Since we began using Epic in March 2018, Englewood Health has seen a transformation in how we provide care to patients. The system has lived up to our high expectations and ambitious goals—and it’s only getting better. After being live on Epic for more than a year, we are now on the tail end of […]
As we all remember, our offices acted heroically earlier this year when our Epic system was unavailable due to the IT outage. The outage opened our eyes and led to many questions from our practices on what to do when there is a system outage. In physician offices, we have a higher risk of the […]
A best practice alert (BPA) will now remind providers to regularly review their patient’s antibiotics and determine if the antibiotics can be stopped or the spectrum narrowed. If you want to modify the antibiotic, you must go into manage orders. BPA appears when the antibiotic is with 72 hours of expiring (click on images to […]
Accurate documentation of major comorbid conditions (MCC) is critical for patient care and hospital reimbursement. It also directly impacts our publicly reported quality scores and value-based purchasing. In Wave 3 of the Epic Refuel, the Admission Navigator will have a new “Co-morbidities” section that suggests patient-specific diagnoses based on real-time vitals, labs, and other data […]
Wave 3 of the Epic Refuel project begins next Monday, April 29. Here are eight changes and enhancements that providers will see: Blood Administration: Providers would no longer need to choose the number of units for nursing Transfuse XMatched order. It will automatically default to the units ordered. Blood Component BPA: To reduce blood transfusions, […]
Getting patients to sign up for MyChart, the Epic patient portal, is an important part of our quality and patient engagement efforts. This online portal gives patients easy and secure access to their health information (and helps reduce some of the administrative tasks handled by telephone in the offices). The features include: Managing appointments, including […]
The Epic Refuel Wave 2 went live yesterday, March 13. A number of enhancements and changes were introduced affecting providers. Highlights are below. Any questions regarding these changes may be directed to Michelle Wu, one of our IT Clinical Education Coordinators, at michelle.wu@ehmchealth.org. Auto discontinue Activity, Weight-bearing and lifting orders: Activity, Weightbearing and lifting orders […]
Dear Colleagues, I want to thank everyone for your patience and support over the past several days as we experienced a significant technology infrastructure failure that impacted nearly all systems and applications. At this time, most systems are up and running, though there are some remaining issues actively being addressed. The cause of the outage […]
Epic’s mobile application for your Apple or Android smartphone (Haiku) and iPad (Canto) can be installed on your own device. This feature is available for providers. With these apps, you’ll be able to review encounters, scheduled visits, patient lists, past notes, and lab results; capture clinical images; and e-prescribe and approve or refuse patient refills. […]
Epic Refuel Wave 1 go-live starts February 5, and will include many improvements based on valuable physician input and feedback. As part of the organizational commitment to optimize the EH Epic system, a series of upgrades will be rolled out over the next year as part of the Epic Refuel. Many of these changes are […]