The National Cancer Institute has developed a guide for patients and clinicians to review the data from the NLST to facilitate communication about the benefits and harms of screening. Summing from the table and extrapolating from the study results here are some possible talking points: – Mortality is decreased by 20% relative to cxr alone over a […]
Category: Clinic
Asthma Control Test (ACT) – How to enter values and import this into a clinic note
1. Within Visit Navigator: More Activities> Documentation Flowsheets 2. Add the Asthma Adult Control Test to the Doc Flowsheet 3. Fill out the Asthma Adult Control Test 4. To add this test to your notes, highlight all of the cells and then right click. Select New Note: 5. The Flowsheet Notes box will appear, click […]
Influenza Immunization 2015-16
Appropriate orders Code <65 yo: quadrivalent vaccine (multidose vial with preservative): IMM155 65 or older: high dose trivalent (‘Flu vaccine HD 65+): IMM31 -EPIC will block you from ordering the high dose vaccine in patients <65 years old (even if immunosuppressed, not approved yet for this indication) –Reference article Pregnant or infants: preservative […]
Ambulatory Specialty Pharmacist for K17 (COPD)
K17 Pharmacy Services Summary: Process by which COPD patients can be referred to the clinical pharmacist
Clinic – Workflow/Orders Cheatsheet (Key Points)
Pulmonary-Clinic-Key-points_update-7-29-2019 This link includes clinic workflow, information about orders, Resident/Fellow assignments, and ER/ Direct Admissions from K17.
ILD Research Trials
Simtuzumab trial (RAINIER, Gilead sponsored) is actively recruiting. In brief, the study is a multicenter, phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a subcutaneous LOXL2 monoclonal antibody in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) up to 180 weeks. Roel will be screening clinics to look for potentially suitable candidates but would contact you to check […]