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Patient Lists
Create and manage your own personal patient list. There are no shared team lists and there is no capacity to print a "TRAC" list.
To create a new list:
- Open CPRS
- Go to Tools > Options
- Create a new list and name it appropriately
- To add a patient to the list, type the first letter of their last name followed by the last 4 of their SSN
To access the list and save to the default view:
- Open CPRS
- File > Select New Patient
Clinic Patient List
- Open CPRS
- File > Select New Patient
- Unv Ssl Neurosurg 1 is Monday clinic (Hamilton, Diefenbach), 3 is Wednesday clinic (Moossy)
Home Care
Start a new note, type "Face" to pull up the face-to-face encounter note.
OR Calendar
Access the SharePoint OR Calendar at Neurosurgery OR calendar - Calendar (sharepoint.com)
You will need to request access from Lindsey Wilson.
Radiology
You will need access to the IntelliSpace Radiology app. Request it from Lindsey Wilson.
You can still see images through CPRS by going to Tools > VistA Imaging, but this viewer is suboptimal.
My IntelliSpace username is VHAPTHAlattA
Paging
To see who is on call (equivalent to Powerchart's Medtrak):
- Navigate to amion.com
- Code is "vaphs"
- Verify your cell number if requested
To send a page:
- If it's a Presby pager, page the normal way by calling 412-647-7243
- If it's a VA pager, dial *12 from a VA phone, enter the VA pager number, then enter your callback number
Vendors
Vendor | Procedure | Notes |
Stryker | Occiptocervical | Yukon system. No complaints about the screws. No complaints re: occipital plate. No jointed rods are available, had to introduce sharp bends with in situ benders. |
Lumbar | Nice system, no complaints about the screws or rods. Didn't do a TLIF.
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ACDF | Stryker Ozark system with C plug bone graft. No complaints. Good screws, good locking mechanism. | |
Nuvasive | TLIF | Nice system, no complaints regarding hardware. Used TLX20 expandable cage with nice result. |
Depuy | PCDF | Best PCDF system. Screws are nice, bite well, have a rotating sleeve that lets you hold the trajectory steady while you place the screw. Good reducing system. This is what Hamilton uses for PCDF. |
Globus | PCDF | Nice system, no complaints. Rods and screws worked well. Reduction towers worked well for small reduction. |
Medtronic |