PowerChart Update for Physicians
October2016 / To setup a PowerChart training session, or to contact a Physician Coach, please call:
Holy Cross Hospital
301-754-8938 (x2-8938)
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
301-557-6044 (x2-6044)
Workflow Pages are now even more customizable!
PEDIATRICIANS: The NEW Obstetrics View is customizable to better accommodate each Pediatrician's workflow. Tabs can be easily removed as desired byclicking the X icon adjacent to each tab. Pediatricians can easily removeall tabs except Postpartum since Pregnancy, Delivery, and Lab information are all available on this tab. To restore the tab, simply click the + sign.
ALL PROVIDERS:This feature is now available on ALL Physician Workflow pages. / Available Now
Please contact the Physician Coach for assistance with customizing the new Obstetrics View.
New Zika Alerts
If a patient screen positive for Zika exposure:
In PowerChart: Alert displays on Safety Page, and upon opening chart. Once per clinician per encounter, with link to CDC website.
In PCM:
- On the PowerChart Maternity Tracking Shell, the (Infection Risk Scrn) icon displays in the Communications column.
- An alert displays in the PCM Workflow MPage under Pregnancy Risk Factors, and in Safety section of Workflow Mpages.
- Antepartum Risk Factors pull into the provider's Discharge Summary PowerNote PCM
- Alert displays on Neonate Summary Page after Result Copy is performed in mom's chart.
Please contact the Physician Coach for assistance with new Zika Alerts.
ePrescribe for Non-Controlled Substances Starting in October/November 2016!
ePrescribe is a new Meaningful Use requirement for Holy Cross Health. As of January 1, 2017,Holy Cross Health will be required to ePrescribe at least 10% of all inpatient discharge medications. We need every Provider's assistance to meet this goal by electronically prescribing patients' NON-Controlled medications at discharge.
What will change:
- Beginning in early November, the PowerChart prescription default will be the patient's Preferred Pharmacy, as entered by the nurse. It will no longer be defaulted to a printer, unless it has not yet been entered by the nurse.
- HCH outpatient pharmacy will be available to fill patient prescriptions ePrescribed by the provider for patient pickup.
- At HCGH, Blue Door Pharmacy will deliver patient's ePrescribed meds to the bedside if the patient agrees to have their discharge medications ePrescribed to Blue Door.
- Controlled substances will still need to be printed from PowerChart until secondary authentication equipment is available early in 2017.
- Here is a link to a short eLearning module titled ePrescribe for providers:
Please contact the Physician Coach for assistance with ePrescribe
Look for an ePrescribe demoat your department meetings
DocHalo announcement
Doc Halo is an application that provides secure texting with the ability to attach images, video clips and voice clips while ensuring the that Protected Health Information (PHI) data is encrypted and in compliance with HIPAA privacy and security rules.Pharmacy staff is now using Doc Halo to communicate non-urgent patient care issueswith physicians that are signed up on Doc Halo.This reduces the number of phone calls received by the physician while caring for a patient.
REMEMBER: The Holy Cross Health phone directoryis available from the Doc Halo app.
If you are not signed up on Doc Halo, use the following steps below to sign up:
To Activate DocHalo on your Mobile Device:
- Navigate to either Apple App Store or Android Google Play Store.
- Search for "Doc Halo" and click Install.
- Open the installed app. In the Username / Email text box type:
- You will be redirected to the purple Trinity Health login page. Log-in using your PowerChart credentials.
- Fill in the required information. OPTIONAL: You can add your Callback Number. Select Next.
- You have now successfully logged into Doc Halo on your mobile device.
Please contact the Physician Coach for assistance with Doc Halo.
Download the free app now!
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