Health Maintenance is an activity that helps systematically track preventive care procedures for patients. It also provides a quick overview of whether your patient has received the recommended schedule of preventive care.

Resources

The following resources provide information on Health Maintenance functionality.

• Addressing Care Gaps in Health Maintenance - (Handout) The Care Gap Order Set allows clinicians to quickly choose from the most common health maintenance orders grouped together in an order set. Clinicians can place vaccine orders from the Smart Sets in Epic.
• Breast Cancer Screening Frequency in Health Maintenance - (Handout) Recommendations have been made to change the mammogram Health Maintenance topic from annual exam to biennial exam for females 40-74 years of age at average risk of breast cancer. Frequency can still be changed for individual patients to a custom schedule based on the result of the screening.
• Colorectal Health Maintenance FAQ - (Handout) Common questions and issues for Colorectal Health Maintenance. Follow-up with management for specific questions that are not clearly defined in this document.
• Health Maintenance Overview - (Handout) The main components of the Health Maintenance activity including the toolbar, table, and report are reviewed.
• Health Maintenance and CareGap Order Set FAQ - (Handout) A list is provided of Frequently Asked Questions for using Health Maintenance and the CareGap Order Set.

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