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EMR COMMUNITY NEWS
10/30/14

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New Ebola pop-up in the vital signs form

There is a new pop-up in all vital signs forms that will alert the clinic if a patient has a fever greater than or equal to 100.4°F / 38.0°C. The pop-up asks if the patient has been to West Africa in the past 21 days. If the user clicks yes, the system will alert them to isolate the patient for high-risk exposure to Ebola.

Step 1: The CMA enters the temperature into the field. If the temperature is above the thresholds, they will immediately get a pop-up

Step 2: If they click yes, they will receive a second pop-up

The following message will display in the note:

In case you missed it – EMR Learning Channel

Family History Form Changes

In order to meet Meaningful Use criteria, Family Histories must now be associated to a first degree relative. Some modification to the family history forms have been made to meet this measure.

Step 1: Select a family member from the relationship drop down list and check off any history associated with that family member. Click the yellow button “Add Items” when done. Repeat the steps for any additional family members. The items will appear in both the edit comments column and the remove comments column in case changes need to be made.

Step 2: To add comments to the family history, check the box next to the item you wish to edit, then type in the “Add comments” box. When you are done click the yellow button “Save Comments”. Repeat for any other items.

Step 3: To remove items from the family history, check the box next the item you wish to remove. The removal reason will default to correction and can be changed. When you are done click the yellow button “Remove”. This will take the items off the FH list.

**NOTE: Only the items appearing in the field titled FAMILY HISTORY will show in your note, as well as in the FH Comments field, which will include the family history items.

In case you missed it – The New Clinical Visit Summary (CVS)

EMR Announcements

There is currently 1 new EMR Announcement(s):

We’ve been working diligently to correct the issue of labs not showing in flow sheets. We are correcting different labs each week and this week we have corrected the following:

a. TRANSFERRIN%, UIBC, GAD AB, INSULIN AB S, ZINC_, ANTI ISLET, ICA, TTG, TISSTRANSIGA, CALCITONIN

b. Please report any issues regarding these particular labs not crossing over from the report to your flowsheet.

Please dial 215-4020 to reach us.
To request to file an EMR document in error please send an e-mail to elpasoemr@ttuhsc.edu. Please do not send alerts or flags for this type of request.
For any feedback or requests for this newsletter please e-mail us at elpasoemr@ttuhsc.edu

EMR Known Issues

There are 2 EMR Known Issues:

Rotating residents do not have access to printers or computers in clinic.
• Clinic must notify EMR department of any residents rotating through their clinic in order for them to be granted access.
Please report any lab values not showing in flowsheets after signing the lab report to the EMR, Labs proxy box in EMR.
To report any issues please e-mail us at elpasoemr@ttuhsc.edu or contact us at our new number 215-4020.

As always we are working to resolve these issues in a timely fashion and will keep you updated on their status.


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