The Medical Executive Committee meeting for March is rescheduled to March 23rd.
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PowerPoint slideshow regarding consultation.
Computerized clinical documentation is coming in about 12-18 months. An early preview is located on BaptistMD. Under the ‘help’ dropdown menu is a pdf file labeled “Clinical Documentation CD”.
On the hospital computers, you may open the web browser and enter “baptistmdtrain” as the URL and then enter “portal” as the patient last name. This will bring up an example patient file and their clinical data.
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If you print a blank page, click on print again, then click on the advanced tab and make sure “print as an image” is checked.
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Formulary Changes for July – September 2008:
Additions:
Lunesta
Lexiscan(Regadenoson) – replaces Adenosine in stress testing
Doripenem
Collengenase (Santyl) – replacement for Papain products from FDA action
Deletions:
Iberet folic 500 (by manufacturer)
Urised (by manufacturer)
Colchicine injection (by FDA)
Edrophonium (by manufacturer)
Esmolon injection (by manufacturer – premixed infusion still available)
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A new admission progress note form has been adopted which incorporates documentation requirements regarding “Present on Admission” (POA) diagnoses to distinguish these from “Hospital Acquired Conditions” (HAC’s). See the sidebar item HAC’s and POA’s for more information.
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Heparin Protocol Orders orders are now available online. When writing heparin per protocol, please specifiy thrombolytics yes/no, and whether CVA, AF, DVT/PTE, STEMI or Non-STEMI is involved. The check boxes for these are on the order form.
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