Mather-St Charles Medical Staff Commended for Pilot Membership Model

The combined medical staff at St Charles and Mather is mentioned on the MSSNY website, in Dr. Leah McCormack's newsletter, where she mentions her and MSSNY's hope that our one-year institutional membership pilot may someday inspire similar mass-membership drives.

Physician Advisory Council Next Meeting

During some technical difficulties with Eclipsys, the your Physician Advisory Council had a nice opportunity to discuss some of the Order Sets we've reviewed, and to brainstorm about some of the barriers to anticipate during implementation.  We started to discuss Electronic Physician Documentation (admission, progress notes, discharge summaries), but were adjourned to meet NEXT Thursday, Oct 28 at 7 am, to watch an Eclipsys Demo.  Come around, if you have a chance, or answer our survey on physician documentation to make sure your thoughts are heard!Click here to take survey

Know What Your Legislator Says Before the Election

We asked.  They answered -- the responses to focused questions on Physician Collective Negotiation and Med-Mal Reform issues are posted on the Suffolk County Medical Society website.  As you know, ALL these legislators seats are vulnerable in this year's election.  Interestingly, although the survey was circulated to all the current legislators AND their opponents, there were NO responses from any opponent candidates.  Thought you would appreciate the ability to review where our NYS  legislators stand on issues important to Medicine before the election next week.

Your Views on Electronic Chart Notes

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Attention All Surgeons -- Preview Surgical Order Sets on Maria's List

     I promise you these are NOT easy on the eyes, as they are just screen shots of  order set templates PRE-customization, but I wanted to be sure you got a look at what our order sets can look like on Sunrise Clinical Manager (Allscripts/Eclipsys).   To view the order set, click on the CAPITALIZED links.  To send feedback, and comments, click on the corresponding link to download a "Review"  sheet.  All of these files can be opened with Microsoft Word ( and zoom-in to 150-200% to view tiny screen shot).

     The "review" sheets are being filled out by the Physician Advisory Committee and returned to Joe Ng, but anyone who has feedback to add may fill out review sheets too.  You may email any of these review sheets to JNgmatherhospital.org, or deliver personally to Joe's office on the 3rd floor, near the old pharmacy wing, or to Joan Faro's office, on the ground floor, adjacent to the ED waiting area.  Joe's trying to reach some consensus on these by October 20th, so comment early and often.  Comments can also be placed at the end of the article.  Thanks for checking with the List.  

• GENERAL PRE-OP ORDERS
• Review
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• ANESTHESIA PRE-OP ORDERS
• Review
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• ANESTHESIA PACU ORDERS
• Review
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• COLORECTAL POST-OP ORDERS
• Review
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• LAP APPY POST OP ORDERS
• Review
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• LAP CHOLE POST OP (available soon)
• Review
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• OPEN CHOLE POST OP
• Review
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• GI BLEED 
• Review
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• UPPER GI BLEED
• Review
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• LOWER GI BLEED
• Review

Let me know if this is format works well, and I will be able to get more order sets and comment sheets from Joe.  And if you haven't answered the Maria's List and You survey, please 

Click here to take survey  .  Thanks, all, for all you do!

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