MEDITECH
Physicians Desktop & Workload Management (PWM)

The Physicians Desktop is the provider's primary point of access to patient record data, presenting an intuitive user interface to match a provider's workflow. The Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Suite complements MEDITECH's Physician Care Manager (PCM) module allowing the physician to not only access inpatient and outpatient data from the Physician's Desktop, but all components of the MPM Suite. From here, physicians may access their office schedules, manage their prioritized tasks, review lab and radiology results, process patient correspondence and electronically sign completed documentation. They can also easily move from any portion of the MPM Suite to their desktops.

Components & Benefits

MPM allows providers to follow the same workflow practices regardless of location. Highlights include:
• Notification of abnormal lab/radiology results
• Integrated clinical messaging, enabling physicians to easily communicate with nursing and other ambulatory staff
• Real-time access to physician office schedules
• Ability to review and sign medical records from a single worklist.

Standard Features

Physicians Desktop
The desktop consolidates and organizes all of the components and functions of the MPM Suite, providing a single entry point. Physicians use a single sign-on to access all information within the suite. From the desktop, a physician may review results, place orders, dictate notes and electronically sign reports, notes, orders, etc. Furthermore, physicians can sign verbal orders and view results from wherever they may be — the hospital, the office, home or travel.

Workload Management
The Physicians Desktop has been designed to help physicians prioritize and streamline their daily workflow process. The Workload Management tool utilizes “push technology” to notify the provider of critical test results and other items requiring immediate attention. Workload Management also allows physicians to effectively manage daily tasks including:
• Common screen to review and sign multiple medical records
• Task list to organize and prioritize prescription renewals, lab orders & results, clinical notes, etc.
• Concise, personalized physician schedule
• Direct access point to the Electronic Ambulatory Record (EAR) and Ambulatory Order Management (AOM).

Clinical Messaging
Workload Management provides medical staff with a simple and intuitive tool for sending messages related to patient care. The messaging tool allows the user to prioritize and direct specific tasks such as:
• (Re)scheduling patients
• Renewing prescriptions
• Processing patient calls.

The messaging tool is fully integrated with the patient’s Electronic Ambulatory Record. Therefore, each time a message is sent, a note is attached to the patient’s Electronic Ambulatory Record.

Optional Access to Hospital Inpatients
Physicians may access records and manage care for hospital patients directly through the Physicians Desktop when the Medical and Practice Management Suite is combined with MEDITECH's Physician Care Manager (PCM) product.
• Allowing the provider to review and sign both inpatient and outpatient medical records from a common screen
• Providing the physician with a complete schedule including inpatient rounds and outpatient visits
• Prioritizing notification of abnormal test results for both hospital and clinic patients.

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