Clinically Speaking

 

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to bring you the latest Clinically Speaking Newsletter, this one focused on an area of growing importance in the world of medicine.

In this issue, we feature the many ways in which the CU School of Medicine is engaging in transitional care for patients with conditions that continue into adulthood – including the Improving Pediatric to Adult Care Transition (ImPACT) Program, which aims to successfully transition those patients to adult care; a new referral process between Children’s Hospital Colorado and UCHealth that helps streamline and standardize transition of care; the Adult Special Care Clinic at Children’s Colorado; another new initiative focused on inpatient care; and transitional care teams in specialties including neurology, cardiology, and urology.

As Daniel Wood, MD, PhD, who is building a transitional urology team at Children’s Colorado and UCHealth, puts it: “For patients and parents, the security of knowing there is somebody who understands the complexity of their diagnosis, who understands the treatment they've had, and is part of a team that's capable of managing the ongoing consequences of both of those is really important. There are data out there that show us that if transitional care isn't there, the long-term health care outcomes aren’t as good.”

We hope you enjoy reading about your colleagues, and we look forward to hearing how your department is improving clinical care.

Anne Fuhlbrigge, MD, MS
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

Clinically Speaking Newsroom

The New Year Brings new UCHealth Epic Functionality to Residents and Fellows

Clinical Affairs | CU School of Medicine Mar 20, 2020
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Starting January 6, 2020, all residents and fellows without a DEA number have been able to electronically prescribe controlled substances (EPCS) to internal UCHealth pharmacies.  EPCS requires dual authentication, and residents/fellows will have to download the DUO app to their smartphones to use this app when prescribing controlled substances to internal pharmacies. An attending co-signature will no longer be needed. Residents/fellows may already have this DUO app on their smartphones because UCHealth providers use to access Epic from outside of the hospital campus. The new functionality will decrease the need for residents/fellows to send paper prescriptions to internal pharmacies. Please see the attached tip sheet on how to download and configure the DUO app.  If you have any questions, please reach out to Jonathan.Pell@cuanschutz.edu.