by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 23, 2023 | All Categories, IT Website, News, Slider
All Epic Users The Creating Patient Transport request window has a new look and feel. When a patient bed or transport is needed, the screen still uses the same workflow and requires the same information, but the format is cleaner and easier to...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 23, 2023 | All Categories, IT Website, News, Slider
Charge Nurses A new column has been created for use within the Patient List activity. This column, called Med/Surg HX review, can be added to show the status of the review of a patient’s medical and surgical history upon admission. Once the medical and surgical...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 23, 2023 | All Categories, IT Website, News, Slider
All Epic Users To ensure patient privacy is maintained in all instances, personal health information (PHI), including patient names and MRNs, are being removed from automated texts and alerts sent to HM employees and providers through Epic. IT teams are working...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 23, 2023 | Nursing
More than 46,000 biomed devices are receiving new tags for asset tracking and environmental monitoring by Intelligent Locations (IL). The new tags are generally placed on the back of biomed devices, including imaging and monitoring equipment, IV and feeding tubes, PCA...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 22, 2023 | Web - Inpatient, Web - Inpatient Nursing
August 2023 Subject matter experts (SMEs) are key to making clinical process improvements. This is especially true for our Nursing Efficiency Workgroup (NEW), led by nurse informaticists and comprised of systemwide nursing SMEs dedicated to making nursing...
