<html><body><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" data-ogsc="" style=""><div> </div><div data-ogsc="" style=""> <div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal; font-size: 20pt;"><b style="line-height: normal;">Epic has been updated to support new COVID ordering workflows.</b></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><br></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Going forward COVID testing and Respiratory Panel (RP) testing will be linked. The clinical laboratory will first perform the RP. If the RP is positive no further testing will be done. If the RP is negative, COVID testing will be done on the same sample.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px"><span style="font-size: 17pt; line-height: normal;"><b>How this works:</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Respiratory Panel order has been replaced with an order panel called “</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Respiratory panel/COVID Ordering</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">”. The panel will contain the RP order, the correct order for isolation (enhanced airborne) and instructions to place the COVID order. As of tonight, the COVID order is placed using a downtime req. Instructions are available on the COVID website located here:</span><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.upstate.edu/emergencymgt/pdf/intra/Interim_Testing_Guidance_COVID.pdf" style="" data-ogsc="">https://www.upstate.edu/emergencymgt/pdf/intra/Interim_Testing_Guidance_COVID.pdf</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><br></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">We expanded the ability to order COVID test to include trainees (residents). Additionally, phone numbers listed in the panel can direct you to help resources.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> If you feel a patient has unique ordering requirements not addressed by this new workflow, please contact contact the lab at the numbers listed in the panel for assistance. </span><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Early next week we will complete the creation of the COVID order in Epic and will then announce that the panel has both the RP and COVID orders in addition to the isolation order.</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><br></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 12.399999618530273px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">If there is any question about the orders please reach out to either of us. </span></span></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 13.333333015441895px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b>Jana Shaw MD,MPH,MS,FPIDS</b></span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Associate Professor of Pediatrics</span><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 13.333333015441895px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital Epidemiologist</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 13.333333015441895px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Pediatric Infectious Diseases</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">SUNY Upstate Medical University</span><br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3/1" dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">750 East Adams Street</span></a><br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3/1" dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Syracuse, NY 13210</span></a><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Work:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a href="tel:315-464-6331" dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">315-464-6331</span></a></div><br></div> <div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="ms-outlook-ios-signature" id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>Neal Seidberg, MD</b></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Pediatric Critical Care</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">CMIO</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Upstate Medical University</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">seidbern@upstate.edu</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;">315-464-7507</span></span></div></div> </div> </div></div></body></html>