Case Management  Conference For Patients With Cranial and Spinal Diseases:  Oncologic, Vascular and Functional  Neurologic
 
DATE: Every 2 weeks on Wednesday effective April 1, 2009 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM.  *Lunch will be provided.

November 11, 25  February 3, 17  May 12, 26
December 9, 23  March 3, 17, 31 June 9, 23
January 6, 20   April14, 28   July 7, 21
 
PRESENTERS:  Dr. Eric Sipos, Dr. Michael Manning, and Dr. David Frye 
The speakers disclose no financial interest that would constitute a conflict of interest.

LOCATION:   Planning Room in Suite #185, St. Josephs Medical Plaza II

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Discuss neuro-oncology, SRS, radiation therapy and neurosurgery.
2. Debate treatment options in a multidisciplinary forum.
3. Produce patient management decisions with all critical parties

Please contact Jan Draper, RN, 546-1778 for questions and if you have a case you would like presented.

Carondelet Health Network is accredited by the Arizona Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Carondelet Health Network designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. 

On Tueday August 25th, 2009, Cerner PowerChart will be upgraded to an enhanced view for all associates.  This is an improved look at feel for Cerner PowerChart that, in addition to offering improved usability and a streamlined interface, offers many additional improvements. 

For Instructions on using the new view and these additional features, check out our instructional brochure here.

GREAT NEW FEAUTRES:

• Improved Toolbar – All toolbar buttons in PowerChart now have a label so you can quickly and easily find the feature you want.  The updated toolbar is also customizable, enabling you to change the order that buttons appear.
• Patient Lists – These now appear as buttons on the main toolbar, making them easily accessible from anywhere in PowerChart.
• Quick Search – The new view features a Quick Search feature that enables you to find and access patient charts anywhere in PowerChart without opening the Patient Search Window.  You can search by name or MRN.
• Patient Chart Tabs – Open charts are visible as tabs above the patient demographics bar.  A chart can be closed by clicking the X on the tab.
• Chart Menus – Instead of using tabs to navigate within the patient chart, you will now use the MENU tab at the left side of the chart.  To open the menu, simply roll your mouse of the Menu tab
• New Refresh Button – The AS OF button, which refreshed the screen, is now found underneath the search box.  The button will display the elapsed time since the screen was last refreshed.

Beginning 0530 February 24, You must press the # key after entering the facility code, AND For STAT dictations, press #2 (pound sign followed by 2) at the end of the dictation. 

The 01 worktype will no longer be a valid entry.  New Dictation Cards will be available at all Dictation stations,  Physician Lounges and Medical Records Offices. For assistance, call the Helpdesk at Ext. 2500.

MD Consult is back!  The Medical Libraries have added MD Consult to its slate of online resources.

Please join us Tuesday October 21 at CSJ or Wednesday October 22 at CSM for grand rounds. Dan Burke, from MD Consult, will present an overview of the database and provide you with the tools to optimize your MD Consult experience. 

MD Consult combines leading medical reference books, full text medical journals, MEDLINE and much more in a simultaneously searchable format. You’ll have evidence-based medicine right at your fingertips, 24/7.

MD Consult’s user friendly page is easy to navigate.

Accessing MD Consult – On Campus and Off

To access MD Consult from a Carondelet campus, start at the CHN Medical Library’s Internet homepage, http://chn.azhin.org/, or and click on MD Consult, found in the QuickLinks area of the page.  You can also access it from the Medical Library link on the Physician’s Portal.  If you are at a Carondelet facility, you do not need to use a username and password for access; just click through to the part of the resource you’d like to use.

Off-site access is also available by requesting a CHN Medical Library username and password.  Just fill out the form at the Register for off-site use link in the News and Alerts section of the Library homepage.  You will receive your username and password via email.  Once you have your username and password, login from the CHN Libraries’ homepage and click on MD Consult.  You will need to fill out a registration form the first time you log in off campus with your Athens user name and password.

What’s so great about MD Consult?

You have access to the complete text of over 50 leading medical reference books, over 100 full text journals, including 31 Clinics of North America titles, Gold Standard Drug Database, over 50,000 images from books, Practice Guidelines, and Patient Handouts which you can customize. You can search either singly or all together at one time. 

CME is provided free for the first five conferences that you submit for credit.  Choose from nearly 200 Grand Rounds activities across 15 specialties. 

You can also, at no charge, set up your own personal account on MD Consult to customize the content to your own specific interests. 

For More Information…

If you have any questions about MD Consult or any of our other resources, please call the CHN Medical Libraries (CSM 872-4974 or CSJ 873-3925).  We will be happy to help you.

Effective: 6-9-08

Emageon PACS Long Term Archive including remote access (via Citrix or physician portal) will be unavailable June 9, 2008 from 1800 until 2345.  During this time, follow your facilities PACS downtime procedure.

Once the system becomes available, all users will be required to reset their passwords.  Contact the helpdesk at 872-2500 to obtain your new password.  Ensure that you have your current PACS username prior to calling the help desk. 

On February 26, Carondelet's NPs and PAs can begin dictating under their own dictation numbers. As part of this change, they will also receive their own Inboxes, allowing them to view and modify their documents before forwarding them to the collaborating physician for authentication.

To receive a dictation number, the NP or PA will need to complete a brief, 10-15 minute web course available here. This course covers new changes in dictation and the basics of using Inbox to review, modify, and forward your documents. The new number will be sent on February 26 and the NP or PA can immediately begin using the number.

For questions about this change, please call the Physician Support Line at [520] 419-6264. We also want to recognize the NPs and PAs who participated in the pilot group. Their efforts and input helped to prepare for the full rollout. Participants in the pilot group are: Billie Froning, Karen Hauser, Maria McCabe, Wayne McLeod, Maureen Middleton, Denise Morrison, Connie Nikolaidis, Eve Roelker, and Regina Wright.

This unique service is now available to physicians and other health professionals because of a national contract negotiated by Ascension Health. Physician’s Briefing reviews the latest articles from over 400 international journals and news from the latest scientific meetings and regulatory agencies in the U.S. This information is broken down into 21 different specialty categories and presented in concise and precise summary format. Learn More

The Carondelet Order Set Forum is a blogging tool that will allow you to view our current order sets and collaborate with your colleagues across Carondelet without having to arrange or schedule meetings. Your log in for this system is your Cerner login. To begin using this tool, click here. Instructions on how to access and use the blog can be viewed here.

A second resource, Zynx, is also now available. Zynx will allow you to look up evidence and support for orderables or plans of care to aid you in your decision making process. This system is available to all Carondelet physicians, but you will need to request a login by e-mailing Zach Pendleton at zpendleton@carondelet.org. Once you have been given a login, instructions for accessing Zynx as well as a brief Zynx web-training course are available by clicking here.

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