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 …
Congratulations to Diana Filipek, MSN, APN, who was chosen as the winner of the 2017 MEDSURG Nursing First-Time Author Writer’s Award for her article entitled “Tranexamic Acid in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Management of Complications and Use.” An announcement of her …
September 7, 2017 Amy Wilson Delfosse, Away with lectures and in with team based learning P1014 at 5:30 pm October 4, 2017 Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH Health Literacy: A Path to Improve the Health Care Experience. P1014 at …
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 …