Welcome to St. Mary's Medical Staff News e-newsletter. Your monthly source of information for policy updates, professional requirements, current quality and technological strides within St. Mary's Health as well as other important news specific to you, our valued St. Mary's Medical Staff, Physician Office Staff and Regional Partners. To view previous issues of this e-newsletter, visit www.stmarys.org/docnews.
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"Courtesy Room" Activity in
St. Mary's Emergency Department
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Recently, there have been a few instances where a non-Emergency Department physician has met a private patient at the Emergency Department at St. Mary's Medical Center (SMMC) to provide care without the patient receiving an appropriate medical screening examination or being properly registered within the Emergency Department. In these instances, the physician has utilized a room within the Emergency Department in a capacity, which in the past, has been referred to as a "courtesy room." Dr. Vernon Maas, St. Mary's Medical Center's Vice President of Medical Affairs, discusses Medical Center policy regarding this activity.
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Chest Pain Etiology and Acute MI Documentation
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Many of our patients present with symptoms of chest pain. Once the etiology of patient symptoms has been determined, specification of the underlying cause should be consistently documented in the patient record and discharge summary.
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Adverse Drug Reaction Report
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Read more to view our Adverse Drug Reaction Report. Reactions that are described in this report were noted by the P & T Committee as potentially preventable events that occurred in patients within St. Mary's Medical Center.
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Spirituality in the Workplace:
Ash Wednesday and the Season of Lent
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Sister Jane McConnell, OSF, Director of Mission Integration, shares about the significance of yesterday's celebration of Ash Wednesday and the Season of Lent that we are now in.
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