So it has been 8 weeks since our go-live. It is always interesting for me to note the things that start to creep up post go-live that could, and should, have been caught during the pre-go-live build. The following is our experience, and will hopefully help you identify processes or items to address in your […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 16 – Preparation Pays Off
Spending New Year’s Eve supporting a Meditech go-live is not exactly how most people define fun, but it is how many at our hospital spent transitioning from 2011 to 2012. I heard someone state, “Wow, this go-live is just like Y2K; a non-event.” What most CIOs will tell you is that the main reason Y2K […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 15 – A Time Crunch In The Final Month
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 14 – Coming Down To The Wire
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 13 – An Exercise In Timing and Trajectory
As summer moves into fall, we progress from dictionary build to a greater testing focus. For 6.06 Service Release 1 (SR1), which Meditech loaded for us, there are over 8008 Meditech Development Tracking System test scenarios that need to be addressed. Many of these may not apply to your environment, as they may be Canadian […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 12 – Weighing The Risks Of A Holiday Upgrade
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 11 – As Go-Live Nears, Challenges Mount
As we get closer to the planned dual processing testing (scheduled for August), there seems to be no rest for the weary. As you can imagine, we find ourselves busier than ever and discovering minor challenges that need to be overcome. Add to this the implementation of ancillary systems and continued rollout of eCW (Boy, […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 10 – Prioritization And Resource Management
Decisions and conflicting priorities seem to be the norm as our dictionary building gets closer to consolidated testing. We now find ourselves with lots of decisions to make, lessons learned from ancillary system go-lives, and other issues. Let’s start with lessons learned. We just went live on our ED application. From previous posts you may […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 9 – Chickens And Eggs
It is said that timing is everything. This is just as true in our 6.x implementation as elsewhere in life. Also in terms of timing, one can ask what came first: the chicken or the egg. The 6.x version of that same question is what comes first: dictionary build or dictionary team training. As stated […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 8 — Dictionary Dilemmas
Well, we are knee deep in dictionary build, so this month’s article will focus a lot on Billing/Accounts Receivable (BAR) and Patient Care Services (PCS). As previously stated, we are taking this opportunity to reevaluate all our processes and existing dictionary structure. I will also discuss how the changes we are looking at impact the […]