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Stephen T. Faehnle, M.D.
Vice President Medical Staff
Changes in Medical Staff Status
Abdelaziz Elsanjek, M.D., resigned 01/01/11
Arundhati Harati, M.D., resigned 01/01/11
Floyd Hennan, D.O., resigned 12/31/10
Hyon Kang, D.O., resigned 01/01/11
Jung Lien, M.D., resigned 12/10/10
Abbas Mian, M.D., resigned 01/01/11
Nayankumar Patel, M.D., resigned 01/01/11
Takaaki Wada, M.D., leave of absence 01/07/11
Updated Contact Information
Grant Janzen, M.D., correct fax number: 673-9809
Ta Van Nguyen, M.D., no longer has a beeper, effective
EMR Implementation
Allscripts who merged with Eclipsys in September, 2010, is being implemented as the new HMC electronic medical record (EMR). Allscripts was previously known for long term care and physician office applications. Eclipsys has been in the acute care arena for many years.
Eclipsys continues to have the highest physician satisfaction for computerized physician order entry (CPOE), and the most physicians using CPOE, according to CPOE digest 2009: meaningful use and physician adoption.
Ta Van Nguyen, M.D., no longer has a beeper, effective
01/09/11. Between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon – Thu, call
his office; otherwise, call his cell phone 518-4668.
New Allied Health Professionals
Amanda Hanslik, CRNA, effective 01/31/11
Primary Sponsor – Stephen Lowry, M.D.
Jennifer Hicks, Nurse Practitioner, effective 01/14/11
Primary Sponsor – Ibrahim Fakhoury, M.D.
With the opening of the new main entrance, there will be some changes to the point of
entries for Admissions. Please watch for information in the near future.
CPOE has proven to reduce transcription and interpretation medication errors.
At HMC, the EMR Physician Advisory Committee, a subcommittee of the MEC, has been formed to guide the implementation of CPOE in the EMR and advise on any matters which concern physicians and the EMR. The members of the EMR Physician Advisory Committee are: Gary Binkley, D.O.; Noel Chant, M.D.; Ted Dyer, M.D.; Stephen Faehnle, M.D.; Paul Maslanka. M.D.; Eddie Moore, M.D.; Preston Pate, M.D; and Allen Schultz, M.D.;
The minutes from meetings of the EMR Physician Advisory Committee may be accessed by opening the Application Launcher, Selecting the EMR Project in the quick pick list, and selecting Physician.
From the Information Systems (IS) Department . . .
Some of what goes on in IS on a daily basis:
--600 electronic orders are added daily to the lab system
--2,400 electronic orders are added daily to the clinical system
--Average 1,800 electronic medication orders daily
--Dispense around 5,000 medications daily
--Average number of studies per day:
•Radiology: 390
•Cath Lab: 13
•Non-invasive Cardiology: 40
Hendrick Medical Center is currently seeking
accreditation as a Chest Pain Center.
Within the next few months, HMC’s ACS and
STEMI protocols/policies will be revised and
many of you will be contacted by either Wes
Hamilton, M.D., Medical Director, Chest Pain
Center, or Andrea Lambe, RN, Chest Pain
Coordinator, for feedback. The accreditation
process is scheduled to be completed within a
six month timeframe. We are proud of our
STEMI team’s achievement for 2010: 92%
successful Door-To-Balloon.
***Please note that ALL PHYSICIANS admitting
ACS/STEMI patients must be either Board
Certified or have 10 hours of continuing medical
CMS Launches First Phase of Physician Compare Website
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
last week released Physician Compare, an online
tool providing information on physicians and other
health professionals who treat Medicare patients.
Required by the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act, the tool currently serves as a provider
directory and indicates whether physicians and
other eligible providers report data to CMS through
the voluntary Physician Quality Reporting System.
By 2013, the ACA requires the website to include
information on the quality of care provided by the
listed professionals.
The website address is:
http://www.medicare.gov/find-a-doctor/provider-
search.aspx
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CMS Updates/Reminders – January, 2011
Blanket Medication Orders: “Continue Current
Medications,” “Resume Home Medications,” etc. are not
allowed per CMS CoP §482.25 and HMC Administrative
Policy 7070-05. The practice of using blanket medication
orders contributes to the discharge of patients with incorrect
medication lists resulting in less than optimal or dangerous
medication treatment. It has also negatively impacted the
collection of CMS Heart Failure quality measure rates for
discharge medications.
~~Performance Improvement/Accreditation Department
Certified or have 10 hours of continuing medical
education (CME) over the last three years
related to the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and
treatment of ACS ***
If you have any questions about the Chest Pain
Center, please contact Dr Hamilton at 670-2151
or Andrea Lambe at 670-6895 (e-mail
Hendrick HouseCalls would like to inform physicians that they must date signatures on all Medicare home health certifications and recertifications. Palmetto GBA recently received clarification from CMS that physicians must sign and date home health plans of care, verbal orders and certifications. This changes Palmetto GBA's long standing policy of accepting a date stamp or facsimile date as proof of timeliness in lieu of a physician dating his/her signature. This change is effective for all documents signed on or after January 1, 2011. If you have questions, please contact Hendrick HouseCalls at 670-2490.
