In our office we dispense drugs (injections mostly) and have been working on setting up an ordering interface between ECW and our Lynx Mobile system (McKesson). Ideally we would have demographic and ordering information coming over, similar to a lab interface.
At the beginning of this project I assumed it would be a simple ORM interface but it has been 8 weeks now of going back and forth with Mckesson and ECW. ECW tells me they simply can not do it. I have spoken to multiple people/engineers on ecw’s side but still don’t feel like I have received a satisfactory answer - its just “we cant do it” The McKesson rep agrees and has sent multiple test files to show for mapping
The only solution we have been able to come up with is an outbound SIU interface that creates the order in Lynx Mobile when a patient is scheduled in ECW, this presents another set of problems but its the best both sides can agree to. McKesson does have another site using this solution currently.
Has anyone else tried to create a drug ordering interface with ECW and if so, what was your experience? It blows me away that ECW has no solution for this, our McKesson rep agrees. Most EMR’s interface with Pyxis systems, does ecw not?
If it does not, that is a huge hole in their compatibility. To the point it is making our physicians and COO rethink if ecw is going to be right for us as we gro