by jmlowe@houstonmethodist.org | Feb 2, 2024 | Alerts, All Categories, Archive, Epic, Inpatient Staff, IT Website, News, Nursing, Pharmacy, Slider, Web - All News
On Tuesday, Feb. 13, a new uric acid test will be available for inpatients receiving rasburicase therapy. For accurate measurement, uric acid levels require special handling in these patients, so this new order will include directions on handling samples...
by jmlowe@houstonmethodist.org | Feb 2, 2024 | Alerts, All Categories, Archive, Epic, IT Website, News, Nursing, Slider, Web - All News
A new tool in Epic, the Nursing Assignment Wizard, is now available to help charge nurses in all inpatient units, except for OB, create nursing assignments. This tool also helps assign nurses to their patients’ care teams, which enables care team communications...
by jmlowe@houstonmethodist.org | Jan 26, 2024 | Alerts, All Categories, Archive, News, Slider, Web - All News
From noon – 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, Alaris infusion pumps will be upgraded and experience a systemwide downtime. During the downtime: If an infusion is completed or discontinued during downtime, manually complete documentation on the patient’s I/O flowsheet. If a new...
by jmlowe@houstonmethodist.org | Jan 18, 2024 | All Categories, Archive, Epic, IT Website, News, Slider, Uncategorized
New Critical Results/Tests groups have replaced the previous flowsheet group and rows in Epic. The previous groups were duplicated and resulted in multiple fields with critical result entry errors. To maintain historic documentation, the previous rows will remain in...
by jmlowe@houstonmethodist.org | Jan 12, 2024 | All Categories, Archive, Epic, IT Website, News, Registration Scheduling and Patient Access, Slider
Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 16, the following automatically assigned Epic Referral Scheduling Statuses will no longer be available for manual assignment: Automation Contacted 1x Automation Contacted 2x Automation Contacted, Declined Automation Contacted, Ready to Schedule...
by jmlowe@houstonmethodist.org | Jan 4, 2024 | Archive, Epic, IT Website, News, Outpatient Clinical Support Staff, Slider, Web - All News
As a reminder, when you have a patient who needs help setting up a MyChart account or connecting to a video visit, you can provide them with this tip sheet. It walks them through the process and has instructions in both English and Spanish. If the patient has trouble...
