Providence Health and Services is the third largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. Providence Health & Services was founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1856 when they arrived in the Pacific Northwest and found that the community-especially the vulnerable and poor- needed compassionate care. Providence Health & Services has facilities in five states; Washington, Oregon, Montana, California, and Alaska. There are 14 locations of service and include; 34 hospitals, 475 physician clinics, 693 supportive housing units, 19 hospice and home health programs, and 22 long-term care facilities (About Providence). The cornerstone of compassionate care for all is one of the founding and guiding principles of the mission of all Providence
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NNT Data provides a cloud based service for data storage and as such regularly updates and maintains the software. The nurses use the eMAR to chart narcotic pain medications and the paper narc book(s) to track the physical count of the drugs. There are 4 computers set up permanently at each nurse’s station that are set up for the nurses to use to complete their charting and for processing orders. The Certified Nurse’s Aides chart patient care with CareTracker, however, it is not linked to NetSolutions, and must be accessed …show more content…
Rated a 3/10 for user friendliness, there is no hard confirmation of a completed med pass, just a row of check boxes. The system doesn’t keep track of PRN dosing schedules and will allow for a dose to be administered before it is legally allowed or due to be given within the parameters of a PRN. NetSolutions will only show one diagnosis or appointment at a time, it will not make a laundry list, so that we, the nurses can get a good idea of what the broad overview of a patient’s medical history. The system also lacks a way to identify each patient by sight, so there is no picture to assist a visiting nurse who they should be medicating and to indicate if a person’s medpass is complete. Providence Health & Services uses EPIC at the majority of their other facilities, currently there is no program written by EPIC to support Long Term care, I heard a rumor that one may be coming out soon!.” (S. Stanley, LNP, Unit Coordinator, personal communication, October 10,
NNT Data provides a cloud based service for data storage and as such regularly updates and maintains the software. The nurses use the eMAR to chart narcotic pain medications and the paper narc book(s) to track the physical count of the drugs. There are 4 computers set up permanently at each nurse’s station that are set up for the nurses to use to complete their charting and for processing orders. The Certified Nurse’s Aides chart patient care with CareTracker, however, it is not linked to NetSolutions, and must be accessed …show more content…
Rated a 3/10 for user friendliness, there is no hard confirmation of a completed med pass, just a row of check boxes. The system doesn’t keep track of PRN dosing schedules and will allow for a dose to be administered before it is legally allowed or due to be given within the parameters of a PRN. NetSolutions will only show one diagnosis or appointment at a time, it will not make a laundry list, so that we, the nurses can get a good idea of what the broad overview of a patient’s medical history. The system also lacks a way to identify each patient by sight, so there is no picture to assist a visiting nurse who they should be medicating and to indicate if a person’s medpass is complete. Providence Health & Services uses EPIC at the majority of their other facilities, currently there is no program written by EPIC to support Long Term care, I heard a rumor that one may be coming out soon!.” (S. Stanley, LNP, Unit Coordinator, personal communication, October 10,