A BPA notifies the provider to order Prevnar 20 when adult patients, 65 years and older, consent to receive a Pneumococcal vaccine
Prior to printing the After Visit Summary (AVS), resolve the warning that appears for patients who receive splenectomy vaccines (including Prevnar 20), by documenting the administration on the MAR
Print the AVS in the Preview AVS section of the Discharge navigator
To reduce the risk of unintentional duplicate therapy, the number of active orders of the same therapeutic class that trigger a duplicate therapy alert has decreased.
This includes ALL roles as Epic cannot differentiate between MD, PA, NP, or Pharmacist.
This also applies to discharge orders.
Ambulatory: Addendum Pop-up Alert Issue with Edit Letter Action
When editing a letter within the Letters tab of Chart Review [Edit Letter button], users are prompted to create an addendum. Epic is working on a resolution.
In the interim and to avoid this prompt:
Click on the Letter Queue folder within your In Basket.
Select the patient letter to edit and click the Encounter button.
Ambulatory: Telemedicine Hot Topics – States of Emergency Telehealth Services Updates [Data as of 3/31/2022, Midnight]
The National Public Health Emergency [PHE] has been extended to July 15, 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 to 6/30/2022.
New York: licensure waiver extension to 4/30/2022. No updates.
Pennsylvania:licensure waiver extension to 6/30/2022.
Virginia: Expired 3/22/2022. No updates.
Washington, D.C.:licensure waiver extension to August 10, 2022 for established patients. Unvaccinated and/or Unlicensed providers must request an exception to perform telemedicine via the attestation form here.
Refer to legal FAQs for information related to individual state waivers and licensing requirements.
