Update - Feb 18, 2022

This week we have focused on changes to the discharge prescription, solidifying the process for ambulatory orders at discharge, and following up with our MEDITECH partners around potential changes to functionality. 

• AMB Order workflow update 
  1. The YHC Lab department has approved the workflow where lab orders placed in the ambulatory section of the discharge plan print in the Outpatient Laboratory. The AAs file them, and they are made available when the patient presents for collection. 
  2. For imaging, whenever discharge medical imaging orders are placed, the imaging department receives a printout AND the orders also go to the hold queue electronically so appointments can be booked by the schedulers.
  3. We can confirm these workflows are indeed working as expected, and outpatient tests ordered at discharge are being completed by the appropriate service areas. 
• Forward advantage/ePrescribing: Controlled substance currently defaults to Rx Now. MEDITECH is looking in to see if this can be changed.
• Print home meds and Prescriptions to pharmacy: These will have to be 2 reports to send to the patient pharmacy; waiting to see workflows from another site, potential to turn off Rx now.
• Meeting set up to go over Nursing side of discharge next Tuesday
• Discharge prescription update: pharmacy instructions added (see below)