2/15/2012 – Physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants can now enter history and physicals (H&P), discharge summaries and the problem list directly in the inpatient e-Health chart. Here are the benefits you will see when you enter the documentation into e-Health:

H&P

• Take advantage of smart links which pull already-documented information from other parts of the chart.
• Save time and ensure the H&P is immediately available for all care givers. 
• Access the H&Ps done in the previous 30 days and complete the required interval update/signature in e-Health for patients soon to undergo surgery. 
• Meet the chart completion requirement for H&P and avoid deficiency notices. 

Discharge summary

• Immediately signed and available discharge summary is readily available for your patient's follow-up appointments with PCPs and specialists.  

Problem list 

• Ensures care givers in both the inpatient and ambulatory settings are working from the same list of conditions. 
• Automatically populates the H&P and Discharge Summary with key information. 
• Helps to create better programs based on disease specific populations.    
• Meets "meaningful use" requirement for EMR sites.  

For training or support with these new tools, contact the Clinical Informatics Liaison by calling the Help Desk at 44357. Click here for directions to complete H&Ps and  Discharge Summaries and click here for Problem List.  For more, go to Guides to Provider Charting on the e-Health medical and dental staff page. 

Coming:  Use of Dragon Voice Recognition to complete H&P and Discharge Summary

Remember, you can always call 544-9999 for the Medical Staff Helpline for assistance with e-Health.

For more e-Health information, from inside the hospital on the internal website, click on the button that looks like this:

or you can access e-Health information from the Starnet link via eConnect.  Please note that you must be logged on internally to access Medical Dental Staff e-Health site.