Therapy plans for therapeutic apheresis in Epic HealthLink.
J Clin Apher
; 38(5): 611-614, 2023 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37376707
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A common required duty of pathology resident physicians while rotating on transfusion medicine is the medical oversight of the therapeutic apheresis service. A task often performed on this clinical medicine service is formulating and writing orders for therapeutic apheresis procedures. The EpicCare tool called the therapy plan provides unique advantages over a standard electronic order set for therapeutic apheresis. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Transfusion medicine physicians, apheresis nurses, pharmacists, and information technology professionals collaborated to create therapy plans for three therapeutic apheresis procedures plasmapheresis, red cell exchange, and photopheresis.RESULTS:
Therapy plans were implemented and have been well-received for several years. Over a six-year time period, a total of 613 therapy plans were created and signed. We speculate that this implementation may have increased both physician efficiency and patient safety.CONCLUSION:
This article reports our experience using therapy plans in EpicCare in order to raise awareness of this tool and to serve as an encouragement for wider adoption.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Blood Component Removal
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Clinical Medicine
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Photopheresis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Clin Apher
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States