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Meet your MEC: Jasmin Chaudhary, MD

25 Jan 2026 - Get to know your medical executive committee members in this new series

By: Emily Sweet, Internal Communications Lead
The new ‘What’s New’ in Epic feature

25 Jan 2026 - Find updates, changes curated for you

By: G. Andrew Clarke, MD, FACS, Chief Medical Information Officer
Laboratory tests missed

25 Jan 2026 - Monitoring process now in place, watch for communication

By: Andrew Judd, MD, Laboratory Medical Director; Jamie Rouse, Laboratory Services Director; and Isaura Rodriguez-Snowden, Salem Health Laboratory – State Street Manager
Informed Consent Policy updated to address e-consents

25 Jan 2026 - Epic forms will change Feb. 2

By: G. Andrew Clarke, MD, FACS, Chief Medical Information Officer
MECs, Board post changes for review by Jan. 25

11 Jan 2026 - Regulatory changes to Rules and Regulations

By: Matthew Boles, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Peer Review accepting nominations for OB/GYN position

11 Jan 2026 - Jan. 30 application deadline

By: Jennifer Williams, MD, Multidisciplinary Peer Review Committee Chair
Goodbye, pagers — text messaging is here!

14 Dec 2025 - No more dead zones

By: Bobby Gray, System Director of Business Intelligence, Clinical Engineering and IT Operations
Only 30% of patients answer ‘always’ to this question

14 Dec 2025 - Sleep Friendly AM Rounds Test of Change starts Dec. 15

By: Zubaria Iram, MD, Adult Hospitalist Medical Director; and Jenny Clow, Laboratory Manager
Blood bank to stock cold storage platelets

14 Dec 2025 - Test of change starts Dec. 15 as part of trauma packs

By: Andrew Judd, MD, Laboratory Medical Director; and Jenny Clow, Laboratory Manager
CMS EMTALA survey

14 Dec 2025 - What medical staff need to know

By: Cheryl Nester Wolfe, RN, President and CEO; Sean Stack, MD, Medical Staff President; and Matthew Boles, MD, Chief Medical Officer

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