by akennedy | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
To align with System Policy PCPS207 Language Assistance Policy and Procedure (a regulatory requirement), use the new language interpreter SmartPhrase (LANGUAGEINTERPRETERSERVICE). This ensures you’re properly documenting that you’ve communicated with patients in the...
by akennedy | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
GE PACS will experience a planned downtime from 1-5 a.m. Sunday, April 30, for system maintenance. During this time: You can’t view radiology images in PACS. Any radiology images processed before the downtime will be available in ZFP, via the image link in Epic Chart...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Apr 19, 2023 | All Categories, IT Website, News, Nursing, Slider, Uncategorized
Everyone Add and Identify Patients’ Personal Pronouns You’ll be able to view and add a patient’s preferred pronouns through Storyboard. While it may seem easier to refer to patients by their appearance, we need to recognize that gender is a spectrum,...
by jsalwais@houstonmethodist.org | Apr 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Everyone Changes to Secure Chat When you use Secure Chat, following the April 23 Epic Update, you’ll notice the following improvements: Only new participants will be notified when added to a conversation. Use a Like emoji to react to Secure Chat messages instead of...
by akennedy | Mar 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Synopsis tool in Epic has been updated with new features and a new look and feel, including improved screen space, consolidated navigation tools and access to more useful information when hovering over cells in grid/data points on the graph. To find out more,...
by akennedy | Mar 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
2-3:30 a.m. Sunday, April 23 In preparation for the Update, Epic will experience a planned downtime from 2-3:30 a.m. Sunday, April 23. During the downtime: Access Epic Read-Only. Data in Epic Read-Only is current until the downtime begins. You can’t document or place...
