SMH-Venice Physician Newsletter – February 2025

Message on behalf of SMH-Venice Chief of Staff Dr. Scott Perrin

Dear SMH Venice, Medical Staff,
What a busy and exciting start to the 2025 New Year! With the opening of the SMH Venice ER expansion in December 2024 as well as the recent announcement of the planned EPIC electronic medical record conversion, we have much to look forward to the future of continued excellence in patient care. Additionally, the announcement as to the timeline and the site of the SMH North Port hospital which will break ground at the Sumter Road site this October 2025 marks another milestone for the health system and the population of Sarasota County which is serves. We are proud to be a part of such a remarkable and growing healthcare community. To that end, our hospital ecosystem is dependent on physicians and APP volunteers to serve on various committees and leadership roles. If you are interested in participating in any of the medical staff committees, please feel free to reach out to me personally and/or the medical staff office for more information on how you can best help.
Sincerely,
Scott Perrin, MD
Interventional Radiologist
Chief of Staff – SMH Venice

#1 Medical Staff Education Highlights

As we enter into the busy season, it is important that we all stay laser-focused on the delivery of timely and efficient inpatient care. With regard to certain radiology and interventional radiology procedures please consider the following educational points of interest:

• PET/CT scans cannot be performed on inpatients
• Breast biopsies cannot be performed on inpatients
• Routine MRI exams should not be performed on inpatients and deferred to the outpatient setting.
• CT or ultrasound-guided biopsies on inpatients should be deferred to the outpatient setting especially when there is an anticoagulation washout period required.
• Procedures for pain such as steroid injections and kyphoplasty are best performed in the outpatient setting if the patient can tolerate them.
• If a procedure order needs to be moved from an inpatient to an outpatient setting, please alert the interventional radiology team so that we can facilitate this transition of care for the patient.

Observership Link
If you have a high school or college student interested in shadowing a physician or APP at SMH Venice, please use the following link so that all required documentation and authorization can be obtained before their arrival. This is paramount to the maintenance of patient safety. Click Here

HealthStream Link
Don’t forget to enroll to receive important CME updates from SMHCS targeted at physicians and APPs. Click on the link below to sign up for email updates. Click Here

#2 Electronic Short Form H&P for outpatient surgeries & procedures

Dr. Seaman has worked with IT to build a short-form H&P for Outpatient surgeries and procedures. Per our Bylaws, we can use an abbreviated H&P to meet JC and AHCA requirements.

(d) Short Stay Documentation Requirements
A Short Stay History and Physical Form, approved by the Medical Executive Committee, may be utilized for (i) ambulatory or same-day procedures, or (ii) short stay observations that do not meet inpatient criteria. These forms shall document the chief complaint or reason for the procedure, the relevant history of the present illness or injury, and the patient's current clinical condition/physical findings. This can be used in place of the older paper form.

The generic electronic short form H&P can be found in the SCM document writer as "Short Form Surgery/Procedure H&P". The surgeon/physician needs to type the name of the surgery/procedure. From there, the remainder of the form is largely pre-filled - there are a few areas where the doc will need to click a box and type a few words.

There are a couple of other versions as well - one specific for cardiology (other PP attached - note titled "Cath Lab History and Physical Short Form"), one specific for GI (note titled "GI Endo History and Physical Short Form"), and one for Pulmonary (note titled "Pulmonary Procedure History and Physical Short Form"). Please click on the link below to access the information.

Short Form H&P Solution

#3 Upcoming Education Opportunities in February 2025

Please click the links below to view the flyers containing details about the upcoming CME opportunities in person and via Webex.

February 24, 2025, Neuro Critical Care Education Series – the NIH Stroke Scale Assessment

March 6, 2025, Pharmacy Ground Rounds - Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy – Advancing care and education in the clinical setting

March 7, 2025, Abdominal Catastrophes & Compartment /syndrome and management of the Open Abdomen

March 10, 2025, Pitocin Use, Misuse, and Legal Documentation Pitfall

#4 SMH-Venice Free Lectures Series

Please click on the link below to see the free lecture series for March 2025 that will take place at SMH-Venice.

Flyer Advanced Orthopedic Lectures in Advanced Solutions for Join Pain & Injury

Thank you,
Scott Perrin, MD
Chief of Staff