Meditech 5.6 Feb. 2026 Updates.  Please review the link for your area of care.

Inpt/OutPt/Pediatric Nurses

ED Nurses

Surgical Serv. Nurses

Labor & Delivery Nurses

Behavioral Health Nurses

Pharmacist

Thank you

In partnership with our HCA Florida Blake Hospital, please review the documentation requirements for Plan of Care.

Plan of Care should be created AND documented on during ALL admissions.

This ensures LPN's are able to follow up with documentation and stay within their scope of practice. 

Thank you, 

HWS Clinical Ops Team

The East Florida Division is increasing Meditech timeouts.  The current setting is 6 minutes for screen, menu, and suspend session. 

The new Time Ous are as follows:

• Screen Time Out-15 minutes
• Menu Time Out-30 minutes
• Suspend Session-30 minutes
  
  Meditech Time OutsThank you for all your HARD work and DEDICATION to patient care!

BCMA Scanning Tip: Some medications may have a double bar code for scanning, upper and lower. In this scenario, the lower bar code is the bar code that should be scanned. Make sure to cover the upper bar code with something when scanning as it has been found that even though it looks as if you are scanning the lower bar code, the scanner has been picking up the upper bar code in some cases.

If the scanner picks up the upper bar code if will look like a scan did not occur.

Best Practice: Double check all medication documentation after scanning to ensure documentation accuracy.

There are some changes in the Meditech screens for The West Florida Division, Go-Live January 28 and January 29, 2019. The changes include an updated packed cells order screen, updated OB admission screens, discharge screen changes, and updated diet order screens. Please review included education resources and comment with questions below. Thank you!

OB Less than 39 Weeks Provider Education_corp

Diet Order Optimization (1 Page Flyer)

Packed Cells Order 1 page flyer

Provided is education on recepting patients in the ED. It is imperative to appropriately recept a patient utilizing their social security number and creating an MPI search. Failure to follow the correct process leads to duplication of accounts and is a patient safety concern. Please comment below with any additional questions. Thank you for your time and attention to this educational opportunity

EDM MPI search

Spontaneous awakening trials and the documentation should be completed and documented for all ventilated patients twice per day. Provided is the education, please contact Regional Director of Clinical Operations for additional questions.

SAT RN education 07-17-18 (003)

Pain Assessment and Reassessment is required on each patient prior to pain medication administration and after pain medication administration. Reassessment should be completed 30 minutes after IV/IM medication administered and 1 hour after PO medication administered. Included are Meditech screen shots of the pain assessment and reassessment. Please contact your Regional Director of Clinical Operations with questions.

Pain assessment/reassessment

One of the many reasons to love Meditech....Health Information Exchange allows you to view patient information outside of your market from all HCA facilities and employed doctors offices. They are currently working on being able to view information from non-HCA. This is very helpful in day to day continuity of patinet care but most recently in the hurricaines when patients are transfered to different facilities.

Each facility choses the path, examples desktop icon, link in magic key menu etc. Please verify with your facility how to access. Included is an informational resource.

HIE

Every patient who enters a facility should have their allergies assessed and documented in Meditech. Please review the education below on allergy entry and adverse reactions.

Allergy Entry