Link to Affidavit of Surrogate Health Care Decision Maker Form in Capacity & ACP Navigator An Affidavit of Surrogate Health Care Decision Maker is required in Maryland when a Health Care Agent has not been designated for a patient who lacks capacity and a surrogate other than a primary family member will be making decisions.(...)
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Posted by | Patient CareInpatient - Create a Copy Feature for Discharge Medication Ordering When a provider creates multiple versions of a discharge medication order such as ordering a taper or other series of "daisy chained" prescriptions with overlapping start and end dates, use the Create a Copy Right-click on the medication order and select Create a Copy in(...)
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Posted by | Patient CareInpatient - New Reportable SmartLink for Consult Team Times A SmartForm has been created for documenting consultant arrival time and complete time. Enter the SmartPhrase .CONSULTTEAMTIME in the consult note. This will pull in a SmartBlock. Click the SmartBlock Consult Team Times button at the top of the note. This will open the SmartForm. SmartForm(...)
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Posted by | Patient CareHaiku and Canto Now Require iOS Version 11 or Later Clinicians using older iOS devices that do not support iOS 11 will not be able to install the latest version of Haiku or Canto and will not continue to receive automatic Haiku updates. After the June 2019 Hopkins Epic upgrade, users with older iOS versions(...)
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Posted by | Patient CareCall 410-614-EPIC for any issues. Haiku/Canto - Patient Charts Locked for Editing If a patient's chart is open on your mobile device, that patient's chart is now locked on other devices or workstations for approximately 20 minutes. Exiting the app will not immediately unlock the patient's chart. To ensure other users can access a chart, you(...)
Epic Upgrade-5 Key New Features/Reminders Worth Knowing
Posted by | Patient CareThe Epic upgrade will take place on February 10, 2019. Epic Team Upgrade Command center open from 2/9/19 thru 2/15/19 Open for 24 hours on 2/10/19 & 2/11/19 Open from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. 2/12/19 thru 2/15/19 Command Center can be reached by calling 410-614-EPIC JHH/SOM Ambulatory Command Center Open Monday, 2/11/19 through Friday, 2/15/19;(...)
Epic Upgrade–Key New Features/Reminders Worth Knowing
Posted by | Patient CareThe Epic upgrade will take place on February 10, 2019. Epic August 2018 version Upgrade: Begins at 2:30 a.m. on 2/10/19 System will be available to users at 4:30 a.m. 2/10/19 Production lock down occurs from 2/5/19 thru 2/10/19 - user customization features will be unavailable during this time Epic Team Upgrade Command center opened from(...)
Epic Upgrade–3 Key New Features Worth Knowing
Posted by | Patient CareThe Epic upgrade will take place on February 10, 2019. Wide Screen View will be the workspace view for Outpatient Encounters Wide Screen view reduces clicks and scrolling and provides the best usable Epic experience Wide screen view will be the default and the only workspace view Ordering will be merged into a Visit Task(...)
Dragon Medical One is a Hit!
Posted by | Patient CareSince its launch on November 14, Dragon Medical One has stirred up a lot of excitement among clinicians. The voice recognition software now available to physicians and advanced practice providers using Epic across Johns Hopkins Medicine aims to make the chore of entering notes into Epic both faster and easier. For those of you who(...)
Dragon Medical One Rollout
Posted by | Patient CareBeginning November 14, the voice recognition software Dragon Medical One will be available for all physician and APP Epic users across JHM to use to dictate notes directly into Epic. In pilot testing, many providers have felt that this has made it much easier and faster to enter Epic notes. Providers can use their cell phones(...)