Pain Management Clinic at KMC

A Message from Tonya:

We have a new Pain Specialist working at KMC Clinics 2 full days per week.  We must have an approved authorization to book to his clinic.  Please submit a consult to outpatient pain specialist.  With the provider's supporting notes, we can submit for authorization approval.  His first clinic at KMC will be August 28th.  Please let me know if you have questions.

Thank you in advance,

Tonya Bennett RN BSN | Interim Clinical Director

KMC Outpatient Clinics | Kern Medical Center

1111 Columbus St. Suite 1000 | Bakersfield, CA 93305

(661)326-6502

Email: bennettt@kernmedctr.com

Paging via Amion

You can now page Internal Medicine residents via Amion. Please refer to the instructions below.

• Login to amion
• Click the green pager icon at the top
• Select the name of the person you are trying to page from the R1/R2/R3 drop down menu
• Type your name in the "From" box
• Type your message and hit Send

Hope this makes things easier. Feel free to share with other specialities.

Clinic Rescheduling

Please be aware of the following changes:

8/19 (Tue) Dr. Bazmi unavailable

following clinics cancelled:

Ansari

Arutyunov

Sidhu

8/21 (Thu) Dr. Bazmi unavailable

following clinics cancelled:

Azizi

Gholam

9/4 (Thu) Dr. Bazmi unavailable
following clinics cancelled:
Galustanian
Kassabian


9/10 (Wed) Dr. Ragland Unavailable:
following clinics cancelled:
Cohen
Yaghoubian
Azizi
Avertisyan


9/15 (Mon) Dr. Ragland Unavailable:
following clinics cancelled:
Awerbuck
Sidhu
Benperlas
Gholam


9/11 Dr. Ratnayake will be available (spoke to him directly on the phone)

following clinics are RESCHEDULED:

Chen

Galustanian

Gill

AMiON has been updated.

A message from Tonya:

If the resident is not available for the follow up clinic visit, we will book all returns with Ruby Reyes or one of the Internal Medicine Physicians covering the Internal Medicine overflow and KMPG Clinic (Dr. Brar, Dr. Meghapara, Dr. Epinolpoly, or Dr. Sandhu).  The patient will be referred back to the Internal Medicine Resident for Continuity of Care.

Urology Clinics

From Dr. Ragland:

We would like to add 4 Urology clinics to be done during Nephrology. This would increase our continuity clinic percentage to further meet requirements as well as increase our rapport with Urology to better understand pathology for consulting reasons during inpatient wards.

What do you guys think? Please comment your opinions below.

CLER Focus Areas

Residents participating in CLER visit should be familiar with this Quality and Patient Safety List and their participation in these areas.

PATIENT SAFETY focus:

• CLIP (Central line insertion practices)
• CLABSI (Central line associated bloodstream infections)
• Restraints/falls (yellow socks)
• Infection control – hand hygiene, barrier control
• Procedures- informed consent and time out
• Do not use dangerous abbreviations

HEALTHCARE QUALITY focus:

• Sepsis Bundle (refer to pocket card)
• Medical Necessity – PCOFT daily documentation
• Pain score
• Necessity for central line, PIV, oxygen, foley catheter, Review of tele strips
• Core Measures
•  Heart failure – ACEI/ARB for LVSD
• AMI – aspirin prescribed at discharge

Internal Medicine ITE Schedule

Please check the below schedule for the Internal Medicine In-Training Exam. Make sure to sign out to the cross covering resident before your exam. Cross covering residents, please carry the pager of the person you are covering while he or she is taking the exam. Inform your attendings of the days you will not be available, it is a full day exam.

Exam Date: 9/5/2014	Exam Date: 9/12/2014
Awerbuck (ICU)	Ghafarizadeh (Wards)
Avetisyan (ID)	Assem (BakVA)
Cohen (Wards)	Gill (Wards)
Arutyunov (Wards)	Yaghoubian (Neuro)
Galustanian (Wards)	Ansari (AC)
Azizi (Wards)	Chen (EM)
Talwar (AC)	Lee (Cards)
Hammami (Cards)	Ammar (ICU/AC)
Gholam (AC/ICU)	Sidhu (AC)
Chahal (NF)	BenPerlas (Nephro)
Aguirre (NF)	Mustafa (UCLA)
Kaur (Ger)	Kassabian (ICU)

Nightfloat coverage:

BenPerlas cover night of 9/4, tell attending wont be present 9/4 and 9/5

Sidhu cover night of 9/4, tell attending won’t be available 9/4 and 9/5

Wards coverage

-Assem cover Cohen’s team on 9/5

-Yaghoubian cover Galustanian’s call on 9/5, tell Dr. Sabetian will not be available 9/5

- Lee on wards 9/5 to help Gill with post call, tell Cards attending will not be available 9/5

- Avetisyan on wards 9/12 to help Azizi on call, Tell ID attending will not be available on 9/12

ICU Coverage:

-Kassabian on ICU call 9/5 to care for all patients as ED is off and Awerbuck is taking exam. He will have an intern (Ammar).

-ED resident Blakely to take care of all patients on 9/12/2014. 

http://www.acponline.org/education_recertification/education/in_training/