Round Rock Medical Center Med Web

Welcome to MedWeb, a web site designed especially for members of Round Rock Medical Center's Medical Staff. This site will provide you with quick access to monthly meeting calendars, CME program opportunities, news bulletins, and important email contact addresses. In addition, Round Rock Medical Center's bimonthly physician newsletter will now appear online. If you have suggestions regarding this site, please call Angelica Reyes, Marketing Representative, at 341-5546 or email at angelica.reyes@stdavids.com.

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eMAR is Coming

Round Rock Medical Center is the second in the series of HCA hospitals in the Austin market that will ultilize the eletronic Medication Administration Record, otherwise known as eMAR. The rollout will begin August 17th with the Post Partum Unit being the first to "go-live". The members of the eMAR steering committee, along with the pharmacy staff have worked very hard since January to bring this project up on schedule. The primary component of making this system work is the BARCODE. In order for eMAR to work as designed, every single dose of medication must be barcoded and every patient armband must be barcoded. The barcode forms the basis of the patient safety initiative set forth by HCA. For the first time ever, the nurse has a double check at the patient’s bedside for the “five rights” of medication administration; right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, and right route. This is accomplished by scanning every medication and scanning the patient’s armband. Click here to read more about eMar at Round Rock Medical Center.

Adding a New Partner? Start the Application Process Early!

It takes about two to three months to credential a new physician and grant privileges. If you're adding a partner this summer, please make sure the new physician initiates an application for staff membership and privileges as soon as possible. Below are some frequently asked questions:

1. Whom do I call for an application?
Call Carmen George in the St. David's Central Medical Staff Office at 370-4468.

2. Why does the credentialing process take so long?
JCAHO and Medicare COP standards require that hospitals obtain primary source verifications from all licensing and certification boards, post-graduate training program,s hospital affiliations, and peer references. Applicants can expedite the verification process by ensuring that their references respond to requests for verification.

3. What about temporary privileges?
They are no longer an option due to compliance issues with JCAHO. Please remember to get those applications started now, if possible!

If you have questions, contact Mary Beth Patten, Manager of Medical Staff Affairs, at 341-5507 or via email at marybeth.patten@stdavids.com.

2006 Medical Staff Officers

Art Boone, M.D.		Chief of Staff
Mark Maunder, M.D.		Vice-Chief of Staff
Roberts Peters, Jr., D.O.		Immediate Past Chief