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November 22, 2023

In this issue

• With Gratitude
• Supporting Your Practice
• Epic Updates
• CME



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Physician Partners,



As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, we’d like to take this opportunity to offer our heartfelt thanks to you. Your dedication to our patients and to one another means the world to us, and we are incredibly thankful for your ongoing partnership through yet another incredible year together.

We hope you can take time to celebrate this week with your loved ones – and we share our gratitude to those of you working through the holiday

We also thank you for our ongoing engagement. Be sure to review key updates in our December Top 5.

Thank you for all you do.



Gary Stuck, DO FAAFP

CEO, APP | EVP, Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Health



Dean Feldman, MD

APP Board Chair

Attention Network Partners! Learn more about our Specialist Incentive Transformation at a Power 20 and get your questions answered. View partnership types here.



• Corrected Time: South Chicagoland | Nov. 29, 7:00 a.m. Add to calendar
• Central Chicagoland | Nov. 29, 6 p.m. Add to calendar

Clinical Integration updates: View the latest program updates including MDE missing for several Cerner registry measures and changes for incentive and APP membership eligibility.

Operations updates:

View the latest operational updates including reminders on the claims appeals process and medically unlikely updates.

Establishing our Children’s Health Service Line: We are formally establishing Children’s Health as our 11^th integrated Service Line in the Midwest Region by aligning our pediatric clinical programming in Wisconsin with the existing pediatric Service Line in Illinois. Read full announcement.

Epic Updates

Epic Hyperdrive Go-Live date change: Now starting Dec. 3 at 7 a.m., access to Epic Hyperspace will be through Hyperdrive – Epic’s new specialized browser. You will log into Epic the same way and through the same access point you do today. Review resources for inpatient settings and Epic Connect on your Learning Home Dashboard.

New resource to support you coming soon: On Dec. 4, we’re launching a new resource to provide timely updates about Epic and IT to help make your work easier – including news, efficiency tips, enhancements and more. Updated at least weekly, this information will automatically open in a separate window the first time you open Epic each day in the inpatient setting or Epic Connect. Reach out to Betsy Winga, MD or Chris Jamerson, MD with questions. 

Epic Update: Ambulatory Epic Connect: Epic Hyperdrive Go-Live, enter/edit result flags PCOT and more.

Epic Update: Hospital edition: Quieter push notification sound on Apple devices with iOS 17, alert for duplicate orders with same PRN pain reason, Epic Hyperdrive Wave 2 Go-Live and more.

Continuing Medical Education

Legal Pitfalls: The what, when and how to respond during a deposition

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:30-8:30 a.m.

With a focus on Illinois law, a partner law firm will review components of a deposition and how to respond in the event you are deposed.

Upcoming CME and events

Dec. 2: 35th Annual Cardiology Update (in-person only)