By Dee Rentmeister | Aug 26, 2022
When was the last time your facility reviewed the MEDITECH procedure build? Has it been since the original implementation or build? Is your operational philosophy, “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it," or is it “Work smarter, not harder”? Let’s take a look at what optimizing orders in MEDITECH can do to help your healthcare organization improve efficiency.
What is optimization anyway? According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, optimization is “the action of making the best or most effective use of a situation or resource.”
When you’re in the middle of a project, making changes to existing procedures could cause delays so reviewing, editing, and improving orders during a project is not ideal. That’s why ongoing review and edits to procedure dictionaries is a good maintenance practice to establish.
How to optimize orders in MEDITECH
Below is a practical approach to help you improve the efficiency and accuracy of clinical orders.
Run a utilization report. Collaborate across departments to determine a reasonable time period to de-activate unused orders. For example, which procedures haven’t been ordered in the last six months or one year? Some of the reasons that a procedure isn’t ordered could be:
Check in regularly with your providers. Gather information from providers who have the highest percentage of utilization, and if changes are requested, take them to your change control board for approval.
Decide how to handle infrequently used orders
Determine if there are underlying problems with the orders
Educate, educate, educate. As with any other change to the EHR, be sure to communicate and provide information to clinical staff about what’s new or different with ordering.
Why optimization matters
While optimization can be tough to prioritize, the payoff can mean providers enter more orders successfully and they save time doing so. Building optimization efforts into your IT operations will help you to be better prepared for EHR projects and will help strengthen your partnership with clinicians and providers in the long run.
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