Two big clinics end their "paper past" at last Each Epic launch has had its own special challenges. But this week's included two Ambulatory practices that have never been on an electronic record before. "It can be hard to let go of the paper chart," said one Epic systems analyst. Right: OB/Gyn Clinic Practice Manager Kearin Schulte with just a few of hundreds of folders that will one day enter the dustbin of history. >>More
 

Sidebar: The deepest dive into Epic "wave 2" The two clinics that faced the biggest technological leaps found "there's no crying in Epic." Left: Epic systems analyst Greg Cooley works with Adult Nurse Practitioner Patrice Spurck in the Cardiac & Vascular Center during Tuesday's go live. >>More

Rx and Epic, round two With lessons from the February launch in mind, some advance prep work made Pharmacy and Ambulatory hopeful that prescription snafus could be kept to a minimum in this week's second "wave" of Epic go-lives. >>More 

Protecting providers from violent patients A more detailed policy should help providers know when it's time to call in Security to protect themselves from physical or verbal patient attacks. Sidebar: Survey finds the "suicide sitter" program launched at the beginning of this year seems to work. >>More

Four more letters for Neuro nurses Some heavy studying for a tough exam has earned 13 Neurosciences and Neuro ICU RNs a new certification. It means better care for patients, and another big step for the UCH nursing corps. Right: some of the nurses who earned the CNRN certification and a few of the faculty who helped them get there. >>More
 

Give that unit a hand Neuroscience RNs - or at least their hands - have a starring role on a national neuroscience nursing organization's Facebook page. >>More

Matchmakers for clinical trials Most trials are delayed for want of patients and almost a third never enroll a single person. A new matchmaking service is trying to get seekers and providers together more easily. Sidebar. Our writer signs on. >>More

Woman vs. $7 billion killer She holds down a busy clinical schedule at the hospital and in the community. But OB's Lorraine Dugoff, MD (right), is working on a tool to identify women with a high risk for preeclampsia and with low-growth babies.

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Diabetes educator earns DAISY Few nurses can empathize with their patients the way Tavia Vital (left) of the Endocrinology Clinic can. Left: Vital receives hand-carved statue as part of DAISY Award for Exceptional Nursing as Chief Nursing Officer Carolyn Sanders looks on. >>More

Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: viewing paychecks from home; Compliance has your burritos right here; celebrating the people who make it possible; nurse Justin Hone (right) helps Burn Center patient assistance fund and earns an award by a whisker; more...>>More
 

Dean Krugman's news The latest about what's going on at the School of Medicine. >>More