July 11, 2012

Admission
-
Discharge
-
Transfer (
ADT
)

Patient movement continues to improve with additional education and tools, which are helping facilitate which
ADT orders should be placed based on the encounter/scenario.

This includes use of

the patient movement
matrix

(see physician website
).
When the appropriate ADT orders are placed, our integrated system has
ensured more rapid patient throughput.


Dragon

Requests by physicians for more access to and training with the Dra
gon voice recognition system have

been
very po
sitive

and
are
a testament to our medical staff’s embrace of
leading
-
edge

patient care techniologies. To
continue to meet this demand, medical leadership is currently acquiring more equipment and site licences.
Please look for regular

updates in this area.


Order Set Management

More than 400 NHRMC Connect
-
related order sets are currently under review by hospital clinical and IT teams.
To ensure timely order set review and the process behind it, a formal triage and prioritization protocol is being
put in pla
ce.
More information on this process will be provided soon.


In Basket

Multiple messages continue to accumulate in In Basket folders. IT teams are currently evaluating a strategy to
address this issue, includi
ng looking at which messages may

be disabled.
T
he topic of In Basket management
will be discussed beginning at 5 pm on Mon., July 16, at IPAC, held in the Margaret Graham conference room.


Phases of Care

New Generic Discharge Order Set

Epic now allows physicians to

place orders for ambulatory surgery

patients
discharged to

home

using the
Outpatient Post
-
Op Discharge

Order set. The request for this discharge order

set came as the result of
physicians and the Epic build team

working
closely
together
.

This feature will facilitate quicker movement of
pati
ents from ASU to home. To use the Post
-
Op Discharge Order set, go to
Order Sets

and

type in
1345

or
Outpatient Post Op.

This is a

general post
-
op order set at this time, with plans to expand to disease
-
specific as
time and resources

permit.

See below for

a screen shot.





For more information, visit the
NHRMC
physician website



July 11, 2012