In an effort to streamline EMG ordering, all EMG orders in Epic have been replaced with a new EMG order (EMG [EMG001]). If you would like to specify the type of EMG you wished to be performed, we have …
Effective September 7th at 12:00pm, there will be a new Pediatric Blood Transfusion order set available to providers for ordering Red Blood Cells and Plasma. Providers will be now be able to order the blood products by volume. Unit …
On August 8th, 2017 at 9am, we will be enabling the ability to e-prescribe non-controlled medications for ED / RTAA Discharges, Hospital Discharges, SDS, Special Tests, and other ancillary departments. Controlled substances will still need to be …
Antibiotics The decision support section for antibiotics has been fine-tuned based on feedback A subsequent antibiotic section has been added. Labs Lactic Acid is default selected. Source Control Source Control has been relocated. Best Practice Advisories Sepsis screening …
Effective August 2nd, 2017, the Cardiac Profile will be changed to “Now & Then every 3 hours x 3 occurrences” Cardiology practice has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of 3 hour enzyme protocols over the last few years. …
As part of the ongoing initiative to decrease the incidence of CLABSIs, the consult for PICC placement was updated to include the below changes. The Consult to PICC is now the Consult to Vascular Access Team. It can still …
A multidisciplinary group consisting of physician informaticians, IT, ambulatory operations. various leadership from the Call Center and Institutes has been meeting on a biweekly basis to address the ambulatory scheduling issues. Issues that are being addressed range from technology fixes …
Imprivata Cortext Over the past year, we have embarked on an exciting journey of implementing Imprivata Cortext Secure Texting. The Secure Texting app allows us to communicate efficiently and expeditiously with one another while at the same time allows us …
Testing of the ZFP (Zero Foot-Print) Viewer has been completed and it is ready to enabled in the production environment. As was recently communicated, the ZFP viewer was the originally planned go-live product. Again, with any new technology, we will …
We are pleased to announce that Voice Recognition (VR) software from Nuance is now available for clinicians to utilize in ALL care settings. Additionally, based on your feedback, we have recently taken a look at the VR program and have …