Qualifies for ONE AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) TM Note: CME credit is available for live viewing only. Sessions are recorded and posted on the Mastery Training tile of the Epic Training Portal.
Ambulatory: Telemedicine Hot Topics – States of Emergency Telehealth Services Updates [Data as of 2/1/2022, Noon]
The National Public Health Emergency [PHE] has been extended to April 16, 2022. Emergency orders/states of emergency have expired in many states, affecting providers’ ability to perform telemedicine visits for out-of-state patients:
New Jersey: licensure waiver extension until further notice
New York: licensure waiver extension to 3/1/2022
Pennsylvania:licensure waiver extension to 3/31/2022
Virginia: waiver to treat established patients to 2/11/2022
Washington, D.C.:licensure waiver extension to August 10, 2022. If you are not vaccinated against COVID-19 you must fill out attestation form here.
Refer to legal FAQs for information related to individual state waivers and licensing requirements.
Inpatient: Contraindications Required for Adult VTE Risk Assessment
Documentation of contraindications to pharmacologic and mechanical VTE prevention measures are required for patients assessed as Low Risk in the Adult Medicine VTE Risk Assessment
If unable to complete an assessment click on the “Pend for Chart Review” button.
Inpatient: Discharge Instructions Visible to Patient prior to Discharge
Discharge instructions are immediately visible In MyChart when entered in the following sections:
Activity Instructions
Patient Ed Attach
Add Additional Instructions
NOTE: Pending a permanent resolution, providers should create draft instructions elsewhere and, when finalized, copy/paste into these fields.
Inpatient & Ambulatory: Surescripts Down – What happened and What you should do…
What happened:
The Surescripts interface [the tool that transmits electronic prescription messages to pharmacies] was not working for several hours last week.
Error messages were sent to your E-Prescribing Errors folder.
What was the resolution and what you should do:
Non-controlled substance prescriptions that failed were successfully retriggered to the pharmacies.
Controlled substance prescriptions were not able to be retriggered. Prescribers will need to electronically resend any failed controlled substance prescriptions found in your E-Prescribing Error folder, if not already completed.
Pharmacies may call about receiving duplicates. Please closely review the patient’s med list and confirm the correct orders were placed.
