High Symptom Severity Checklist

Criteria for a Patient Case to generate:

1. Patient has a PHQ-9 of 15+ (Either imported from Epion or manually entered in the “Screening” section of the exam).

1. Positive result of PHQ-9 question #9 “Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way”

 

 

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When will a patient case generate?:

1. Patient case will be generated "DAILY" as long as the patient meets the criteria for high symptom severity.
   
2. Patient case will generate 15 minutes after patient has been checked out of appointment. 
   
3. A chart alert will also generate 15 minutes after checkout to help identify high acuity patients when their chart is first opened.
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Note: Selecting “Yes” for “High Acuity Patient” in Past Medical History will trigger a chart alert 15 minutes after checkout, but it will not generate a patient case.

Workflow steps:

1. Review patient case

1. Enter X in the corresponding checkbox in the patient case:
   

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1. Select leave in REVIEW to your care coordinator (under [state abb]carecoordinator for assistance. Save.

To find the case in the chart:

1. Select the Find Tab under chart view
   
2. Select Type > Patient Case > Clinical Question
   
1. The case will be saved under "High Symptom Severity Checklist"
   
2. Please note, there are multiple ways you can find the patient case including under Find > Time tab and under the Visits tab.
   
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