EKG's are done on the EKG machine (obviously) and then they automatically go to a shared network drive. They are then attached to the order. This is so that it 1)doesn't get lost and 2)can be viewed by anyone as soon as possible. They then have to print it and it gets placed in a physical box for providers to check and they write their interpretation on the EKG, then it gets scanned. So now we have 2 copies of the same EKG, there isn't a replace image option. If the provider could get assigned the image from CardioPulm/RespTher, then they could make a comment or note similar to the rest of the Home Screen charting options. I think those launch to Chart Communication and that isn't a handy location to view it from. But if it had a comment icon that we could click on to view the associated comment?
We would like to gather some more info on this request. Are the scanned EKG's being attached to the orders? If so, is the transcription template being opened and saved as well? If they are not being attached to the order, where would you envision the free text area be saved within the EHR so that it is matched with the scan as well as preserved long term?
EKG's are done on the EKG machine (obviously) and then they automatically go to a shared network drive. They are then attached to the order. This is so that it 1)doesn't get lost and 2)can be viewed by anyone as soon as possible. They then have to print it and it gets placed in a physical box for providers to check and they write their interpretation on the EKG, then it gets scanned. So now we have 2 copies of the same EKG, there isn't a replace image option. If the provider could get assigned the image from CardioPulm/RespTher, then they could make a comment or note similar to the rest of the Home Screen charting options. I think those launch to Chart Communication and that isn't a handy location to view it from. But if it had a comment icon that we could click on to view the associated comment?
We would like to gather some more info on this request. Are the scanned EKG's being attached to the orders? If so, is the transcription template being opened and saved as well? If they are not being attached to the order, where would you envision the free text area be saved within the EHR so that it is matched with the scan as well as preserved long term?