SMH-Venice Physician Newsletter – April 2026
Message from Daniel Murphy, MD SMH-Venice Chief of Staff
Greetings Medical Staff of SMH Venice,
As this is my first newsletter as Chief of Staff, I want to say a brief thank you for your support for the medical staff leaders. Your collaborative spirit at SMH Venice continues to encourage me and your elected chairs, chair-elects, and MEC members as we forge ahead with the ever expanding SMH Venice and Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.
We are deep into the winter season - our annual stress test. Your tireless work is noticed. We are thriving. We are officially a five-star hospital according to our latest Centers of Medicare and Medicaid rating.
We are still working diligently to bring Epic on board. Below is some information on the mobile application for Epic, called "Haiku." Haiku has far more functionality, beyond just the read-only format of the current SCM mobile application. Epic chose the name "Haiku," because haikus are short (17 syllable) poems. Epic also has an application for tablets called "Canto," which in poetry is a self-contained section of a long narrative poem (also known as an "epic poem)." If that bit of clever nomenclature doesn't get you excited for go-live on October 3rd, I don't know what will.
Myself and the Medical Executive Committee are elected members of the medical staff. We are here to help. The hospital, the health care system, the medical staff, the patients are always changing, evolving, growing, progressing. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Daniel Murphy, MD
Hospital Medicine
Chief of Staff- SMH-Venice
#1 Epic Updates
#2 SBAR
Click the link below for information regarding Management of Patient with PICA Disorder
Safety Alert - Management of Patient with PICA Disorder
#3 Education Calendar
Visit the SMHCS Continuing Education Calendar To See All Upcoming Activities.
QR Code to CE Dashboard/Calendar:
Link to CE Dashboard/Calendar:
#4 Links to Student Rotation Request and Observer Request
Visit the SMHCS Continuing Education Calendar to see all upcoming activities.
Please use the link below to access the APP Student Clinical Rotation application through Smartsheet. Note that a contract must be in place between the school and SMHCS.
APP Student Clinical Rotation Application
Please use the link below to access the Observation Request application through Smartsheet.
Please note that we request 10 business days to process the request. Observation outside of the OR is limited to 5 days in a six (6) month period; Observation in the OR is limited to 3 days in a six (6) month period and is subject to patient consent.
Observation Request Application
Thank you,
Daniel Murphy, MD
Chief of Staff