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Inpatient & Ambulatory: Epic is hosting free “Efficiency Hour” Webinars These are 1-hour efficiency sessions offered by Epic in Verona, WI (not specific to Johns Hopkins Medicine). They have been very well reviewed by prior attendees. CME credit is available through the University of Wisconsin. See https://www.epicearth.com/home/efficiencyhour and choose one of several opportunities to attend […]
Inpatient & Ambulatory: Change to CRISP HIE InContext Launch The app will open in a new window, rather than the sidebar. This change reduces the lag time for InContext to load and decreases the frequency of Epic freezing while using CRISP. Users can open multiple patients simultaneously. InContext will sync on the patient currently in […]
Additional August 4th Upgrade Resources and Communication Ambulatory: View In Basket enhancements in this 26 minute Ambulatory In Basket Overview Video Ambulatory: Hyperspace Stops Responding When Acting on a Refill Request In Basket Message with Duplicate Medications Ambulatory: Prescription Refills Are Signed After a Non-Authorizing Clinician Clicks Refuse All in a Specific Scenario AllProviders: If […]
***Epic Upgrade: August 4, 2022 Below are upgrade key slides of interest, worth reviewing, in the attached PowerPoint slide decks: Ambulatory Slides Provider Focused Webinar Inpatient Slides Clinical Communications In Basket Gets a Renovation – Hot Topic! In Basket has a sleeker, cleaner look with new designs to better fit your workflows and preferences Inpatient […]
Epic Upgrade: August 4, 2022 Epic Upgrade Personalization Freeze Epic personalization is unavailable between 8/1/22 – 8/4/22. The freeze will end immediately after Epic becomes available on Thursday, 8/4/22. Tip: You can continue to create user SmartPhrases during the Personalization Freeze. Review the blog post here. Below are upgrade key slides of interest, worth reviewing, […]
Inpatient: Anticoagulant/Antiplatelet/Thrombolytic Report & SmartPhrase [Effective 6/12/2022] The report shows active and recent administrations of anticoagulants/antiplatelets/thrombolytics and VTE prophylaxis contraindications at the point of ordering. See screenshot here. Type “.vte” [VTERXCONTRAINDICATIONETX] in your note to pull pharmacologic contraindications from the VTE Risk Assessment. See screenshot here. Review the blog post here. Inpatient: Fix to DC […]
The Office of Telemedicine is excited to announce that as of July 1, 2022, Diabetes Mellitus eConsults are available for asynchronous provider-to-provider consultation for all those with JHM Epic access, supported by our specialists in adult Endocrinology. eConsults are an Epic pathway for internal provider-to-provider consultation initiated by a generalist (usually primary care) who submits a […]
Inpatient & Ambulatory: Results Review Improvements Your concerns have been heard! In response to your feedback the following improvements have been made to Results Review: Pending non-culture micro tests appear, in addition to culture-based micro tests. View screenshot here. Copy and paste is back! Right click on a value to copy, or on the name […]
Inpatient & Ambulatory: Willow Ambulatory [WAM] - Epic for Outpatient Pharmacies When: June 11, 2022 Why: Integrates prescribing and dispensing of medications into a single system Highlights: View prescription info and fill status in Dispense History, Medication Management, and Discharge Med Rec sections. Prescription changes automatically update Outpatient Pharmacy medication records. Patient initiated refill requests […]
Inpatient & Ambulatory: Willow Ambulatory [WAM] - Epic for Outpatient Pharmacies When: June 11, 2022 Why: Integrates prescribing and dispensing of medications into a single system Highlights: View prescription info and fill status in Dispense History, Medication Management, and Discharge Med Rec sections Prescription changes automatically update Outpatient Pharmacy medication records Patient initiated refill requests […]