When seeing a new patient there are times when the name of the PCP will be “none”. Other issues may include not entering the referring consultants into the “care team” and other administrative duties that should be done prior to the patient arriving. When this happens here are some contact names you can email to […]
Category: Clinic
Clinic medication issues when Amber is on leave – expected return 11/1/2019
If your patient requires a prior authorization, please send the request to Max If your patient cannot afford their medications or needs a switch due to formulary, please send back to the physician +/- Max if you think he might be able to help (please do not route or cc Amber during this time) Requests […]
LEAN clinic updates 5-2019
Posted for Dr. Ouellette from 5/30/2019 email: 1. The Lean Program is a system-wide initiative to improve the health care experience of patients, and the efficacy and safety of selected operations, for all clinics and other health care environments. A team from the Pulmonary and Critical Care division has been engaged in studying our clinic […]
Epic smartphrase
If you want to always bring in the CXR and Chest CT into your note see below: For a routine chest x-ray @LASTIMG[IMG36@ For ct, Replace “IMG36” in the above with all of the codes listed below. Put each one on a separate line. There is talk that some day Epic will streamline […]
Epic
When sending message to the front desk, a specific phrase needs to be entered. If you type in “pulmonary”, the system is not able to search for all recipients that contain this word, because “pulmonary” is not the first word. Words in the middle of a phrase cannot be searched with the current code. So […]
How to stop a patient’s labs from appearing in your inbox
1. Open the chart (doesn’t have to be patient station, just “chart”) 2. Up at top, next top name of PCP is “Care team”. Click the icon. 3. Next to you name, click “end”. Note, you will still get labs on patients where you wrote the order.
Billing level of service tip sheet
The image is a partial view of the tip sheet. Full sheet (PDF) I also have a mobile billing calculator. It is only for return visits. If you find it of interest I will add this for new visits
Remove an encounter from Epic if patient was a cancellation or no show
1. After the encounter is opened click on SmartSets activity in the visit navigator. (Note: If you are using wide screen the SmartSets activity is located in the plan section) 2. Type error in the search field 3. Sign the smart order. 4. Sign the visit.
Sarcoid Tip II
Handy Mneumonic for causes of non-caseating granulomas. Source: SARCOIDOSIS VASCULITIS AND DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASES 2017; 34; 200 Thanks to Dr. Kelly.