[MEDITECH-L] Printing in Order Entry

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Susan Wozniak

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Aug 22, 2007, 10:18:08 AM8/22/07
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Good Morning
We have a very large Nursing unit with multiple printers. As I understand it, OE printing is sent to the default printer for the location through a background job.
Is there a way that we can set up OE so that requisitions and other documents generated through order
entry could be directed to a printer closer to the patient's location?
I want to know if there is a way to split up the printing without creating a new location to split the unit into 2.
 
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Susan Wozniak
Manager/IS
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare
Elmhurst, IL

Hazlett, Kathy

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Aug 22, 2007, 10:43:15 AM8/22/07
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Another possible solution is in the MIS Location dictionary.  There is a field for “Assoc Printer” that allows you to define a different printer for each client.  Here is the help on that field:

 

Enter the mnemonic of the printer associated with the client defined at the Client prompt This printer receives forms and reports directed to this location by the OE Module.

To associate a client with the default printer, leave this prompt blank for that client.

 

Thanks,

Kathy Hazlett, R.N.
Manager - Clinical Applications
Information Systems
Methodist Health System
KathyH...@mhd.com

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Dear Susan,

We have two printers on each unit - one for lab results, Word documents, etc. and one for POM orders/requisitions.  We set the POM printer as the default for the location.  We made the other printer the default for lab broadcasting, and it also picks up anything else generated to print from the client.  Would this help?

Christine

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Sullivan, Christine

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Aug 22, 2007, 10:37:19 AM8/22/07
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Dear Susan,
We have two printers on each unit - one for lab results, Word documents, etc. and one for POM orders/requisitions.  We set the POM printer as the default for the location.  We made the other printer the default for lab broadcasting, and it also picks up anything else generated to print from the client.  Would this help?
Christine
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HennenTupy, Lisa A

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Aug 22, 2007, 10:32:59 AM8/22/07
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Please post.

Thanks!

Lisa Hennen, RN
Clinical IT RN Specialist
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center
Crosby, MN 56441
Phone: 218/546-4376

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Lisee, Jan

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Aug 22, 2007, 11:17:35 AM8/22/07
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We do this by going to the Location dictionary and filling in the printer column down in the lower left hand corner... you have to assign your devices to the location in order for this to work

Janice B Lisee RNC, BSN
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Bill Mullins

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Aug 22, 2007, 3:57:24 PM8/22/07
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This is controlled by the OE PROCEDURE DICT page two:

Category EKG         Mnemonic  EKG         Name  EKG ROUTINE

Number   6501025     Active    Y           Interface Mnemonic

                               Defaults, Limits and Settings

              Ask  Default  Limit  POM               Location    Default Priority

Priority             R                               ER                 S

Quantity      N                                      ERFT               S

Print Here    N

You can mass edit this prompt for certain categories/depts. If you want to or you can manually edit this prompt proc by proc.

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Aug 22, 2007, 8:49:21 PM8/22/07
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We also use the OE/Proc dictionary but use P3 to set where it will print.  On many of ours it’s set to HERE

(Shift+F8 Documentation)

 

Destination

                       Determine where the requisition prints when a user

                       orders this procedure.

 

 

                       To print an order to                 Enter

                       --------------------------------     --------------

                       A specific device                    Name of device

 

                       The printer associated with the      HERE

                       user's location

 

                       The patient's current location       PAT

                       (temporary or permanent)

 

                       The patient's permanent location     PATP

 

                       For the interface format only, this is the destination

                       printer for printing requisitions when the interface is

                       turned off. This is also the destination printer for

                       Cancellation Request Denied requisitions.

 

<End of Text>

 

 

 

 

 

Bill – I would like to understand your explanation better, I didn’t know this could be done on P2.  Are you C/S or Magic and would you send me a screen shot?

 

Jeanne Cameron

Analyst, Clinical Informatics

Olympic Medical Center

Ph 360-417-7232

 

 


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Bill Mullins

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Aug 23, 2007, 2:17:33 PM8/23/07
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Jeanne and L list:

I think I may have misunderstood the prompt for PRINT HERE on page 2 of the OE PROC Dict.

 

Looks like if you respond with a YES, then all the reqs print to HERE location.

Sorry,

Yes, we are MAGIC 5.5 SR2

Print Here (Ask)

                       To allow users to respond to the Here prompt when

                       they enter an order for this procedure, enter Y.

                       Otherwise, enter N.

                       If a user responds to the Here prompt with Y, all

                       requisitions that normally print at the destinations

                       specified in the Procedure Dictionary print at the

                       location of the ordering terminal instead.

 


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Sandy Riggers

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Aug 23, 2007, 3:07:52 PM8/23/07
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We have had issues with using the “Print Here” prompt on page two of the OE procedure dictionary.  If the nurse chooses “Print Here – Yes” then it prints all the formats listed on Page 3 of the OE Proc Dict to HERE.  We have multiple print formats going to different printers based on time of day etc, so sometimes our nurse’s get 4 copies of the requisition when using the print here prompt.  I am in the process of trying to write print rules for these.  Unfortunately, print rules do not allow use of fields such as the Print Here prompt in the print rules to tell it if Print Here is = yes, then use this destination.  We had thought about not using the Print Here prompt from page two and adding a query to the CDS asking if print here, then we could use that query in our Print Rules.  Anything helpful ideas would be appreciated.  Here are the destinations we have for a lot of our lab requisitions:

Format       Destination           Print here for:

Cdf      LBLJ1               M-F 7am to 7pm

Cdf      LBLJ2               Everyday 7pm to 7am

Cdf      LBLJ5               If query on Proc CDS = yes for Add Specimen to one in lab any time of day

Cdf      HERE               Print here if Print here prompt = yes

 

Sandra Riggers, RN

Solutions Development Analyst

Ascension Health Information Services

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

415 6th Street

Lewiston, ID  83501

208-799-5609

srig...@sjrmc.org

 


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Zimmer, Landa M.

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Aug 23, 2007, 5:36:20 PM8/23/07
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If the patient’s are assigned to rooms, you may be able to write a rule the distinguishes which printer it should go to based on the room numbers instead of just the location.  Example below should print room 101’s to the printer STATION1PRINTER: all others will go do the main printer defined in the procedure:

IF{[f pt room]=”101” “STATION1PRINTER”>PRINTER, [f do print];[f do print]};

Thanks,

 

Landa Zimmer

SISU Medical Solutions


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Subject: RE: Printing in Order Entry

 

Dear Susan,

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