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100

What is the name of the EPIC program the VNA clinicians use to document their home visits?

Remote Client

100

What is the name of EPIC's Home Care application? 


Bonus extra 100 points: What is the name of EPIC's Hospice application?

Home Care: Dorothy (because there's no place like home!)


Bonus: Hospice: EpicCare Hospice

100

Which VNA team member is NOT Portuguese?

Beth

200

The VNA asks clinicians to sync their data at least 3x a day. What does it mean to sync?

In this scenario, syncing is a two way street. When a clinician syncs in remote client, they are pushing up new information that was documented on remote client (patient info, scheduling info, inbasket info, etc.), to the server. In turn, it also pushes down new information from the server, to the clinician's remote client. (ex- a new patient has been assigned to them). 

Hyperspace users cannot see updates until clinicians sync.

200
We talk a LOT about Home Health and Hospice patients. What is the definition of a Palliative patient?
A Palliative patient is a patient that is too sick for Home Health services, and is not determined appropriate for Hospice services. They are in the middle, for lack of better words. Many patients flow back and forth between these statuses (HH, HSPC, PAL)
200

What Southcoast cafeteria food is a favorite of Chelsea's and Victor's?

Eggplant parm

300

The VNA is divided geographically by teams. How many teams does the VNA have (both HH and HSPC)

Nine Teams- Teams 1-5, Specialty, 2 Rehab, Hospice/Palliative

300

Every year, the VNA Bereavement team holds a special weekend event for grieving children that are facing a loss of a loved one(s). What is the name of this event?

Camp Angel Wings. (located at Camp Welch in Assonet, MA)

The goal of Camp Angel Wings is to minimize the impact of a loved one’s death, by offering children the opportunity to grieve alongside others with similar experiences and needs in a safe and non-judgmental environment. (If you are interested in volunteering, check out the intranet!)

300

Which VNA team members are first generation in their family to go to college? 

Bonus 100 points: Which VNA team members graduated from UMass Dartmouth twice?

All of us!


Bonus: Beth & Chelsea 

400

The VNA has government related questions that are required for clinicians to complete for reimbursement. What are the questions called for the Home Health clinicians? 

Win an extra 100 points! What letter version of these questions are we currently on?

Home Health questions are called OASIS questions.

Bonus question- OASIS D. (and version D1 coming in January 2020)

Extra fact- Hospice has their own set of questions as well- called HIS. (Hospice Item Set)

400

The Hospice clinical team holds meetings every week to discuss their patients' care, and their care moving forward. What is the name/acronym of this meeting?

IDT Meeting - or, Interdisciplinary Meeting. All clinicians (RNs, PTs, OTs, SLP, Chaplains, Bereavement Members, Massage Therapists, Social Workers, and more!) come together to discuss Hospice patient care.

400

How many VNA team members are left handed?

None!

500

When documenting visits, the VNA uses SmartForms. What kind of smartforms are we able to use in Remote Client?

We can only use Advanced smartforms. (Not Basic) 

Fact- Our visits also have forms in them called VB forms, or Visual Basic forms. Those come directly from EPIC, and we are not allowed to edit them.

500

How many patients are currently on service with the VNA? (Closest answer wins)

1500 patients (this includes 150 Hospice patients, 300 Palliative, and the rest Home Health Patients!)

500

How many times (collectively) has the VNA team traveled out to Wisconsin?

Chelsea- 2

Beth- 2

Victor- 4

For a total of 8 times!