Module 2

In the NICU's within Intermountain Healthcare we use Clinical Workstation for our charting as NNPs. We refer to it as the EMR (electronic medical record). Intermountain hired computer specialists to design the program for us in conjuction with 3M. Back then a group was made up of representitives from all NICUs to help with the design of the program. I was not one of them, but was asked, as an end user, for ideas and for an opinion on other's ideas. Now we are at a point where the current EMR is not functional for us any longer. Now we are on the search for aother ecletronic record. Again I am not on the committee for designing, due to school. I will be involved in the evaluation process for NICU EHR that are available. It seems that the decision is not up to the NICUs, but the corporation, after out input. Some of the programs I have seen are wonderful, but expensive. I am leaning toward selecting a EHR program available for our use since the first product design with IHC did not work out.