by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Sep 21, 2018 | Alerts, All Categories, ED Provider, Epic, Inpatient Outpatient Provider, Inpatient Staff, News, Outpatient Clinical Support Staff, Web - All News, Web - Inpatient, Web - Inpatient Nursing, Web - Inpatient Providers, Web - Inpatient Staff
For All Physicians and Nurses (Inpatient and Ambulatory) The User Preference List settings for eight radiology exams will be reset Monday evening, Sept. 24, to remove Shoulder pain, bursitis or tenosynovitis suspected, xray nondiagnostic as a reason for exam when...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Sep 13, 2018 | Alerts, Epic, Inpatient Outpatient Provider, Inpatient Staff, News, Web - All News, Web - Inpatient, Web - Inpatient Nursing, Web - Inpatient Staff
To help improve compliance with restraints documentation, we’ve made the following changes, effective Friday, Sept. 14: Color-coded the Restraints flowsheets. Added color-coding legend in the row information. Added (indwelling or external) to Urinary catheter option...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Sep 13, 2018 | All Categories, Epic, News, Web - All News, Web - Inpatient
If you get a call from someone saying they’re with our IT Help Desk, be very careful — particularly if you haven’t contacted the Help Desk. Scammers posing as our Houston Methodist IT Help Desk have called some of our employees recently. This attack is one more reason...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Sep 10, 2018 | Alerts, ED Provider, Epic, Inpatient Staff, News, Web - Inpatient, Web - Inpatient Staff
For ED and Critical Care Nursing To meet organ donation notification requirements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a new BestPractice Advisory (BPA) will fire when ICU and ED patients with an active endotracheal tube have a Glasgow Coma Scale...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 31, 2018 | Alerts, All Categories, ED Provider, Epic, Inpatient Outpatient Provider, Inpatient Staff, News, Outpatient Clinical Support Staff, Web - All News, Web - Inpatient, Web - Inpatient Nursing, Web - Inpatient Providers, Web - Inpatient Staff
On Wednesday, Sept. 5, incomplete blood transfusion documentation for discharged patients will be automatically adjusted to show all transfusions as stopped and completed. This will not impact currently-admitted patients and patients discharged less than 12 hours...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 31, 2018 | Alerts, Epic, News, Web - All News
On Sept. 17, Houston Methodist will launch Phase II of the Elavon payment processing initiative which replaces existing credit card devices with the latest chip/PIN technology. The HMSL and HMSTJ EDs and Sienna Emergency Care Center go live at 7 p.m. on Sept. 17. All...
