Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

The attached powerpoint discusses how to search for a sleep study and how to order auto cpap or bipap.

CDC Recommendations Adults 60 years old and over may receive a single dose of RSV vaccine using shared clinical decision-making. Risk factors for severe RSV disease Cardiopulmonary disease, Kidney disorders, Liver disorders, Neurologic or neuromuscular conditions, Hematologic disorders, Diabetes mellitus, and Moderate or severe immune compromise (either attributable to a medical condition or receipt of […]

With Max Miller, leaving, Olga Rincones will be the Prior Auth individual until a replacement is found.

If you would like to determine whether a particular inhaler (or any drug) is covered for your patient, go to this site: Formulary Lookup (decisionresourcesgroup.com) And register for a free account. You can then choose patient’s insurance plan and a range of meds (which you can create a custom list) and it will tell you […]

While there is no physical long-COVID clinic, the following addressee can be used to get a patient some additional resources: Route your note to the following recipient: HFHS ECONSULT POST-COVID RECOVERY CARE [21030]

The encounter entitled “documentation” does not allow you to route the note to another provider. Per IT, the only non-live visit encounter that allows routing is “telephone”. If you are documenting in Epic and wish to route your note (ie to the PCP), you need to use the “telephone” encounter even if there was no […]

http://rhwweb392c/projects/docs/staffvmax.mp4

If your patient needs a bronchoscopy for Airway Inspection, BAL, or Transplant surveillance biopsies. Please order this as “Bronchoscopy – Pulmonary Medicine” (NOTED BY RED ARROW IN IMAGE BELOW) This will be scheduled by our CSR without a review by a physician. If procedure type is incorrectly requested, the patient may experience a delay in […]

Accurate as of 8/8/2022: There are 4 patients on Yellow. Daytime for yellow: Both POD 1&2 fellows will be assigned one POD 3 patient each as primary.  The role will consist of note writing and primary management during the day until signout to the yellow staff. Both POD 1&2 rounding staff will also be assigned […]