Inpatient Clinicians
Give Us Your Feedback on Epic!
The KLAS Arch Collaborative survey is now available to all physicians, physician residents and fellows, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, midwives, CRNAs, nurses (e.g., CNS, LPN, NA, RN), pharmacists and allied health professionals.
Don’t miss this opportunity to give us your valuable feedback on the technology you use to care for patients and the support you receive to use this technology successfully. Your feedback is taken seriously, and it does make a difference. Last year’s survey resulted in these key Epic and IT support changes.
This survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and will help us to improve your overall Epic experience and facilitate better patient care. To access the Arch Collaborative survey, click the button below.
To learn more about KLAS’s Arch Collaborative, read this article.
Training
Use Badge Tap/Single Sign-On Correctly
Did you know that when you badge tap onto a workstation at the start of your shift and enter your password, your password is saved for the next four hours, allowing you to log onto other workstations with only a badge tap? The next time you badge tap in, Epic may resume from the same place where you badge tapped out, depending on the workstation’s location and workflow you were using. This saves you time when accessing Epic.
Important Reminders:
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Make sure you always badge tap out. This ensures your session closes properly and locks the workstation, protecting PHI and your credentials.
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If your workstation doesn’t have a badge reader, you can press Ctrl + ~ on the keyboard to log off.
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Never use the Start or Windows button to manually log out – this will turn off the auto-logon tool.
Support
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Contact your campus Nurse Informaticist.
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Visit itsupport.houstonmethodist.org and place a service request online.
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For ugent, patient safety issues, call the IT Service Desk, 832.667.5600.
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Resources for Nursing Leadership.
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Key Updates
Important Dates
Wednesday, May 29
Monthly ED changes are added to Epic.
Monday, June 3
Cardiac Rehab starts using Epic EHR.
Monday, June 17
BioButtons rollout to HMSL and HMTW EDs for their admitted patients.
Tuesday , June 18
PEN FAST assessment added to Admission navigator in Epic.
Sunday, July 14
Epic Upgrade & New Disruptive/Violent Patient Flag
Q3 2024
iPhone rollout for community hospitals.
Everyone
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Preventing Workplace Violence
Cardiac Rehab Staff
Community Hospital Radiology Nurses and Techs
ED Nurses
HMH, HMSL, HMWB Case Managers and Nurses
Imaging Nurses
Inpatient and ED Nursing, Social Workers, Behavioral Health Transitions in Care (BHTOC) Counselors
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Drug Abuse Screening Replaces Substance Abuse Screening
Inpatient Nursing
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Duration-Based Medication Holds Temporarily Removed
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PEN-FAST Assessment Added to Admission Navigator
Media Manager Users with Import/Scan Access
Tools You Can Use
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Clinical Tools
Downtime Instructions
Epic Update
FHIR Education
IV Pump Integration
Specialty Pharmacy
Specimen Scanning
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Specimen Scanning web page
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Quick Start Guide: ED Nurse
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Quick Start Guide: Infusion Nurse
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Quick Start Guide: Inpatient Nurse: Specimen Scan from Worklist
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Quick Start Guide: Inpatient Nurse: Specimen Scan from Rover
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Quick Start Guide: Invasive Nurse
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Quick Start Guide: OB Nurse: Specimen Scan from Worklist
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Quick Start Guide: OB Nurse: Specimen Scan from Rover
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Quick Start Guide: Perioperative Nurse
Vocera
Telemedicine Resources
Communication Tools
Epic Mobile – Rover
Microsoft Teams
To learn more about Teams, you can also complete any of the following LMS courses via MARS:
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LMS 1582230 – Teams – Introduction to Teams
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LMS 1582231 – Teams – Manage your Team
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LMS 1582232 – Teams – Work in Channels
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LMS 1582233 – Teams – Teams and Channels
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LMS 1582234 – Teams – Join a meeting on the go!
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LMS 1582235 – Teams – Hide and delete Chats
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LMS 1582236 – Teams – Find Files
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LMS 1582237 – Teams – Organize Teams
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LMS 1582238 – Teams – Set up a Team
