andinpatient Nurses)

EMR

Discharge

• Accessed through Open Chart• The discharge date/time should be entered

for when the patient is leaving the department this function is done by the CAN staff

• The discharge intervention should also be filled in a the time of discharge

• Once both are complete and accurate the Discharge can be saved.

Remove the Patient off the Tracker: Status Event change

• To remove a patient from the tracker you must update the status event to End of Visit

• This must be done after the patient has left the ED.

Questions?

Time to practice! Remember the more practice you have now the

better off you will be!