Switching to MEDITECH expanse: preserving your existing data at the point of care
This content was originally created by Galen Healthcare, now part of RLDatix.
Abstract
Don’t forget other vendor (ov) acute and ambulatory data in your move to MEDITECH expanse
MEDITECH has delivered the next-generation, web-based Expanse platform that hospitals and health systems require to span ambulatory and/or acute care settings while reducing infrastructure and cost. As hospitals move to the Expanse ambulatory module, they can rely on MEDITECH to leverage services for implementation and MEDITECH-specific data migration. However, this leaves a gap for existing and prospective customers who currently use a variety of acute & ambulatory EMR and PM solutions.
Ensuring immediate clinical continuity and maximizing usability at Expanse go-live requires a thoughtful approach to both data migration of a configurable and clean subset of data regardless of the vendor AND coordinated legacy system data archiving, which provides legal hold, secondary clinical continuity (through single sign-on from Expanse), and important cost savings at legacy system retirement.
Key Takeaways:
- Implementation of Expanse is of primary concern, but equal attention to data migration and archiving is worth it.
- Data mappings and translations will drive improved end user experience and potential Expanse configuration requirements, and shouldn’t be overlooked.
- Data migration and archiving aren’t mutually exclusive. Both are necessary in a move to Expanse.
- Avoid risk! Ensure compliance with record retention mandates while reducing costs and properly decommissioning legacy systems
