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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ambulatory Providers and Nursing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:red;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Effective Tuesday July 16, 2024</span></b><span style="color:red;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">: </span><span style="color:#212121">In certain circumstances, a
</span><span style="color:black">patient may need</span><span style="color:#212121"> to have their BMI and weight for a specific
</span><span style="color:black">encounter excluded from </span><span style="color:#212121">the AVS. Users are now able to check a box in the vitals flowsheet and enter the reason for not showing the information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">For more information refer to the tip sheet below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://www.upstate.edu/training/intra/epic/documents/ambulatory_hidingweighttipsheet.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Hiding Weight Tip Sheet</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Effective Tuesday July 16, 2024: </span>
</b><span style="color:black">HOD departments that normally enter weight during a visit will see a new row titled
<b>Hide Weight?</b></span><b>.</b><span style="color:black"> A <b>Yes </b>documented to the new row will hide the patient’s weight and BMI from the After Visit Summary.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Preview the new Flowsheet row, <a href="https://www.upstate.edu/training/intra/epic/documents/hiding_weight_and_bmi_from_the_hospital_outpatient_department_after_visit_summary.pdf">
After Visit Summary: Hiding Wight/BMI</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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