Between the Charts: CMIO Newsletter for Prescribers

The "Between the Charts" newsletter (news.connect-care.ca) summarizes key news, Epic system updates, efficiency tips and extras to help prescribers improve their Connect Care experience. A notice of when a new issue is available is published on the Connect Care Bytes blog - consider bookmarking ahs-cis.ca/cmioupdates to see these notices (as well as digests of all new blog posts).

Latest

        • Topics: June Optimization (a.k.a. Thrive) classes, including new DMO class; Calgary in-person drop-ins for Connect Quality demos (June 2-3); Workspace ONE Catalog app retired, replaced with Hub; Panniculectomy case ordering requirements; Alberta Blue Cross Drug Special Authorization forms digitized; MFA for M365 apps on personal workstations; IFT navigator and Continuity of Care workflow enhancements coming soon; auto expiry of additional In Basket message types coming soon; how to find your Site Medical Informatics Lead (Site MIL)

Archive

        • Topics: Fixed Netcare printing issue; new inpatient option to CC multiple test results; new "Request for External Sendout Lab Test" consult order; improved PCP attachment links in transition planning tools; Exceptional Care Plan tool optimizations; change to availability of endoscopy/bronchoscopy procedure orders; Prehabilitation Program referral order coming soon; new Connect Quality project to fulfill CPSA PPIP personal development activity requirement; Inpatient Consult orders and the Provider Care Team field
        • Topics: New inpatient option to CC multiple test results; removal of delay of results release in MyAHS Connect; automatic cancellation of incomplete DI orders upon discharge; how to use an outpatient note authored by a clinical clerk; MyAHS Connect's "Day at a Glance" feature for current hospital visit; personalization recommendations via the User Settings Dashboard; new Connect Care Manual section with site/zone contacts
        • Topics: Spring Upgrade; Connect Care clinic-administered medications in Netcare; out of country/province/zone patients in Patient Lists; update to "Place in Outpatient/Hospital Ambulatory Surgery" order availability; Epic's instructional videos and Epic Earth 
        • Topics: eDelivery routing method available for more types of clinical information; cleanup of pharmacy records; "Ambulatory Referral to Oncofertility" order; health insurance status info in prescriber billing tools; bulk management of therapy plans; proper use of Secure Chat for provider-to-provider communication; how to report an adverse event following immunization (AEFI); new Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) System Alert Management Policy; Respiratory Therapy ordering and referral tips
        • Topics: Launch 9 accomplishments; airway alerts on Storyboard; expanded access to improved transition planning and Exceptional Care Plan improvements; ordering partial patch doses coming soon; Referral Order vs. Recommendation; variables that may cause a delay in viewing images after completion of an imaging investigation; how to report broken resource links
        • Topics: Workflow updates for all launches due to Launch 9; MyAHS Connect access changes and referral information; simplified discharge dispositions for IFTs; H&P lookback setting extended; Op Notes in Prep for Procedure navigator; Advanced Care Planning/Goals of Care Designation updates; E0 Case Scheduling workflow updates for all STAT surgical cases; SMAT changes in pediatric/neonatal order sets coming soon; AHS Digital Scribe Project
        • Topics: New general Personalization training sessions; heparin infusion order panel improvements; Clinical Optimization – Continuous Improvement Sprints; upcoming auto-expiry of additional In Basket message types; upcoming update for Dragon Medical One's DragonBar; Complex Therapy Plan tab; how to avoid problems with community referrals and consults; Epic's Physician Builder courses
        • Topics: New Connect Quality/CPSA project on improving Problem List use; enhancement to Admission and Discharge navigators; upcoming Glucometer Overview column in Patient Lists; sorting Patient Lists by location; upcoming admission and discharge In Basket notifications; adding on additional lab tests; address-level document and results delivery for mixed-context providers
        • Topics: Ambulatory lab standing orders and order maintenance; referral improvements; duplicate insulin order BPA; Consult Order Optimization Project rollout; phase out of Provider Care Team field for consults; discharge readiness via transition planning tools; updating patient attachments; OneDrive migration
        • Topics: Dragon Medical One training sessions; results release changes in MyAHS Connect; DI appointment provider notification change; new Meaningful Use Norms metrics; upcoming removal of provider department login restriction; reordering parenteral nutrition
        • Topics: Connect Quality initiative; tap-badge access for consulting prescribers to EDs; inpatient pathology and Continuing Care results routing changes; add-on labs with Transfusion Medicine samples; "My Next Steps" patient resource to help prepare for discharge
        • Topics: Interfacility Transfer workflow changes; consult order optimization; copy-paste dangers; suppressing/filtering medication warnings; embedding/linking images in documentation; Home Care referrals; completed classes in Signal 
        • Topics: Administration revisions and chart completion; Signal button; how to schedule immediate first dose when ordering a new medication; Interval H&P notes; blog screenshots
        • Topics: Signal button; Standard Analgesic Adult panel; ordering non-standard medications; data quality; updating inpatient provider care team and service
        • Topics: Provider same name; repeating therapeutic drug monitoring; weight-based dosing
        • Topics: Netcare upgrade; referral order updates; rapid syphilis test; co-sign and incomplete trainee notes; outpatient DI order status; dose rounding/banding; transfer to Supportive Living vs. LTC; patient instructions; abbreviations/symbols/dose designations; acute care transfers
        • Topics: Prescription efaxing; MHA forms; add-on labs; additional testing for pathology samples; forms supports; Pend/Share vs. Sign; verbal/telephone orders; Database tab; finding medication orders; suspected/confirmed C. difficile infection; pediatric HEAL handouts; Care Paths