Plays of the Week:
Play of the week goes to Dr. Connor Liggett, for creating a helpful POC testing how-to-guide for the clinic. Check out the PDF below.
Schedule:
Date | Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes |
Monday, 4/17 | MR: Case & Neuromuscular/Peripheral Nervous System Lecture, Horvat | 0745 - 0815 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Tuesday, 4/18 Tax Day 💵 | MR: Case and Derm Lecture, Logemann | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
| USU Faculty Development Sessions | 0900 - 1630 Bldg 1 | Faculty Only; check out https://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/ for available sessions |
| SOPT Webinar: Research During Residency? YES, YOU CAN!, Dr. Milissa Jones | 1300 - 1400 Register Here | |
Wednesday, 4/19
| MR: Case & Raising the Next Generation of Healthcare with AI: An Introduction for Pediatricians, Patterson | 0745 - 0850 Canyon Conf Rm, 4th Fl America Bldg | All welcome |
Thursday, 4/20 Eid al-Fitr Starts | MR: Case & GI Lecture | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Friday, 4/21 | MR: Case & Child Abuse Lecture, Brennan | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Saturday, 4/22 | Residency Retreat! 🚤 | | |
Sunday, 4/23 | Residency Retreat! 🚤 | | |
Mark your calendars:
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
26APR: Military Child Health Research Symposium & Adolescent Academic Half-Day | 2MAY: Amy Davis |
27APR: Martin Journal Club, Start of PAS | |
28APR: Anniversary of USS COMFORT (T-AH 6) Kamikaze Attack 1945 | |
2MAY: NCR Research & Innovation Research Presentations Start | |
5MAY: Cinco de Mayo | Do you have a birthday that you want added to the calendar? Email/text Britt |
Announcements:
All Staff Updates
BREATHE Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Study
Researchers at USU are looking for teens (age 12-17 at consent) who may be at risk for type 2 diabetes. Some of the inclusion criteria for the study include having a BMI of at least 85th percentile for their age/sex and having at least one 1st or 2nd degree biological relative who has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or gestational diabetes.
If the teen is eligible they will be enrolled in a 6-week virtual group program that targets healthy lifestyle choices and/or stress and mood management. Outside of this 6-week group program on Zoom, there is one virtual or in-person study visit and 3 in-person-only study visits at USUHS. These visits take place over the course of one year.
For more information, please call Holly Spinner at (202) 643-6352 or email holly.spinner.ctr@usuhs.edu
Resident Retreat Ward Coverage
I am still looking for a volunteer to cover the ward overnight (1700-0600) on 23APR during the resident retreat. Email me (brittany.bumgardner@nccpeds.com) if you are interested!
Thank you to Drs. Hepps, Whiteway, Friedman, Urbina, Schulz, Groomes, Drumm, and Ahmed, for volunteering!
Winter/Spring SOUS Newsletter
Have you checked out the most recent SOUS newsletter, which features many of our residents, fellows, and staff? Check it out below!
Clinic POC Lead and Hemoglobin How-To-Guide
DEI Religion in Medicine Panel
We will be having our second annual DEI Committee Religion in Medicine Panel during morning report on May 23. We hope to have several religious leaders present for the discussion. To ensure this remains a valuable session for residents and faculty, we are collecting questions and topics of interest prior to the panel. Please email your questions and ideas to Emily Ferraro (emily.ferraro@nccpeds.com) NLT 03 MAY 2023. Thank you!
Pediatric DEI Research Study
Check out the information below regarding an approved SAUSHEC qualitative study regarding a pediatrician’s role in addressing racism and racial identity.
Although professional organizations have appropriately stated racism and bias should be addressed for the optimal health of all families, how to do so in a non-offensive and supportive way from the parental and youth perspective has not been reported. We seek to help our healthcare professionals develop practices that advocate for and are helpful, not harmful, to minoritized families.
For clarification- please note that although we would appreciate child and parent/guardian involvement, there is NO obligation for children to be present or to participate. Child participation is left up to the discretion of the family.
Contact Lt Col Michelle Lawson for questions/concerns (Michelle.l.lawson17.mil@health.mil)
MHS Genesis Updates:
Important Announcements:
MHS Genesis Provider Handbook
Important items to keep in mind:
In order for an encounter to be closed out completely, the provider must both complete the charges (coding) and sign the note. When viewing your appointments in List mode, this will result in a completely Gray bar next to the encounter. If there is a white section over the Gray bar, then something is still missing and needs to be completed for the encounter to be finalized. See the attached PDF highlighting what this should look like.
If a provider does not complete their note and sign it on the same day as the appointment, then during the final step of signing that note, they should change the date stamp to the date of the appointment (and not the default date of the signature). Otherwise the tracking mechanism we have will still show that encounter as being open, even though the provider signed the note. (This is for billing purposes only, as I’m told that when the note is printed or viewed later, the actual date stamp on the signature will still reflect the date that it was actually signed.)
Radiology Orders:
Order radiology exams under a clinical encounter (DO NOT order radiology exams under the “LIFETIME” or “HISTORY” encounters
For routine exams, tell the patient not to contact radiology for 48 hours after entering an order. This allows for normal protocoling and/or modifications to occur and radiology MSA staff to proactively schedule.
For inpatient teams, enter the radiology order PRIOR to calling for an add-on request. This will allow our residents to protocol or modify the study immediately while also collecting necessary information for our radiology-specific iPASS system.
Until August, if an ordering provider places an incorrect order, the radiologist will change the order for the ordering provider that will require a co-signature in order to educate the ordering provider. After August, if an incorrect order is placed, the radiologist will cancel the order with a notification to the ordering provider.
Lab Orders:
All labs must be FUTURE orders for lab to see them. If you order labs just as routine but not future, they route to “inpatient flow” and say order dispatched and lab CANNOT see them to draw. Lab cannot fix the order. So if you see “order dispatched” when you place a GENESIS lab order, you know it was ordered incorrectly and lab cannot draw it.
If you want SAME DAY labs when you hit FUTURE order, you MAY need to do an extra step. Future orders automatically date for next day – see Slide 10 on attached for exactly how to fix the “grace period” and date so that the lab can see and draw same day labs. I say you may have to fix them b/c I have had lab draw some day labs that I have not done the steps in slide 10, so I have asked lab for clarification.
MHS Genesis Patient Portal has replaced our Tricare Online (TOL) platform
Set up your accounts: https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Technology/MHS-GENESIS
Safety Reports
If you identify a patient safety issue related to Genesis, please report this issue to your Super User and complete a PSR form. Paper PSR forms will be available in your work areas to complete, but below is the PDF version that you can print out
Resident-Specific Updates
New PCM Change Request Process
Unfortunately, with the shift to MHSG, Ms. McDow is no longer able to update PCM panels. Follow the information below to submit the requested changes and check on the enrollment status of your panel.
We should anticipate that the Genesis portal is going to be more easily accessible and used more by families compared to TriCare Online Secured Messaging. It is in everyone’s best interest to try to get their “PCM in name” and PCM in practice aligned as much as possible.
For future PCM Change Requests please fill out the attached request form and send to: dha.bethesda.j-11.mbx.bds-enrollment@health.mil
The POC for Enrollment Management: Ms. Lisa Smith (lisa.m.smith132.civ@health.mil; 301-319-5351)
Updated Enrollment Reports can be found: https://wrnmmc-intranet.health.mil/sites/DHO/Documents/Forms/StandardView.aspx?RootFolder=%2fsites%2fDHO%2fDocuments%2fEnrollment%5fStatus%2dMonthly&FolderCTID=0x0120002D980CAD4CFD2E4BA36824C15127CE67
Walter Reed Research Symposium Due Dates
4/17: Non-research finalists draft 5-min poster talk; send electronic poster to R&I Committee
4/24: Research finalists draft 10min PPT slide talk
Transition to Practice (PGY-3s only)
This week's focus: TTP Session Notes
Check out the updated details about Graduation Rehearsal and the Graduation Ceremony
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
3rd Annual Partnership for Military Child Health Symposium: April 26th from 1300-1630
Overview of Topics for Live Event
Continuing Education
Participation
Promoting Child Health: from Environmental Challenges to Pandemic: April 27-28th
At the old WRAMC campus, or virtual
More info here: https://ctsicn.org/about-us/special-projects/niaid
*Note that you may have to use a personal device to register, as the site is currently blocked through WRNMMC computers.
USU Teaching Opportunities
Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)
Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences
Upcoming Conferences:
2023 Helfer Annual Meeting: April 16-19th in Tucson, Arizona as well as virtually
Partnership for Military Child Health Research Symposium: April 26th
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference 2023: April 27-May 1st in Washington, DC
Military Health System Research Symposium
2023 Section on Uniformed Services (SOUS) Scientific Awards Abstract Competition (SAC)
ARMY (NEW!)
AIR FORCE
NAVY (NEW!)
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