MEDITECH Glossary

• ADM - Ambulatory Order Management
  • Prescription writing and management tool
  • Also referred to as RXM
  • Part of PCM, EDM, and PMP Suites
• APR - Ambulatory Patient Record
  • On-line patient clinical record
• CDS - Customer defined Screen.
  • Meditech allows customers to create custom screens that can update existing tables or new information.
  • Information in CDS screens needs to be kept out of scope (or at least managed) as this does require a custom query.
• MAGIC - Text based version of MEDITECH.
• Client Server - Windows based version of MEDITECH.
• PCM - Physician Care Manager
  • Where physicians go to manage their workloads, review patients' results, manage orders, document care, and electronically sign documents
  • PCM I = Physician Desktop
  • PCM II = Physician Order Entry