DISCHARGE and ADMISSION
REQUIRED DOC
CHARTING IN EMERGENCIES
RESOURCES
TIPS & TRICKS
100

Newly installed Pt Education program to document on every shift and to resolve all on discharge

What is Injoy?

100

Prefilled/ Predetermined Flowsheet (FS) row capability 

What is Macro charting? 

Preop checklist for bedside procedure 

Macro for Circumcision (not time for TIME OUT, Equipment, and box for ”concerns”

Macro- none yet for Blood patch 

Option to Individually create own Macro charting

100

q1-2min (Seizure), q5min (hemorrhage), q 15min  (sepsis alert), q 1-2 min anaphylaxis, etc

What is required V/S documentation with corresponding emergency events?

100

ECH approved app and resources online

What is Uptodate? (Search engine for medical), Amion (real time on call MDs), Engage

100

MD orders that is not active but needs to be rechecked q shift 

what is “Signed and held”

200

Education material/s required with d/c instruction if pt had hx of Sepsis during this hospitalization or going home with Indwelling Catheter 

What is 1) Maternal sepsis 2)Indwelling catheter home care

200

Prefilled/Preditermined FS row for intervention for Fall Risk

What is Macro intervention for High fall risk, or standard fall risk

200

Scan all bag required for bolus all at once, then edit exact ordered amount under amount box

How to document IVF bolus on MAR during Sepsis alert?

200

Place to find policies and procedures (formerly Lippincott)  not included in ECH own PolicyStat

What is EBSCO?

200

AI programmed consideration for High Fall risk category before it is changed to standard fall risk

What is “Voided out“?

300

Care Everywhere (PAMF and SMP group)

MEDIA- ECWG and Independent practice MDs

Physical copy in chart

Search Icon on EPIC


What are the areas to search for Pt History

300

Shortcut to seeing all required documentation for the shift.

What is “Required doc“ tab

300

Documentation of critical lab value received by phone call or POCT critical BG value

What is Critical lab required documentation? include no intervention as per per pt condition or protocol.

300

App where you can find MBU specific meeting minutes, EPDS in other languages, etc 

What is Elemeno?

300

One of the ways to contact a physician to report a change of condition aside from phone call. Also to communicate with other personnel/department pertaining to the pt, ie pharmacy discharge meds..


What is Secure Chat? do’s and don’ts, when to use, and tips on adding people in chat. 

400

Epic Tab that organizes documentation for admission and discharge

What is Navigator tab? Helpful to preview AVS for RX and Pharmacy

400

Required documentation on use of Interpreter

What is Communication FS, Interpreter?

400

V/S machine auto populates to EPIC Flowsheet

What is “admit” and “auto“ setting on V/S machine? Useful during emergencies and frequent V/S

400

Tab to Print pt labels and forms

What is Print form tabs?

400

Reason why L&D prohibits us from using “Flowsheet Tab” but to use Summary tab instead when accessing pt chart while pt is in L&D

what is “disabled“ Flowsheet? EPIC FS is not available to chart on if another person is concurrently on same page.

500

Section in pt chart that shows Time and date of admission


What is Story Board? 

Useful for Hendricks (Chart only to 12 hrs of admission), protocol for c diff, sepsis, etc…

500

Required documentation to assess risk for pressure ulcer

What is Braden? 

Chart intervention q 2hrs for score of 18 and below.

500

During emergencies- bring extra computer to the room. 

How to do all task during emergencies- document V/S , access MAR to give meds and keep track of time meds are given, and input or check MD orders. 

500

App to report and request service for any malfunctioning equipment 

What is Service request

500

Update all LDAs 

What to do if LDAs are not d/c’d in epic? Ie epidural cath- D/C LDAs, write on note box “not found on assessment, unknown time of date of removal”. Should not d/c pt with active LDA unless pt actually going home with LDA.