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NOW! Changes in Wireless Networks

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Changes coming to the BHS wireless network options.

To effectively manage the wireless networks available at our BHS Facilities, physicians and staff will be redirected to an appropriate wireless network in order to reduce potential security and capacity issues.  As a result of these changes you should notice improved wireless performance.


 

What does this mean for you?

 

Currently the available wireless networks include:

  • BHS_Clinical
  • BHSGUEST
  • eTenet
  • impact
  • RUNDMY
  • RUNDMZ

Effective 7/20/15, BHS_Clinical, RUNDMY, and RUNDMZ will be decommissioned. The available wireless networks options will then include:

  • BHSGUEST
  • eTenet
  • impact
  • Dr_BYOD

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With the exception of BHSGUEST, you will be required to enter your eTenet credentials to access the new networks. If you do not have or recall your eTenet login information please visit the following link https://secure.etenet.com/publicsite/default.asp and follow the steps to retrieve your password or register for one. Refer to screenshot below. 

 

 

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Contact Info:

 

If you have questions regarding your eTenet credentials or require further assistance, please contact Regina Detty with the BHS Medical Staff Office at RXDETTY@baptisthealthsystem.com.

 

 

     

 


10th Annual Summer Celebration

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Help us Celebrate a decade of summer fun!

WHAT:10th Annual Summer Celebration
DATE:Saturday, August 1, 2015
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE:North Central Baptist Hospital
520 Madison Oak Drive
San Antonio, TX 78258
Maps & Directions

What to Expect:

  • FREE Stuffed Animal and Toy Check Up Clinic
  • FREE Family Photo at the “Summer Fun” Photo Booth
  • FREE Food
  • FREE Rides and Attractions including Rock Climbing Wall, Inflatable Obstacle Course, Trackless Train, Face Painting, Balloon Animals, and MORE!
  • FREE Health Screenings
  • REGISTER for our FREE Kid’s Cooking Workshop for ages 4-10 years at 10:30 a.m. and noon in Atrium Classroom 1A/1B. Call (210) 297-7005 to reserve your space.
  • FREE Live Entertainment and Performances.
  • $10 Athletic Physicals provided by Baptist Sports Medicine and their orthopedic doctors. A release form and parent permission forms will need to be signed on site.
The first 500 attendees will receive a special 10th Anniversary gift! Bring a New Backpack to donate to Living Through Giving and help local children in need.

For more information call (210) 297-7005.
Download the flyer

Now! Outstanding Medical Records

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Please be advised

 

Tomorrow, July 15 marks the agreed upon date when all those physicians who have not completed their outstanding medical records during the past two weeks will be sent a letter from Medical Records. 

 

The letter will remind them that they have missed the 2 week deadline, and that if they don't complete their records within the next two weeks, they will be at risk of suspension.  Remember, a physician only needs to complete their medical records once every two weeks to stay off of the delinquency list.  Delinquent medical records not only tie up reimbursement for both the hospital and the physician, they more importantly affect patient care negatively, and put our accreditation and licensure at risk.  Please work with us and make sure your records are completed (dictated, signed, and dated) in a timely manner! 

     

 

NOW! Additional info: Changes coming to WiFi Networks

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Changes coming to the BHS wireless network options.

 

To effectively manage the wireless networks available at our BHS Facilities, physicians and staff will be redirected to an appropriate wireless network in order to reduce potential security and capacity issues.  As a result of these changes you should notice improved wireless performance. These changes will not affect any of the BHS physician computers.

 

What does this mean for you?

Effective 7/20/15, BHS_Clinical and RUNDMZ will be decommissioned. Dr_BYOD will be the new designated Physician wireless network. This network will be available for use on physician personal devices and access will be granted by using your eTenet credentials.

 

 

All medical staff should have received a welcome email:

From: Tenetsecurity@tenethealth.com

Subject: Welcome to eTenet - Register Now!

 

If you have not received this email, please check your junk mail. The email would have been sent to the email address that was provided to our Medical Staff Office. If you have not received this email please contact Regina Detty at RXDETTY@baptisthealthsystem.com to confirm your email address on file.

 

If you have received this email but have not registered please visit the following link for instructions on how to register

http://www.baptisthealthsystem.com/healthcare-professionals/for-doctors/impact

 

 

 

 

 

If you have already registered and have eTenet credentials but do not recall your password please visit the following link https://secure.etenet.com/publicsite/default.asp and follow the steps to retrieve your password.

 

Contact Info:

If you have questions regarding your eTenet credentials or require further assistance, please contact Regina Detty with the BHS Medical Staff Office at RXDETTY@baptisthealthsystem.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

North Central Baptist Hospital Breaks Ground on $50 Million Destination for Orthopedic Innovation

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(SAN ANTONIO)— Baptist Health System broke ground today on its new $50 million institute dedicated to orthopedic innovation which will be housed at North Central Baptist Hospital. The new three-story, 76,800 square foot building will offer patient-centered orthopedic care that address the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system, including:

  • Joint replacement and arthritis
  • Sports medicine injuries
  • Arthroscopic surgery
  • Spine treatment
  • Care and surgery of the shoulder, elbow, hand, wrist, knee, foot and ankle

The building will transform the façade of NCBH, creating a new hospital entrance off of Madison Oak. Its design will be unlike any in San Antonio with a hotel-like experience focused on patient comfort and healing. Slated for completion in fall 2016, the building will house an 18-bed pre-operation unit, a 15-bed post-anesthesia care unit; 10 operation and recovery rooms and a 30-bed inpatient unit. Upon opening, the new orthopedic institute will offer patients additional services including:
  • Hand therapy and physical therapy
  • Industrial rehabilitation 
  • Worker’s comp
  • Digital imaging 
  • Outpatient surgery
  • Orthopedic urgent care







Tethered Cord is topic of Aug. 19 Pedi Clinical Services Meeting and CME

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NOW! TDSHS issues Anthrax advisory


CPN downtime scheduled Sept. 2

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CPN Downtime Notification -- Sept. 2
 
Ticket Number:  44701480
Topic:  CPN Scheduled Downtime
Description:
  • On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 beginning at 8:00am, CPN (including central fetal surveillance) will be unavailable for approximately 8 hours while an application upgrade is performed.
  • Workflows for the following users will be impacted in the following manner:
Providers
  • OB Link in Portal & Airstrip OB will not be available for remote viewing of census, chart, or strips
Nursing Staff (LD, NICU, Nursery, Postpartum)
  • Downtime forms will need to be used during the upgrade
  • All delivery and surgical information will need to be entered into the system once restored to maintain the integrity of the birth and surgical logs
  • Mother-Baby Links will need to be created on any delivery during downtime to populate newborn log books and maintain newborn records
HIM
  • Potential delay in record requests & Coldfeed
Directors / Admitting
  • CPN reports unavailable during downtime
Business Impact:      CPN will be unavailable for all users.
Effective Date:          9/2/15 - 8:00 am CST
End Date:                 9/2/15 - 4:00 pm CST
Affected Application(s):   
  • CPN
Facility(s) Affected:  SATX- All Facilities

Share your comments on the Baptist School of Health Professions

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The Baptist School of Health Professions – Department of Professional Nursing wishes to announce that it will host a site review for continuing accreditation of its associate degree in nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) from September 22 – 24, 2015. 

You are invited to meet the site visit team and share your comments about the program in person on:

Wednesday, September 23, 2015
4:00 p.m.
Baptist School of Health Professions
8400 Datapoint Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78216

Written comments are also welcome and should be submitted directly to
Dr. Marsal Stoll, Chief Executive Officer Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing at:
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
Atlanta, GA 30326

Or via e-mail: mstoll@acenursing.org

All written comments should be received by the ACEN by September 17, 2015.

Save the Date! General Medical Staff Meeting Oct. 29

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Save the date for a new concept in our fall General Medical Staff Meeting. (Details will come soon in your formal invitation.)

Date: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015
Location: Omni Hotel on I-10
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Program: Mark Montoney, MD, Tenet Physician Leader. CME is being planned, and details will follow soon.

PHO Conference: Practicing Medicine. What's Next?

Free ICD-10 Documentation Tip Cards available to you by specialty

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Dear BHS Medical Staff,

 
The BHS Training and Education Workgroup for Optimal Documentation and ICD-10 Adoption is pleased to announce the release of ICD-10 Documentation Tip Cards by physician specialty.

There are approximately twenty specialty specific cards available for both adult and pediatric practitioners in the following areas:

  • Anesthesia                                                        
  • Cardiology
  • CV/CV Surgery
  • Critical Care
  • ENT
  • ER
  • Endocrine
  • GI
  • General Surgery
  • Internal and Family Medicine
  • Heme/Onc
  • Infectious Disease
  • Mental Health
  • Nephrology/Urology
  • Neurology/Neurosurgery
  • Newborn
  • Ob/Gyn
  • Orthopedics
  • Pulmonary
  • Trauma

These will be distributed by various means:  in physician lounges, medical staff meetings, and physician and non-physician practitioner work areas.  

Each facility is also supported a physician champion and clinical documentation specialists who will have additional copies for you in case you did not receive them.  Their contact information is posted on the ICD-10 link on the BHS Physician web page.

All of the tip cards are free of charge courtesy of Tenet and BHS.  These cards have been created by 3M, a well-respected expert in the field of provider documentation and ICD-10 adoption.  The BHS medical staff is highly encouraged to take advantage of this excellent education resource.  It will assist you in your optimal documentation efforts which is one part, but a very important one, in the care of all our patients.

Thank you for your participation and support in the work of the Baptist Health System.

Dana Kellis, MD, PhD, MBA                William Bradshaw, MD
Chief Medical Officer                           Physician Champion

 

[CHECKLIST] Elements of Optimal ICD-10 Documentation

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For physicians, one key to a successful transition to ICD-10 is to practice the elements of Optimal Documentation so that coders can easily identify how to best code your patient's chart.

 
Here are the elements of Optimal Documentation:

  • Age and gender
  • Initial, or follow-up visit?
  • Principal treating diagnosis
  • Acute
  • Chronic
  • Acute on chronic
  • Laterality
  • Exact anatomical location
  • Can use probable, suspected, likely 
  • Due to:
    • Organism
    • Underlying disease process
    • Activity
    • Location, circumstances
    • Associated conditions
    • Comorbidities treated to include medications
    • Final diagnosis
    • Probable, likely, suspected should not be used here

Remember that ICD-10 is much more specific than was ICD-9, so it will better describe the conditions your patient exhibits.

Thank you for your participation and support in the work of the Baptist Health System.

Dana Kellis, MD, PhD, MBA                William Bradshaw, MD
Chief Medical Officer                           Physician Champion

FDA warns of Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis induced by SGLT2 Inhibitors

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Recently, the FDA issued a Drug-Safety communication that warns of an increased risk of DKA with uncharacteristically mild to moderate glucose elevations or euglycemic DKA (euDKA) associated with the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.  There are currently three SGLT2 inhibitors on the market: Farxiga (Dapagliflozin), Jaridance (Empagliflozin) and Invokana (Canagliflozin) as well as combination products with metformin (Glymbaxi and Invokamet).  Over the past few months the Baptist Health System has had five patients admitted into our EDs with euDKA while on SGLT2 inhibitors.
Because SGLT2 inhibitors promote glucose disposal through a non-insulin dependent mechanism, glucose can be normal even when insulin levels are insufficient to prevent ketosis.  Euglycemic DKA is defined as DKA with a bicarbonate level <10meq/L and a glucose level <300mg/dL along with ketonemia or ketonuria.  Clinically, euglycemic ketoacidosis is usually manifested by vomiting.  In addition, some patients can present with abdominal pain, dysuria, productive cough, thirst, and nausea.
The withdrawal of insulin or insulin secretagogues at the onset of treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors appears to be a risk factor for the development of euDKA. 
All patients treated with SGLT2 inhibitors who develop symptoms or signs consistent with DKA, or develop a metabolic acidosis in the setting of SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, should be promptly evaluated for the presence of urine and/or serum ketones even in the context of normal or modest elevations in glucose.
Management of euDKA is the same as with DKA management.  It begins with low-dose continuous IV infusion of insulin together with adequate fluid replacement, and potassium replacement if necessary.


Oct. 29 General Medical Staff Meeting details released

'Scoliosis & Spine Surgery' is Oct. 21 topic of Pedi Clinical Services meeting

NCBH to pilot re-route of Atrium parking garage [START DATE October 20]

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Our goal is to ensure optimum safety and security for all those that come to our facility. 

Many pedestrians walk between the parking garage and the Atrium Medical Office Building entrance, and there also is a great deal of vehicle traffic between the two structures. In an effort to prevent accidents there, we must make a change in our parking garage at the southeast end of the property adjacent to the Emergency Room entrance.

Mike King, Facilities and Engineering Director and I have conducted a risk assessment and developed a plan to make the parking garage entrance and exit on the South end of the structure (closest to Sonterra).

Beginning October 20, 2015 we will test our plan for one weeks’ time. We will block off the current entry point and re-route traffic through the back end of the parking structure to accommodate entry and exit. A Baptist employee will observe the changes and their impact during peak times for the duration of the week.

We are open for feedback; please contact security at 210-297-4850 with any safety concerns you experience.

We look forward to a safer parking structure for you and the community we serve.

Thank you,
Ronni N Storey
Director Safety & Security
North Central Baptist Hospital

Physician Survey starts Oct. 26: Watch for your code and invitation

Reminder: Synapse Mobility is Available Through CITRIX

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Physicians, you can now access images and reports for patients that have been seen at the Baptist Emergency Hospitals and the Baptist M&S Imaging Centers by using Synapse Mobility.


Synapse Reminder

*You will use your CITRIX login information (username/password) to access Synapse Mobility.

For Additional Instructions, visit Quick Links > Portal Tips & Instructions on the BHS Physician webpage. 
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