Advocate Physician Informatics
Increasing physician knowledge and proficiency with Advocate Health Care's clinical information systems.
Anemia evaluation
Last reviewed April 30, 2015
This PowerPlan has been developed by the hematologists at Advocate for what is relevant to physicians treating patients in America today.
- The hematologists acknowledge that no one looks at peripheral blood smears to help in the diagnostic evaluation of anemia.
- There is no differentiation among macrocytic, normocytic or . . .
April 29, 2015
Shortness of breath
Improving physician documentation specificity
Asthma
- Associated conditions (acute lower respiratory infection, COPD, bronchitis, status asthmaticus)
- Severity and type - choose the severity based on the most severe impairment in the table below
| Components of severity | Age (years) | Asthma | severity | classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . . . |
April 19, 2015
Abdominal pain
Improving physician documentation specificity
Appendicitis
- Severity (acute, chronic, recurrent, relapsing, subacute)
- Is peritonitis (localized or general) or a peritoneal abscess present?
- Does the patient have gangrene or a perforation?
Ascities
Document if ascites is malignant. If ascites is malignant, link the ascites to the neoplasm.
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April 19, 2015
Adult Physician Documentation Improvement Table of Contents (Emergency Medicine)
Improving physician documentation specificity
- In general, medical coding can be drawn from documentation from any healthcare provider (consultants, residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, etc.).
Consider the following dimensions when documenting a patient's conditions:
- Where (site and laterality)
- Specificity (the most detailed diagnosis to . . .
April 19, 2015
Transcription reduction progress
Top 10% of users at each site
Our goal is to reduce transcription costs by 30% among the top 10% of transcription users by the end of the year.
| Hospital | Number of users | January costs | September costs | Cost target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ | 46 | $29,816.32 | $20,902.52 | $20,871.42 |
| Condell | 22 | $13,078.30 | . . . |
April 18, 2015
Clinical Decision Support April 2015
April 18, 2015, 1500-1530 hours CST
| Attendees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Don Aaronson (Lutheran General) | Sally Garrett (Pharmacy Informatics) | LaTonya Malone (Good Samaritan) |
| KC Calderone (Good Shepherd) | Anupam Goel (Clinical Informatics) | Charles Majewski (CareConnection Core) |
| Bill Forslev (Pharmacy) | Cheryl Hager . . . |
April 18, 2015
Medical Directors of Clinical Informatics April 2015
April 9, 0730-0830 hours CST
| Attendees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Richard Baker (Good Shepherd) | Sakhwat Hussain (Trinity) | Kent Nelson (Oak Lawn) |
| Ravi Damaraju (Sherman) | Christopher Jamerson (Park Ridge) | Douglas Propp (Lutheran General) |
| James Ferrel (Christ) | Tahir Khokher (South Suburban) | Natalie Selk . . . |
April 09, 2015
