Update on Behalf of Speech Therapy

PRIMARY CONCERN:

SPEECH THERAPY HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVING ALERTS/MESSAGES FOR PATIENTS WITH A LARYNGECTOMY.

ISSUE:

Speech Therapy has not been receiving alerts/messages for laryngectomy patients when they are admitted or transferred in the hospital.

SOLUTION:

A rule has been created that will alert Speech Therapy, Nursing and Respiratory Users when a Laryngectomy Code is added as a Chronic Problem within the Consolidated Problem List in the Patient's Chart. Once this diagnosis is listed as chronic, the necessary teams will be notified each time the patient is admitted or transferred in the future.

HOW SPEECH THERAPY IS CONTACTED:

  1. ADD PROBLEM TO CONSOLIDATED PROBLEM LIST(REGARDLESS OF REASON FOR VISIT)

  2. ENSURE PROBLEM IS LISTED AS CHRONIC.

  3. SPEECH THERAPY WILL RECEIVE A MESSAGE IN MESSAGE CENTER AND A SMART ZONE ALERT WILL BE SENT TO NURSING AND RESPIRATORY USERS.

PROBLEMS THAT WILL TRIGGER RULE:

  • H/O laryngectomy

  • H/O partial laryngectomy

  • H/O radical laryngectomy

  • History of laryngectomy

  • History of parital laryngectomy

  • History of radical laryngectomy

  • Hx of larygectomy

  • Hx of parital laryngectomy

  • Hx of radical laryngectomy

  • S/P laryngectomy

  • Status post laryngectomy

  • Laryngectomy