Ambulatory: Closing Erroneous Encounters
- Close your erroneous encounters by following one of these two workflows:
- When no note/documentation has been entered:
- Remove existing Reason for Visit [Chief Complaint] in the Visit Info. section of the Rooming tab.
- Add “Erroneous Encounter [ERROR]” and click Sign Encounter.
- When erroneously documented information has been entered:
- Enter and favorite the Erroneous Encounter SmartSet in the Plan tab [this automatically adds the error Diagnosis, Reason for Visit, Note, and Level of Service].
- Remove all erroneously documented information from the encounter [i.e. your note].
- Add the ‘.err’ SmartPhrase in place of your note and Sign the encounter.
- Review the blog post here as well as the tip sheet.
- When no note/documentation has been entered:
Ambulatory: Mark your Calendars for the Next Epic Efficiency Series Webinar:
- “Give yourself the give of time: Quick Hits to Save Time”
- When: Wednesday, February 10, 2022, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
- Where: Zoom => “Join with computer audio” using the link: https://jhjhm.zoom.us/j/4107356227
- 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 1/20/2022, Noon]
- The National Public Health Emergency [PHE] has been extended to mid-January 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 1/25/2022
- 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.
- Direct general questions to JHM Telemedicine or legal-specific questions to Telemedicine Legal.
Inpatient: Telemedicine Hot Topics – Virtual Rounding and Teleconsultation
- During the COVID pandemic, Inpatient telemedicine adds needed clinical services that would otherwise be unavailable, either due to a general lack of specialty availability or due to staffing shortages.
- Review the full guidance here.
Inpatient: Updated COVID-19 Guidance
- The following adult COVID-19 Inpatient Guidelines are available in Epic via the “Guidelines – Agile MD” activity:
- COVID-19 Initial Workup and Admission Orders
- COVID-19 VTE Prophylaxis and VTE Assessment
- COVID-19 Treatment Recommendations
- COVID-19 Labs & Monitoring
- COVID-19 Discharge Recommendations
- Navigating Agile can be found here and at Johns Hopkins AgileMD Guidelines.
Inpatient: Inpatient Notes Missing Charges
- These reports no longer function when run from a dashboard. Instead, follow the steps below:
- Using Chart Search [magnifier top right under Log out], enter ‘Reports’ [do not click enter].
- Select ‘My Reports’ from the drop down. Click on the Library tab on the left.
- Search for "note charge" and favorite those reports of interest.
- Hover over the desired report, then click "Run" to the right of the report description
- Review the Create Reports tip sheet here.
- Click here for a screenshot.
Inpatient & Ambulatory: Chart Review - New Scanned Date Column in Media tab
- The Scanned Date column displays recently scanned items and is positioned to the left in the Media tab.
- The Encounter date column displays to the far right.
- No date will display when scanning Patient level and eSign documents.
- Click here for a screenshot.
COVID-19 Epic Training Portal link
For more Epic Tips of the Week, click here.
