Feb. 4
Ambulatory Providers: Changes to annual Falls Risk Assessment
Beginning Feb. 2, the Ambulatory annual Falls Risk Assessment will be updated within the Visit Navigator for Ambulatory Clinics. (Note: This change only applies to the Falls Risk Assessment in Epic@UNC Ambulatory - not Inpatient.)
ARC replaces SARF for UNC Medical Center, UNC School of Medicine
The Access Request Center (ARC) went live on Monday, Feb. 1. All UNC Medical Center and School of Medicine users that require additional access should now use ARC to submit their requests. The Identity & Access Management (IAM) team will process SARFs submitted prior to Feb. 1 - you do not need to resubmit these request in ARC.
News from HR
On-site visits from North Carolina Theatre, Employee Benefits, Locklaces, and Glen Lennox Apartments.
Autopsy Authorization Form now available (Intranet link)
The Autopsy Authorization Form (HIM#406s) is now available under "Post-Mortem Forms" on the Patient Forms page on the Intranet.
Earn a donation for your favorite charity
Faculty and employees may earn a donation for their favorite charity through UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine's annual Employee Ambassador Recognition Program.
2016 Administrative Professionals Conference
If you’re an administrative professional and would like to learn new skills, network with colleagues, and gain more confidence to take back to the work place, join us for this year’s annual Administrative Professional’s Conference. Past participates have commented that this is one conference they’ll be sure to attend again. This year's theme is 'Dress for Success' and the keynote speaker is Fausta Britton from National Seminars. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR FELLOW ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS: if you cannot attend, please cancel to allow others to attend.
Ebola-specific questions removed from Epic@UNC Feb. 3
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the Ebola screening questions in Epic@UNC will be removed. However, the question about international travel within the past 30 days will remain in various admission navigators and during ambulatory check-in. If a patient has traveled internationally within 30 days, the employee documenting the international travel has an option to leave a comment that will be included with the patient's record.
Message from Mr. Park - Thank you for your service
Please read the following note from Gary L. Park, President, UNC Hospitals, regarding your commitment to our patients during the recent ice storm.
Planned Epic@UNC downtime Sunday, Feb. 7
There is a planned Epic@UNC downtime scheduled from 3 - 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Feb. 7. Epic@UNC will be down for 90 minutes while the technical team applies an update.
Surplus/scrap procedure being updated
UNC Medical Center is updating the surplus/scrap procedure. Until that process is finalized, please do not bring any surplus or scrap item to the loading dock and drop it off.
Ambulatory providers: Exit & restart Epic@UNC if receiving “Unable to place/release orders” error
This morning, a number of ambulatory providers reported receiving an error in Epic@UNC stating that “Outpatient orders cannot be released/placed for inpatients.” ISD has fixed the issue in Epic@UNC causing this error. However, to ensure ambulatory providers don’t see the error message moving forward, we recommend exiting and restarting your Epic@UNC session.