MEDI-Talk » NPR Tips and Tricks http://www.medi-talk.com MEDITECH News and Opinion sponsored by Iatric Systems Fri, 18 May 2012 13:33:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Beginners NPR RW Training: Multiples http://www.medi-talk.com/beginners-npr-rw-training-multiples http://www.medi-talk.com/beginners-npr-rw-training-multiples#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:14:47 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4405 A multiple is a field that repeats.  I’m sure all of you have run into multiples while using MEDITECH whether you realize it or not.  For this blog entry I’m going to get a little technical to help you understand how multiples are stored and why the MEDITECH report writer translator expects certain formatting . . . → Read More: Beginners NPR RW Training: Multiples]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/beginners-npr-rw-training-multiples/feed 0 Iatric Systems NPR Training Course http://www.medi-talk.com/iatric-systems-npr-training-course http://www.medi-talk.com/iatric-systems-npr-training-course#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:26:06 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4396 A new Report Designer class has been scheduled:

Site: Salinas Valley Memorial HealthCare Location: Salinas, CA Dates: 9/5/2012-9/7/2012 Class: Beg/Int Status: Fee for Seat Instructor: Philip Sherry

The class has  been added to the Iatric Systems website, . . . → Read More: Iatric Systems NPR Training Course]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/iatric-systems-npr-training-course/feed 0 Tuesday Training Workshops at the 2012 International MUSE Conference http://www.medi-talk.com/tuesday-training-workshops-at-the-2012-international-muse-conference http://www.medi-talk.com/tuesday-training-workshops-at-the-2012-international-muse-conference#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 16:17:00 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4379 Report Writers! Beginner NPR Report Writer This workshop has been designed with the beginner in mind and will cover the basics of creating a report.

Magic Syntax for NPR Report Writers Join us for an introductory computer science class on the “Magic” programming language.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz – Wake Up Your NPR Reports With Z Programs . . . → Read More: Tuesday Training Workshops at the 2012 International MUSE Conference]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/tuesday-training-workshops-at-the-2012-international-muse-conference/feed 0 Beginners NPR RW Training: Possessives http://www.medi-talk.com/beginners-npr-rw-training-possessives http://www.medi-talk.com/beginners-npr-rw-training-possessives#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:51:20 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4327 In today’s submission I’d like to go over possessives. I was working with a client recently who’s new to the NPR Report Writer. He wrote a report to capture all expired patients discharged within a user-define date range. His report kept producing ‘no records found’ even though he knew patients expired within the date . . . → Read More: Beginners NPR RW Training: Possessives]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/beginners-npr-rw-training-possessives/feed 0 Unleashing the Potential of Data Repository http://www.medi-talk.com/unleashing-the-potential-of-data-repository http://www.medi-talk.com/unleashing-the-potential-of-data-repository#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:17:30 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4358 Meditech has long encouraged the integration of Data Repository as part of the necessary core components of their HIS.  However, I think even Meditech itself sometimes underestimates the potential value and productivity benefits that are inherent in a standard SQL database environment.  The mere existence of the DR has even spawned the creation of . . . → Read More: Unleashing the Potential of Data Repository]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/unleashing-the-potential-of-data-repository/feed 0 MUSE: Tuesday Training http://www.medi-talk.com/muse-tuesday-training-2 http://www.medi-talk.com/muse-tuesday-training-2#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:12:31 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4321 Workshops

Project Management 101 for Healthcare IT This workshop will explore the key concepts and fundamentals behind PMI-based best practice management techniques.

Beginner NPR Report Writer This workshop has been designed with the beginner in mind and will cover the basics of creating a report.

Beginner Report Designer Workshop Learn how to create reports . . . → Read More: MUSE: Tuesday Training]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/muse-tuesday-training-2/feed 0 NPR Report Writing Tips : April 2012 http://www.medi-talk.com/npr-report-writing-tips-april-2012 http://www.medi-talk.com/npr-report-writing-tips-april-2012#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:52:13 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4272 Joe Cocuzzo, Vice President – NPR Services

NPR Tip: Save Valuable White Space on Your Reports (MAGIC, Client/Server or Report Designer)

When you use sort headers on an NPR or Report Designer report, you can print the sort values on a line above the detail items like so:

Sometimes users object to the . . . → Read More: NPR Report Writing Tips : April 2012]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/npr-report-writing-tips-april-2012/feed 0 New NPR Course Offering http://www.medi-talk.com/new-npr-course-offering http://www.medi-talk.com/new-npr-course-offering#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:52:18 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4181 The class has also been added to the Iatric Systems website, . . . → Read More: New NPR Course Offering]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/new-npr-course-offering/feed 0 NPR Report Writing Tips : March 2012 http://www.medi-talk.com/npr-report-writing-tips-march-2012 http://www.medi-talk.com/npr-report-writing-tips-march-2012#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:28:38 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4145 Joe Cocuzzo, Vice President – NPR Services

NPR Tip: Oh Sheet! (of labels)

If you had to print a sheet of labels for a single patient, in Word you could just type the information, pick the “envelopes and labels” wizard, find your Avery stock number and push a button. In the NPR report writer, . . . → Read More: NPR Report Writing Tips : March 2012]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/npr-report-writing-tips-march-2012/feed 0 MUSE Tuesday Training Workshops http://www.medi-talk.com/muse-tuesday-training-workshops http://www.medi-talk.com/muse-tuesday-training-workshops#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:34:34 +0000 administrator http://www.medi-talk.com/?p=4096 Project Management 101 for Healthcare IT This workshop will explore the key concepts and fundamentals behind PMI-based best practice management techniques.

Beginner NPR Report Writer This workshop has been designed with the beginner in mind and will cover the basics of creating a report.

Beginner Report Designer Workshop Learn how to create reports using . . . → Read More: MUSE Tuesday Training Workshops]]> http://www.medi-talk.com/muse-tuesday-training-workshops/feed 0