Nuclear Medicine HIDA Scan Patient Weight Required
For patients receiving nuclear medicine HIDA scans, a hard stop is now in effect in EPIC scheduling to indicate patient weight.
Affected user roles
- Nuclear medicine techs
- Clinical front desk
- HOD front desk
- Patient access
- Hospital registration
- Radiology departments
- Anyone who performs a patient scheduling function
Technologists will see the scheduling questions in Epic from the Tech Work List in the tech details pane.
Training points
- This new hard stop question will only appear if the patient’s weight has not yet been documented in their chart.
- This scheduling question will not pull forward into the patient’s chart as their documented weight.
Questions?
Contact Employee Self Service
405-949-4086 / 866-609-4357
