Epic Upgrade August 5, 2021
Below are upgrade key slides of interest, worth reviewing, in the attached powerpoint slides:
Ambulatory Slides
Inpatient Slides
Inpatient & Ambulatory:
Results Release Comes to Chart Review
Inpatient Slide 19 / Slide 84
Note: MyChart Result Release activity now behaves like a streamlined version of Chart Review that consolidates all results into one view. To enter Comments and/or Result Notes to results, click on the Result Note activity within the
In Basket toolbar. For additional information click here.
Set Secure Chat Availability or Auto-Forwarding for a Colleague in Hyperspace & Mobile
Inpatient Slide 38 & 39 / Ambulatory Slide 25 & 26
In Basket Cosign & Incomplete Notes – Encounter Button Auto-Opens to Provider Choice
Inpatient Slide 43 / Ambulatory Slide 46
Replace Historical Immunizations with Administrations from Outside Sources
Inpatient Slide 13/ Ambulatory Slide 32
Update Haiku/Canto apps on personal device to Version 9.7 or later
Inpatient Slide 32 / Ambulatory Slide 58
Summary Report no longer displays Record Names with Toolbar Search
Inpatient Slide 54 / Ambulatory Slide 81
Use Chart Search to Jump to Summary Reports
Inpatient Slide 24 / Ambulatory Slide 100
Change Whether a Note is Shared with the Patient While Attesting
Inpatient Slide 22 / Ambulatory Slide 50
Ambulatory Only:
See All Recipients of an In Basket Message
Ambulatory Slide 52
Inpatient Only:
First Call Mandatory for Inpatient Providers [Not included in the Inpatient Slides]
- Signing In as ‘First Call’ is required for all hospitalized patients at JHBMC and JHH to identify the primary provider.
- When the First Call provider is an actual person, Secure Chat is used to communicate within Epic. “Generic Providers” are contacted via CORUS or by calling the patient unit.
- An alert appears for patients who have been hospitalized more than 6 hours without a First Call provider identified. Click “Accept” to place an order indicating the First Call provider.
- ‘Sign In’ or ‘Sign In Others’ buttons, found in the Patient List toolbar, associate the provider with the provider team; this association is displayed in the Treatment Team, the Signed in Staff report [dynamic based on user log in], and facilitates team messaging. The tip sheet, Patient List – Sign
Screenshots of the above can be found here.
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