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Visitation Policy Changes Coming Monday, May 24
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- We will be changing our Visitation Policy to allow for more visitation on 5.24.21.
- This aligns with our move from Pandemic Response Stage “Orange” to “Yellow.”
- These changes will not affect our Universal Masking Policy. In addition to our pandemic level, we are still following MIOSHA rules regarding masking and the CDC guidelines still call for masking in healthcare settings.
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MHC Visitation Restrictions
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FDA Expands Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Therapy Referral Criteria
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The FDA has expanded the criteria for referring a patient to Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Therapy, allowing for more provider discretion.
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mAb Referral Resources
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Pre-procedural COVID-19 Testing Moving In-House
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- Effective 5.24.21, pre-procedural COVID-19 testing will start to shift towards being conducted in-house and not sent to Spectrum Laboratory.
- MMC pre-procedural COVID-19 testing will continue to be sent to MI Health for at least the next 2 weeks and then will be re-evaluated.
- All other MHC hospital pre-procedural COVID testing will be conducted in-house.
- The pre-procedural COVID-19 specimen collection process has not changed and must occur 4 days prior to the scheduled procedure for all locations.
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Pre-Surgical COVID Testing
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New Workflow for Discontinuation of COVID-19 Isolation Precautions
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Research Study: Patient Telehealth Experiences
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Joshua Kroll, DO; Family Medicine Resident, with support from David Klee, MD, FAAFP, and Kelly Hirko, PhD, MPH, surveyed 100 patients to gather feedback on their experience with video visits. Read the complete study results.
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MHC COVID-19 Collection Locations Update
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- MHC’s COVID-19 Collection Locations has been updated.
- Traverse City: The US-31 South COVID-19 collection location for symptomatic patients has permanently closed. The TC Mobile Collection site for symptomatic patients is Foster Family CHC (East entrance).
- Closures and modified hours for the Memorial Day weekend holiday.
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COVID-19 Testing
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Great Place to Practice Survey: Your Voice Matters
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- MHC Great Place to Practice provider survey: May 12-26.
- MHC medical staff should have received an email invitation from our survey vendor, Culture Amp, on May 12.
- The survey should take approximately 1 minute to complete (plus any comments).
- Responses are anonymous.
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Spok Mobile Paging Survey Feedback
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- Surveyed providers to better understand the scope and nature of the Spok Mobile issues.
- Received almost 200 survey responses.
- In response to provider feedback, we are:
- Reviewing the in-house SPOK Mobile Enterprise technology to identify potential technical issues
- Upgrading to the latest version of Spok Mobile as that may resolve missed/delayed pages
- Providers are asked to report any Spok Mobile paging issues to the MHC Help Desk at 231-935-6053.
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