Weekly Progress Notes June 19 - Johns Hopkins Greater Washington Area

June 19, 2019

NEWS & REMINDERS

Key

E-Prescribing App

Imprivata ID is a secure authentication app that helps medical professionals improve clinical workflows for the electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS). Download this handout for more information. If you are interested in E-Prescribing with this app, please stop by Michelle’s office and she can help you enroll.

Hero

Hopkins Event Reporting Online (HERO) is an event reporting system for all JHM providers and employees. Making a report is quick and easy, and every report is read, considered and routed to the appropriate person for further follow-up. These reports help JHM make system-wide changes to improve patient safety. Click here to learn more about HERO, including how to create a report.

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Medication Error Reduction Committee Meeting Minutes

Click here to download the minutes from the May 14, 2019 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Medication Error Reduction Committee meeting.

MEDICAL STAFF CALENDAR

Click here for the June 2019 calendar.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Johns Hopkins Medicine Continuing Medical Education Series

June 20: Surgical Grand Rounds “Ninth Annual Brandi Rutherford Memorial Lecture: AAA Update 2019”—to access click here. Text CME Code 16834 to 443-541-5052 fifteen minutes prior to start.

June 21: Oncology Grand Rounds “Skin Manifestations in Hematology and Oncology: Benign or Malignant”—to access click here. Text CME Code 21088 to 443-541-5052 up to eight hours after the event.

Note: There are no Medical Grand Rounds scheduled until Sept. 13, 2019.

RESEARCH CORNER

Patient

Patients with Disabilities Need Providers Like Them

Last week, actress Ali Stroker made history by becoming the first actor or actress in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award. New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine addresses why representation of people with disabilities is so limited in the biomedical workforce, and provides guidelines for institutions to create a more inclusive working environment.

HOPKINS GREATER WASHINGTON MD HIGHLIGHT

Advanced Lung Cancer Therapy

Watch Stephen Greco, M.D., Clinical Director, The Kimmel Cancer Center Radiation Oncology at Suburban Hospital, explain how imaging technology is improving the treatment of lung cancer on HopkinsGreaterWashingtonMD.org.

CREDENTIALED AT SUBURBAN

Ophthalmologists

For a list of Ophthalmologists practicing at Suburban Hospital, click here.

EPIC TIP OF THE WEEK

Epic Portal Update

The Epic Training Portal has been renovated. Click here to watch a video about the enhancements.