E-Consults
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E-consults are available to any ºÚÁÏÍø Health physician or advanced practice provider. At present, E-consults are not available to providers outside the ºÚÁÏÍø Health System.
E-consults are for focused clinical questions that a rheumatologist can answer using solely the information available in EPIC, without seeing the patient. E-consults are not a mechanism for moving up clinic appointments or for questions that can be easily answered by consulting UpToDate or clinical guidelines.
Because specialists have two business days to respond, E-consults are not for emergencies. Additionally, E-consults should not be used to ask follow-up questions for patients who have been previously seen by providers in our practice.
Common questions Rheumatology has received and successfully addressed through E-consults
- What further workup is recommended for my patient with fatigue for the last 10 years with ANA 1:80?
- Please outline an appropriate prednisone taper for an otherwise healthy 75-year female just diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica.
- How do I safely dose allopurinol in my patient with gout and stage 4 CKD?