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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dear Dr.Tanski,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thank you for sharing and compiling.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">It looks excellent.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">May I suggest :-
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Do we mention PE diagnosed by CTA Thorax.
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">And V/Q scanning to be excluded?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">About the transfer center?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thank you for considering.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">HSG<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Harvir Singh Gambhir MD, FACP, CPL, CPHQ<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Associate Vice Chair for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, Department of Medicine,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Quality Officer, Division of Hospital Medicine,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Assistant Professor & Hospitalist,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">SUNY Upstate Medical University,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">750 E Adams Street,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Syracuse, NY 13210.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> “<b>Proud of Upstate Nursing Team“<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">pert <pert-bounces@lists.upstate.edu> on behalf of Christopher T. Tanski <TanskiC@upstate.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, March 12, 2021 at 1:45 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>pert@lists.upstate.edu <pert@lists.upstate.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[pert] Draft policy, finally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Okay, the time you've all been waiting for has started (not arrived, just started).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I have a draft PERT policy for you to review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The PROCEDURE is a separate document that spells out how things happen; I'm still working on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please review the attachment document closely and let's have some discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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