One of the goals of the Controlled Substance Safety Component of the 2018 Clinical Safety Improvement Program is to decrease the potential for patient misuse of prescribed opioids post-discharge. To work toward meeting that goal patients need to be educated on safe use, storage, and disposal of opioids. Please reivew the updated Teach/Educate intervention below and contact your Regional Director of Clinical Operations for questions.

Teach/Educate Intervention: Opioids

Did you know.....The Clinical Excellence blog has links to Atlas and Lippincott. Please feel free to use these sites for additional education and reference to policy. The links can be found on the top of the page.

SPOT is an application that monitors all patient labs and vitals in real time and uses the information to identify patients who are risk for sepsis.

Early identificaton = Early treatment.

I have attached an educational reference on SPOT. This training is included in annual update this year. Please reach out to your Regional Director of Clinical Operations for additional questions

SPOT Handout

Many of you have heard about the process changes the EHR Release Program is undergoing with the largest change combining provider documentation, nursing documentation (EBCD) and provider ordering for Inpatient and ED into a single release per quarter. All updates can be viewed in atlas.

Evidence-Based Clinical Documentation (EBCD) Regular Maintenance updates plus documentation enhancements for Moderate Sedation, Restraints, Discharge Instructions, and Vaccines and Regulatory updates for Inpatient Rehab.

Meditech 5.6.7 OE Includes updates to Restraints and new OE screens for Discharge, Discharge with Parameters, and Pediatric Asthma Severity Scoring Tool

Meditech 5.6.7 Discharge Includes updates to Discharge Plan, PDoc and EBCD Discharge documentation. Also includes new OE screens for Discharge and Discharge with Parameters with workflows for both Providers and Nursing.

Meditech 5.6.7 Restraints Includes updates to Restraint documentation in OE and EBCD to align with the corporate policy.

EBCD 2018.3 Provider Discharge Process (003)

EBCD 2018.3 Nursing without DC Restraints

EBCD 2018.3 Restraints Update (End User Education) (002)

Nova Statstrip, which is the HCA approved glucometer, has recieved FDA approval for capillary sample testing in the ICU and ED. The change in process will require the sample type, venous or arterial. See attached screen shot for additional information.

Screen shot - sample type comment.doc

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