Dear Colleagues,
Direct login access to Web/VS will remain active until Sept. 8, 2015, for physicians and until Aug. 17, 2015, for office staff. The original "cutoff" date, which was Aug. 3, was postponed for several reasons. Large numbers of physicians' office staff members still have no CS-Link™ access. Please ensure that your staff members have established access to CS-Link by Aug. 17, 2015.
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ICD-10 educational sessions for physicians are scheduled for Monday-Thursday, Aug. 17-20. These CME activities will provide physicians with information on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.
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Participants Can Earn Two Continuing Medical Education Credits
Members of the medical staff can take a "Clinical Documentation Integrity Power Course for Physicians" that meets the first Tuesday of each month through Dec. 1. The Sept. 1 session takes place from from 3:30-6:30 p.m. in Harvey Morse 4-5. Participants need to attend just one session. Two continuing medical education credits will be available.
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A quick and easy way to write a note in a patient chart in CS-Link™ is to create a documentation encounter. These can be used in any setting where all that is desired is to document some information about the patient in the chart.
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The picture archive and communications system used in Main O.R. and the 310 Surgery Center is getting a much-anticipated upgrade. Highlights of the upgrade are new computer hardware and a 50-inch monitor capable of remaining active, or not "timing out," for up to eight hours.
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The Cedars-Sinai Office of Continuing Medical Education is offering two first-time courses at the medical center this fall, "Acing the GI Board Exam" and "A Global User's Guide to Mechanical Circulatory Support."
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Many patients admitted to an intensive care unit have limited mobility or can't move at all. But being bedridden and immobile can lead to complications such as bedsores, delirium and severe deconditioning. A new project at Cedars-Sinai may provide a solution. The early mobilization project uses motivational techniques incorporating verbal cues, light to moderate exercises and assistance from family.
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Radiation oncologists at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute are delivering treatment more than twice as fast as before, with the institute's new TrueBeam Radiotherapy System.
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As of Sept. 1, the Core Lab is moving semiquantitative urine chemistries and urinalysis to Beckman Velocity analyzers from Iris IQ analyzers.
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Research for Her™, Cedars-Sinai’s groundbreaking online registry that matches women with research studies and clinical trials, enrolled study participants more quickly than traditional paper-based registries, according to new research published in the journal Gynecologic Oncology. Historically, fewer women have participated in clinical research and only 3 to 5 percent of patients nationally enroll in trials.
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