Terri and Carri, I am interested in whatever info you have on Epic implementation and implications for the blood bank. My hospital is planning on going live on Epic this month and to the best of my knowledge that will be the only software we will be operating on. From your post it sounds like you operate on both software. Would you kindly help answer some questions below or better still if you have info that address these questions can you please share them with me?
Do you have different SOPs for each software or do they operate on the same procedure?
Are Blood Bank requisitions in Epic formatted differently from the one in SoftBank ? If yes, what are the notable differences?
With SoftBank , nurses are able to document some information about a transfusion reaction, will they still be able to do that with Epic?
Anything you have to share or educate will be very much appreciated.