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 | 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, ED Provider, Epic, Inpatient Outpatient Provider, Inpatient Staff, News, Web - Inpatient, Web - Inpatient Nursing, Web - Inpatient Providers, Web - Inpatient Staff
The flu vaccine for 2018-19 will be available starting Sept. 4. To prepare for the coming flu season, the following changes were made in Epic to improve efficiencies and address concerns from last year. Several rows have been removed from the flu screening questions,...
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
More than a million dollars every minute. That’s how much money businesses and individuals lose to cybercrime. About $171,000 every minute. This is the amount businesses spend on cybersecurity. These staggering stats come from RiskIQ, a digital threat management...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Aug 31, 2018 | All Categories, Archive, ED Provider, Inpatient Outpatient Provider, Inpatient Staff, Outpatient Clinical Support Staff
Check out a high-level overview of role-based changes coming with the Nov. 11 Epic v2018 upgrade by accessing your Upgrade Spotlights on the Epic Learning Home. To find your Upgrade Spotlight, click on the Spotlight notable banner in the top-right corner of your...
by Carol Cromer | Jul 24, 2018 | ED Provider, Inpatient Outpatient Provider, Outpatient Clinical Support Staff
“The opioids-fueled epidemic is clearly already more deadly than the AIDS epidemic ever was,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to The Washington Times on July 8. Although the official 2017 figures won’t be...
