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### C. difficile Testing in Beaker - EHR Optimization

June 13, 2018 | by Josh Carleton

 In this post, I'll discuss EHR optimization opportunities in Epic/Beaker for *Clostridium difficile* ( *C. diff*) testing at your hospital based on [IDSA guidelines](http://www.idsociety.org/Guidelines/Patient_Care/IDSA_Practice_Guidelines/Infections_By_Organ_System-81567/Gastrointestinal/Clostridium_difficile/#recommendations). I'll specifically discuss ways you can: ensure appropriate patient populations are tested, simplify resulting for the tech, and optimize the view of results for the ordering clinician.   

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### FISH Cytogenetics In Beaker

April 11, 2018 | by Josh Carleton

 CAP Today recently published an article titled the " [Benefits and Bumps of Switching to Beaker](http://www.captodayonline.com/benefits-bumps-shifting-beaker/)" and outlined some struggles building cytogenetics in Beaker. In this post I'll discuss one successful way that I have built out cytogenetics, specifically FISH testing, in the past in Beaker. 

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### Molecular Pathogen Panels in Beaker - EHR Optimization

February 22, 2018 | by Josh Carleton

With the rise in molecular infectious disease testing, especially during this particularly busy flu season, make sure you are delivering clean, user-friendly results to your physicians. In this post, I'll discuss a potential way to optimize your EHR and LIS for the delivery of molecular results in Beaker.

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### Medication Alerts in Beaker - EHR Optimization

February 14, 2018 | by Josh Carleton

One great feature of using Epic's Beaker LIS is the seamless integration with the rest of the EHR. In this post, I'll outline how the lab can take advantage of this integration to be alerted if the patient is taking medications of interest. This often gets missed during the implementation so is a great (and rather simple) EHR optimization.

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### Beaker Implementation Areas of Ownership

December 30, 2017 | by Josh Carleton

Complex projects with many moving parts absolutely necessitate clearly delegated ownership of tasks. Beaker implementations, whether an add-on or as part of an enterprise install, are certainly no exception. In this post, I'll discuss and provide a tool that can help facilitate assigning major Beaker areas of ownership. 

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### 4 Excel Tips for  Beaker Implementations

August 4, 2017 | by Josh Carleton

Spreadsheet after spreadsheet, analysts working on a Beaker implementation often live in an Excel-dominated world. This post offers a few helpful Excel tips to simplify build and analysis during your implementation. 

 In Epic Beaker, Beaker Implementation, Excel 

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### Rapid Strep to Throat Culture Reflex Testing - EHR Optimization

July 7, 2017 | by Josh Carleton

 

In this post, we outline the current guidelines from the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) for Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis testing and discuss how you can implement them in your LIS. This EHR/LIS optimization should only require a few minutes of build. 

 In LIS Optimization, Epic Beaker, Lab - Microbiology, EHR Optimization 

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