Physician Communication - December 2023
CHANGE SUMMARY
Change |
Change Date |
Change Summary |
Benefits |
Review/ Approval |
Diabetes Education and Dietitian Outpatient Reports |
December 13, 2023 |
The Diabetes Education and Outpatient Dietitian reports will be updated so that they can be distributed to the referring physician. Reports will flow to Plexia instead of being faxed. These reports will now display in the Provider Notes tab instead of the Nurse/Allied Health tab. |
Reduces printing and manual faxing |
PLC |
Blood Bank Order Changes |
December 14, 2023 |
Changes to multiple blood product orders are being made to improve ordering accuracy and communication to nursing for administration. Blood product ordering tip sheet is located here. |
Clearer blood product orders |
PLC, MELT, LAB |
Exclude Admitting Provider from Imaging Reports |
December 14, 2023 |
This change will remove the Admitting Provider as a recipient from imaging reports. An ED Physician admitting a patient and ordering imaging would receive the report as the Ordering Provider. |
Reduces reports for Admitting Providers |
PLC, Medical Imaging |
PIH Bloodwork order set changes |
December 15, 2023 (TBC) |
Updates to PIH Basic Bloodwork and PIH Extended Bloodwork order sets to reflect most recent best practices |
Reflects best practices |
PLC, MELT, LAB, Mat/Newborn |
New “Report Edit Request” order |
December 15, 2023 |
A new order called “Report Edit Request” is being created to allow physicians to request a report to be reverted to draft status, deleted, or to have the report type changed. This order will print to the health records department and can be used on discharged accounts. Please note that reports changed to draft status and re-signed will resend to Plexia. |
Easier communication with Health Records dept |
PLC, Health Records |
ED STEMI - Fibrinolytic checklist and contraindications |
December 18, 2023 |
The Fibrinolytic Checklist and Contraindications have been added as Reminders in ED STEMI Order Set. |
Clinical Decision Support |
PLC, ED SME |
FOR INFORMATION
Item |
Summary |
Review/Approval |
Physician Support Email |
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Ambulatory Orders for WCB forms |
When documenting on the ED WCB forms, the usual discharge section will not be available. If the patient requires ambulatory orders, please use the “Discharge” button. |
ED SME |
Same Day Physiotherapy Referrals |
If a patient needs to be seen on the same day, a pop up will now display from the order screen with the phone number to call for same day service. |
Inpatient SME |
Eat, Sleep, Console Assessment |
As of December 13, this nursing assessment tool will now be available for Maternity. |
Mat/Newborn, Pediatrics |
Locked Up Home Medications |
In November, changes were made to the nursing admission assessment and discharge checklist to improve the tracking of home medications. |
MELT |
MPR Patient Tracker |
A public tracker has been set up for MPR and Cast Clinic |
Surgical Services |
