God bless CPRS...

[crazylegs]

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...and the programmers who allowed us to create templates that automatically load meds/vitals/labs/reports into our progress notes at the touch of a button. 😍 The worst part of my day just became the best part of my day.

I am one happy little intern. 😀

 

[Faebinder]

Ya but will they get rid of the always-angry nurses who take those vitals?

 

[OB1🤙]

The only thing that would make CPRS better would be if the people getting the orders would do what they say.

The whole "put the order in the computer and then still have to call and tell the nurse/tech to do whatever the order says" thing gets old really fast.

But yeah- for note writing/chart biopsies- CPRS is pure gold.

 

[Blade28]

I wish we had home access for CPRS.

That would make home call so much less painful.

 

[radslooking]

I wish we had home access for CPRS.

That would make home call so much less painful.

you can get it. installment is a bitch however, and it can be a bit buggy. they are somewhat reluctant to do it. now, given the fact that some dudes computer was stolen however many years ago, they may not let you do it.

 

[gutonc]

I wish we had home access for CPRS.

That would make home call so much less painful.

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Lately whether or not to allow off-campus access has become a VISN-wide decision but can sometimes be over-ruled locally. We have web-based Citrix access to it which is quite nice.

 

[crazylegs]

i hate you and your VA. CPRS rules. i made many beautiful templates while in medical school and enjoyed them as you will enjoy yours.

but now...it has come to an end...i matched with a medical charting hell:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=539415

Yeah, but I didn't mention that in my residency we spend roughly 50% of our time at the VA and the other half at a university hospital down the street that is an absolute dinosaur. So, I'll be dealing with multi-source paper chart hell for those particular rotations when I get to them 👎

Hope that makes you hate me a little less, lol 😀

 

[Faebinder]

Everyday I am more amazed there are more forms out there that require an MD signature. It's like an infinite cascade of endless paper. Logic has fled the paper system.

Sometimes I'm just speechless when they dump a pile of paper for me to fill out, including the patient's name, SSN, DOB... etc etc.

Go paperless! May the paper charts die a rotten death.

 

[Blade28]

now, given the fact that some dudes computer was stolen however many years ago, they may not let you do it.

Yeah, that's what I was told.

Security breaches in the past mean only attendings get home access now.

 

[DrDre311]

Yeah, that's what I was told.

Security breaches in the past mean only attendings get home access now.

I'd kill for home access to CPRS. Then I wouldn't have to fight with VA nurses about taking verbal orders for fluids or pain meds or whatever other bull**** they want me to come in at 2:30 for.

 

[Blade28]

I'd kill for home access to CPRS. Then I wouldn't have to fight with VA nurses about taking verbal orders for fluids or pain meds or whatever other bull**** they want me to come in at 2:30 for.

The worst is when meds expire and you personally have to renew them - and this can't be done via telephone. So you have to come in to log onto CPRS.

Certain meds (e.g. morphine PCAs) are notorious for this.

 

[delicatefade]

All you people can stop b!tching until you've had to use the military's CHCS EMR.

CPRS is a dream compared to CHCS.

And you would think the military would just give up on CHCS and use CPRS since we see VA patients and vice versa.

Believe me, I used to work at a VA Hospital and I know how good CPRS is. I've never seen a better EMR in any hospital I have ever been to.

 

[lord_jeebus]

I never understood how the same government could produce CPRS and CHCS

 

[DrDre311]

All you people can stop b!tching until you've had to use the military's CHCS EMR.

CPRS is a dream compared to CHCS.

And you would think the military would just give up on CHCS and use CPRS since we see VA patients and vice versa.

Believe me, I used to work at a VA Hospital and I know how good CPRS is. I've never seen a better EMR in any hospital I have ever been to.

We like CPRS. We want home access to it. Read.

 

[delicatefade]

I never understood how the same government could produce CPRS and CHCS

Seriously. CPRS is like finding a diamond in a huge pile of turds. Priceless.

I realize you all want home access to it. It's both amusing and frustrating for someone who has to work with CHCS, knowing how good CPRS is, to see people with CPRS still complain about something. You don't know how good you have it.

 

[Blade28]

Well what about all the other hospitals where the computer systems (as archaic as they are) are terrible?

The county hospital here has a separate system for radiology images, labs, meds, dictations...and vitals and I&Os are recorded on a separate flowsheet.

 

[delicatefade]

Easy. Everyone should switch to CPRS. With home access.