Therapy plans for therapeutic apheresis in Epic HealthLink.

Autor: Jain VS; University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA., Li H; Department of Pathology, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA., Lee KP; Center for Clinical Knowledge Management, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA., Rose WN; University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.; Department of Pathology, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical apheresis [J Clin Apher] 2023 Oct; Vol. 38 (5), pp. 611-614. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 27.
DOI: 10.1002/jca.22072
Abstrakt: Background: A common required duty of pathology resident physicians while rotating on transfusion medicine is the medical oversight of the therapeutic apheresis service. A task often performed on this clinical medicine service is formulating and writing orders for therapeutic apheresis procedures. The EpicCare tool called the therapy plan provides unique advantages over a standard electronic order set for therapeutic apheresis.
Materials and Methods: Transfusion medicine physicians, apheresis nurses, pharmacists, and information technology professionals collaborated to create therapy plans for three therapeutic apheresis procedures: plasmapheresis, red cell exchange, and photopheresis.
Results: Therapy plans were implemented and have been well-received for several years. Over a six-year time period, a total of 613 therapy plans were created and signed. We speculate that this implementation may have increased both physician efficiency and patient safety.
Conclusion: This article reports our experience using therapy plans in EpicCare in order to raise awareness of this tool and to serve as an encouragement for wider adoption.
(© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Apheresis published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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