Beginning Wednesday, December 7^th, clinical pathways will be available in Epic via the clinical decision support (CDS) tool AgileMD, beginning with guidance in ASAP for emergency medicine providers. Two beta pathways will be available initially – acute non-traumatic and subacute/chronic non-traumatic low back pain.

The newly developed clinical pathways are intended to translate clinical processes of care into our unique BJC/WUSM environment/culture. The goal for these pathways built by clinicians for clinicians is to standardize the care provided to patients across our system, in line with evidenced-based medicine, and help us realize efficiencies in the delivery of care.

A BPA will appear on the patient’s storyboard in Epic based upon the triage chief compliant, alerting providers that guidance is available for that patient. Providers may also access the AgileMD tab from the activities menu to search all available pathways. The pathways offer providers evidence-based care recommendations and efficient ways to perform order entry and access clinical workflow details. Additional information on how to access and use AgileMD is available in this Hip Tip Sheet.

Additional emergency medicine pathways as well as pathways in other settings of care are slated for release throughout 2023.

Click Here for a brief demo video.

The Communication/Interpreter Needs section of the Inpatient Nurse Admission Navigator has been updated and divided into 3 sections: Preferred Language/Interpreter Needs, Communication Needs and Interpreter Used. Use this tip sheet to learn about the 3 sections and how they work throughout Epic.

Communication details:

When dictating, do you ever run into issues with M*Modal confusing “to” for “2” or “for” instead of “4”? When dictating full sentences, M*Modal is able to check the sentence for context to populate the correct format, however when just dictating stand alone numbers occassionally M*Modal may not know if you mean the number or the word.

To make sure that the number form is populated dictate this instead:

“Numeral 2” = 2

“Numeral 4” = 4

For any M*Modal related questions, contact Jen Almeter at jennifer.almeter@bjc.org or 314-393-3303.

Intended Audience: Providers (WU and BJC) including APP’s, M*Modal Users

Communication details:

New Smart Phone EPCS Reenrollment

Did you know that a new smartphone requires reenrollment with an EPCS Enrollment Supervisor? The Imprivata ID app being restored from a backup WILL NOT work and must be reenrolled. Reenrollment with an Enrollment Supervisor must be done during business hours and can be done in person or remotely. Therefore, it is advised that if you get a new phone to plan ahead and consider when you will be able to complete reenrollment prior to activation to prevent issues with being able to utilize EPCS. Reenrollment will require a valid, nonexpired government issued ID. If you are reenrolling a new phone, you will be immediately able to use EPCS after the reenrollment. First time enrollment can take up to 5 business days after enrolling with an Enrollment Supervisor prior to being able to use EPCS.

Don’t know who your Enrollment Supervisor is or have other EPCS related questions? Email Epic1_EPCS@bjc.org

If you are experinencing any issues, please report them to the Help Desk.

Intended Audience: Providers (WU and BJC) including APP’s

The service lines listed here have changes in production. Please click the Printable Version of Epic1 Changes link  to read all change details. 

• Provider
• Ambulatory
• Anesthesia
• Cardiology
• ED
• Home Healthy and Hospice
• GI/Pain Management/IVF
• Inpatient
• Nurse
• Oncology
• Patient Access
• Pediatrics and Women & Infants
• Pharmacy
• Professional Billing 
• Radiology
• Research
• Reporting
• Surgery
• Therapies and Case Management 
• Transplant

Printable Version of Epic1 Changes

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If your department or specialty has no new content to report, it will not be listed. Be sure to review the Epic1 Changes to Production section for any new changes to your department.