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Current as of: 3 July 2012 |
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Location: |
First
floor of the hospital across from the main pharmacy. |
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Enter the hospital through the revolving door, west entrance on the
mountain side of the hospital. |
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Parking on the west side of the hospital is most convenient (Parking
lot A ). |
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1650 Cochrane Circle. Bldg# 7500. Ft Carson, CO 80913. |
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| Hours of Operation: Mon - Fri 0730 - 1600 |
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| Walk-in: |
No |
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| Self-Referral |
No |
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| Clinic: |
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| Beneficiary |
AD,
Prime (age 18+) and TRICARE Standard/T-Plus same day ACUTE Space-Available
(after 1:00p.m.) by appointment only. |
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Active
Duty TDY (see below for instructions). |
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Detail Codes: |
Duration: |
Comments / Instructions |
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| ACUTE |
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PCM |
Same Day / Next Day |
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Same Day Only |
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| SPEC |
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New consults / Initial evaluation |
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Any
care patient requires (routine, follow-up, initial visit, wellness) |
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(Follow-ups MUST be booked with the provider that saw patient for
SPEC) |
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► NO colonoscopies |
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► NO flu shots |
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20 / 30 |
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Appointments requiring 30
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► Physicals over 60 years
old |
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► Pre-Op Surgery Clearance |
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► Initial PCM visits |
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PAP |
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► PAP appointments only. |
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(Please see additional PAP instructions below) |
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| Special Instructions for Patients: |
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| TO BE READ VERBATIM TO THE PATIENT |
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| ► Children cannot be left
unattended in the clinic waiting area. |
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| ► A list of all medications,
prescription as well as over the counter, herbal supplements and vitamins
must be brought to your appointment. |
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| ► "Please arrive at
your appointed time. Early arrival is not necessary. The first 10-15 minutes of your visit will
be with your PCMs nurse |
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will screen you for Preventive Medical needs, health risks and review your
expectations for your visit." |
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| Special Instructions for CLERKS: |
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| EVANS TEAM LISTING |
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| Provider Restrictions |
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| ► Patients enrolled to Brewer are to be booked with Dawson. If no access, follow the appropriate
booking priority. |
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| ► Wherley, Dawson, and Hughes: Do not book for Pre-op Surgery or Consults / Referrals. |
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Patients enrolled to Dr Tebo are to be booked with Dr Markusfeld. |
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| ► Sheridan, Griffin, and Delgado-Bryant: They are NOT PCMs. DO NOT BOOK They are
Coumadin Clinic providers. |
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| Appointments with these providers do NOT prevent the patient from having an additional
appointment with an IMC provider. |
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| Multiple Issues / Concerns |
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| ► Book ONLY one appointment
per patient per day, list ALL concerns - do not JOIN appts (unless specified
elsewhere). |
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| ► EXCEPTION to this process is PAP appts.
They should NOT be scheduled with any other appt requests. |
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| ► If a patient requests a
PAP and Physical, there should be a MINIMUM of 2 hours between appts, or if
possible, book on seperate days. |
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| DO NOT TELL THE PATIENT THERE ARE ANY LIMITATIONS
OR RESTRICTIONS |
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| All Appointment Booking Priority |
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| 1. PCM (Same Day/Next Day - all appts) |
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| 2. PCMs
Team (Same Day Only for ACUTE appts) |
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| 3. Other
Clinic Team
(Same Day Only for ACUTE appts) |
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| If there are NO
ACUTE slots available then a SAME DAY EST slot may be used. |
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| If a patient has
a NON-ACUTE PROBLEM and REQUESTS a same day appointment, you may book them
into a 20 min ACUTE with |
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ONLY) if there are no available same day EST appointments. |
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| Appointing |
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| ► Follow-ups will be booked
with their PCM. |
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| ► The goal is to have NO
appointment slots go unfilled. |
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| ► Patients that are
requesting only a med refill should be transferred to the clinic. |
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| Active Duty TDY |
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| ► Active Duty personnel in a
transit status, on leave, on Active Reserve Status, or visiting the Ft Carson
area requesting an |
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appointment may be booked into any available 20/30 minute
appointment. If there is no available
access then they can be scheduled with Evans |
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| Family
Medicine Clinic (EFMC). |
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| ► Active duty reserve and
National Guard stationed at Buckley AFB, PAFB or the USAFA in need of a permanent profile or profile |
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| review
will be transfered to DFMC (211#) to leave a T-Con for CPT
Carmen Smith. |
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| Physical Exam Guidelines |
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| Active Duty |
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| ► Active Duty Physicals,
Part 1 and II are to be booked with Evans
Physical Exams Clinic (See protocol for
instructions) |
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EXCEPTION: PART II OF MEB IS BOOKED WITH PCM. |
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| Pre-Operative |
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| ► Consults: Book with PCM (if PCM
is a physician). If PCM is NOT a
physician, book with PCM team physician. |
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| ► Physicals: Pre-OP physicals, if
patient is enrolled to IMC, book in a 30 min EST with a physician on their PCM team only. |
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| Female / Gyn Concerns |
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| PAPs |
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| ► PAP appts should NOT be
scheduled with any other appt requests. |
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PAP and Physical, there should be a MINIMUM of 2 hours between appts, or if
possible, book on seperate days. |
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Medicine patients will be booked in the following priority: |
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1. Hughes AMHIMEACHTM2 in a PAP detail coded EST. |
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2. GYN (see Protocol for instructions) |
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| NOTE: PAP smears for patient under 21 years of age are rarely
performed and will only be done at the discretion of the provider. |
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Patients will get a routine well woman exam with the omission of the
PAP. |
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| General Clinic Information |
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| Medications Refills / Renewals |
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| ► If the patient requires a prescription RENEWAL |
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their prescription has expired, is out of refills, or does not have the
prescription bottle) |
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Transfer to clinic to leave a telephone consult for PCM. |
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| ► If the patient requires a prescription REFILL |
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(their prescription has refills left) continue with the following: |
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Ask the patient to have their prescription bottle present with them. |
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Explain to the patient that you will now transfer them to the Med Refill Line
where they may follow the prompts to obtain a refill. |
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Give the patient the phone number and attempt to transfer the patient to: 719-524-4081 |
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| Coumadin |
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| ► WE DO NOT BOOK COUMADIN
APPOINTMENTS.
Transfer patient to the clinic:
214# |
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| EFMP (Exceptional
Family Member Program) |
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| ► Book EFMP enrollment, updates, and disenrollment with PCM
only. Join two 20 min EST
appointments. |
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| ► AD family members only - NO Active Duty. |
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| ► Patient needs to pick-up form DD2792 from the EFMP Office and
bring it to the PCM appointment. The
form must be brought back |
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| to the EFMP
office following the appointment. |
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| ► Overseas Clearance – Transfer to EFMP clinic: 237# |
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| Mental / Behavioral Health Requests |
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| ► Non-emergent requests for
non-active duty Mental Health needs, transfer call to 1-888-TRIWEST, and
instruct patient to say: |
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| 'Mental Health' |
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| Special Instructions for Lack of Availability: |
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| ► If there are no appointments available, transfer patient to clinic for
assistance: 214# |
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