Tricks of the Trade: MEDITECH NPR Change Checklist for CS & MAGIC 5.6 (A Pragmatic Approach)

By: John Sharpe, President, Comstock Software, Inc.

Introduction: What Autl Gawande, Michael George, & Peter Pronovost have been trying to help us understand, is that checklists and processes are important, when getting the job done right, is absolutely essential.  Checklists and processes work best when the people using them, are able to change the checklists and processes to suit their skills, environment and desired outcomes.

I’ve put together the following NPR Change Checklist as a living document; not rigid rules, but something a report writer can work from, and modify as needed to suit their specific needs.

If you’d like a copy of this document in Microsoft Word format: to modify, make your own, plagiarize and take credit for, download it here: MEDITECH NPR Change Checklist.  No attribution necessary.

To locate any hard coded macro calls, download your development report’s source code and use the NPR Report Names Utility to identify macro calls that need to be re-pointed to the development copy of the report.

MEDITECH 5.6 NPR REPORT WRITING TIPS:

- MEDITECH NPR (Client Server 5.6) – Modifying CS Select Screens Using Edit Blocks

- MEDITECH NPR Report Impact Analysis for the 5.6 CS & MAGIC Platforms

GLOSSARY:

- Ring:  A ring is a set of source code and its object code.

Questions regarding reports and your 5.6 upgrade?
Email them to John at jsharpe@comstock-software.com.

John Sharpe is President / NPR Consultant at Comstock Software, Inc. Learn more about NPR Report Writing at the MEDITECH NPR Report Writing Blog.