http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/08/meditech-version-6-%e2%80%93-does-glitz-and-glam-equal-better-functionality/ Pharmacy Informatics and Technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/08/meditech-version-6-%e2%80%93-does-glitz-and-glam-equal-better-functionality/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Jerry Fahrni Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:21:55 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=1330#comment-321 I think you hit the nail on the head with your assessment, pillguy. I remember the Meditech system 10 years ago when you could literally blaze through the order entry process. While speed isn't everything, it certainly helps. Mistakes are more likely to happen when you're behind and overwhelmed then when you're on top of things. I don't know where the answer lies either, but it's going to get a little tricky. Sometimes I think we need to all get in a room together and hash out some ground rules. Thanks for your insight. I think you hit the nail on the head with your assessment, pillguy. I remember the Meditech system 10 years ago when you could literally blaze through the order entry process. While speed isn’t everything, it certainly helps. Mistakes are more likely to happen when you’re behind and overwhelmed then when you’re on top of things. I don’t know where the answer lies either, but it’s going to get a little tricky. Sometimes I think we need to all get in a room together and hash out some ground rules. Thanks for your insight.

]]> http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/08/meditech-version-6-%e2%80%93-does-glitz-and-glam-equal-better-functionality/comment-page-1/#comment-320 pillguy Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:04:34 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=1330#comment-320 The VA has been using VistA for pharmacist verification for decades. I used the similarly mumps developed application in the DoD (CHCS). It is the fastest around. Not pretty, but fast. I am not really sure where the happy medium lies, but the fact is pharmacists are comfortable with text based input, but doctors never saw that era of application interfaces. They only know the windows world, and the more comfortable they are, the more vendors will sell. The VA has been using VistA for pharmacist verification for decades. I used the similarly mumps developed application in the DoD (CHCS). It is the fastest around. Not pretty, but fast. I am not really sure where the happy medium lies, but the fact is pharmacists are comfortable with text based input, but doctors never saw that era of application interfaces. They only know the windows world, and the more comfortable they are, the more vendors will sell.

]]>