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- Removal of Provider Care Team Field in Inpatient Consult Orders
As previously posted, the Consult Order Optimization project started last summer is focused on ensuring that the inpatient consult types listed in Connect Care as being available within each facility are correct. As part of that work, the Provider Care Team field in Inpatient Consult orders (click the camera icon below for a screenshot) is no longer required to distinguish between two different services attempting to share a single consult order. And so, to limit the risk of inappropriate teams being consulted and to encourage the correct consult order workflow, as of May 1, 2025, the Provider Care Team field will be removed from Inpatient Consult orders.
- Allied Health Inpatient Consult orders are currently exempt from this change.
- The removal of the Provider Care Team field from the Inpatient Consult order does not eliminate the associated provider care teams in system or Patient Lists. It is recommended that prescribers assign the appropriate provider team from the general consult list by right-clicking on the patient name and selecting “Treatment Team”; in the pop-up window, provider teams can be added or removed.
- The established process for Inpatient Consults is currently dependent on whether a specialty is available in your facility. Since 2024, RAAPID has been used to assist with consults from specialist services that may not be available in your Connect Care facility but exist elsewhere in the province. For details on workflows for non-urgent, urgent, and hyper-emergent consultation, click here.