Our monthly newsletter for prescribers, called "Between the Charts", summarizes key news items, Epic system updates, efficiency tips and extras that will help prescribers optimize their Connect Care user experience, all in two pages. The next issue is now out, available at the below link! This issue includes information on:
- Fall Upgrade (September 11) - updates, transparent lockdown, and downtime
- Upcoming Connect Care changes (also September 11):
- Delivery of summative documents (inpatient notes)
- Discharge planning tools
- Upcoming changes from IT (beginning September):
- Internet security certificate update (action may be needed for personal devices)
- Switch to Microsoft 365 web apps for shared AHS computers
- Central Zone Associate Chief Medical Information Officer announcement
- September Optimization (a.k.a. Thrive) classes
- Ketorolac Injection/Oral Ibuprofen Drug Stewardship initiative and related Connect Care changes
- "Collateral Visit Provided" referral request rejection reason
- Holter monitor orders for rural patients
- Viewing diagnostic images with Provincial Enterprise Imaging (PEI)/Xero Viewer
- Printing from Connect Care using a BYOD device
- And more!
The previous issues can still be accessed, via the archive in the Connect Care Manual.
If you have any feedback on this issue or have a suggestion for content you'd like included in a future issue, please send us an email.