Communicating effectively with your consultants not only helps make your day smoother but also makes sure that your patients get the subspecialty expertise that they need. Before picking up the phone/sending a page on AMION, take a moment to make sure you have a clear idea of why you’re calling – you should have a clear question for your consultant to answer after their evaluation of your patient. If you’re not clear or can’t remember from rounds, check with your senior!  

In General it's best practice to call consults early.  This should be one of the first to do's for a patient to be completed by the primary team especially if urgent.  This way Patient care is not delayed, and consultants time is respected.

When calling a consult, make sure to place the order in Epic – “IP Consult to [service name]” – so that they are able to see your patient on their list prior to calling/paging from AMION.

When paging a consult it's important to provide Patient MRN, Name, and Call Back Number. You can also include the question in message if character limit permits