FYI: Urgent PEDS mental health clinic functioning at RVH and available to all in our LHIN !!
Use as need.

RVH approved for acute peds mental health beds (inpatient) should be open near start of 2018. Construction underway and staffing gearing up now. Just FYI

Feedback again to all…

Please make a formal diagnosis at time of discharge and write it on the chart.

Our coders are struggling.

MVC as the only diagnosis is not enough. MSK is not enough.

I have asked them if they can’t figure out what the discharge diagnosis is to send the chart to your mailbox.

thanks all!!

Morning all,

Dr Bruce did agree to start looking after any patients admitted that he has met and accepted to his practice.
He needs to have met them and accepted them. Being on his list or having called to meet him is not enough.

You can direct patients needing a primary care practitioner to the Algonquin family Health team number and they will register with direct them to Dr Brule ( or others when he is full).
I have directed a few direct to his office and that is okay too.

One number is probably easier to hand out though. Algonquin family Health team 705-787-0846

cheers
John

Hi all,

Please let me know if you can work any (or all) of 1 – 7 overlap tomorrow in Huntsville!
It will make life better for all.
We had a misunderstanding about funding.
it is funded so lets try and fill it.

Just text or email me direct and I will coordinate coverage.
medevision is stupid right now and won’t let me post it!

thanks
John

Hi All,

Just wanted to give a heads up that Dr Nelson Matyasovszky has expressed his formal interest in making Muskoka home after finishing his third year in ER training ( in june 2018). I have met with him a couple times and he has talked to several of you too!!

Many of us know Nelson and I think he wood be a great addition to our ED groups as needed.

He is open to working in either site!

Nelson has already committed to do a family practice locum in the fall of 2018 and so will be here!

Nelson is looking for more shifts next July, august ( maybe 10 to 12 or so a month) then maybe 6 or 7 a month while doing his locum. Then the future awaits!

Nelson is working Huntsville ER this august so please welcome him to town as new med staff peer for next year as you see him!!

John

So..

Weekdays …no need to call rad till after 9pm to protocol or get approval for CT’s.
(no longer 3pm)

Evening functions like days now.

Can’t get same for Bracebridge yet as CT tech not onsite…
working on it.

Enjoy!!

Hi all,

Our lab is bursting with blood cultures ( over capacity of our machines actually)!!

Please remember to cancel blood cultures if you don’t need them!
Our sepsis panel is generating alot of cultures (ordered by nursing and MD’s)….!

Just a heads up as they are doing their best to keep up but with considerable expense and extra time by lab staff.

The blood culture main machine is not very old and was bought with a “200 percent capacity” to what was thought to be needed to have a buffer and we are still over that.

just a heads up.

thanks
John