Important Announcements
- Qmed downtime 8/4 - 5
Please note that there will be a Qmed upgrade overnight from 8/4 @ 11:45 PM to 8/5 @ 07:45 AM (hopefully will be done by 06:15 AM) . During the Qmed downtime house staff will be UNABLE to review charts or place orders in Qmed.
For chart/lab review:
Please use the Qmed downtime system (review these instructions)
For ordering labs/medications:
Unfortunately, all orders will need to be WRITTEN (order sheets are available at nursing stations on all the units, if in doubt, ask a nurse!).
HOWEVER, for EMERGENT medication administration, nurses are able to take verbal orders, administer meds, and will ask you to place the order electronically later on when you are able.
Reminders
Residents:
- Please contact interns from your sister team when their resident is off to ensure they are clear on patient care issues, sign out, and overall well-being (give good advice from your own experiences!)
- Supervise Intern Sign-Outs
- Specifically Identify “Sick” patients and sign them out to the covering/Call and night residents. Also notify SMR regarding the “Sick” patients and those who may require transfer to ICU/CCU
- Sign out both verbally and electronically (HIPAA secure - ie Outlook or Quadra-med e-mail) to the resident covering your team on the day you are off.
Interns:
- Remember, you always have a resident on weekends, typically if your own team resident is off, you can reach out to ANY residents on call.
- Meet with your Resident or covering Resident to review your sign out prior to contacting on- call intern/ night intern for sign- out.
- Additionally, Medicine consult, SMR are also available to help you with any questions and concerns.
Reminder of sister teams:
1) Orange/Blue 2) White/Purple 3) Green/Yellow 4) HIV/Neuro