New Protocol Documents Available in PH Practice Library ProtocolDocuments_wide Sixteen new documents are now available in PHA’s PH Practice Library. The PH Practice Library includes published guidelines, blinded protocol documents and information from peer-reviewed literature.The purpose of the PH Practice Library is to provide PH professionals and programs with information to consider when creating their own procedures, protocols and standards for patient care.All newly published documents came from Pulmonary Hypertension Association-accredited PH Care Centers. The Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s PH Professional Network Practice Committee reviews all documents before adding them to the practice library.Twelve new protocol documents appear in the For Your Practice section:

EMR

  • Stress test form, Children’s Wisconsin.
  • Sample interval nursing assessment, University of Rochester Medical Center.

Respiratory therapy

  • Inhaled nitric oxide competency, Mayo Clinic Arizona.
  • Inhaled nitric oxide protocol, Mayo Clinic Florida.
  • DLCO procedure, Mayo Clinic Florida.
  • Functional residual capacity (pleth) procedure, Mayo Clinic Florida.

Treatment access

  • Oral specialty PH agents (REMS).

Practice pearls

  • PH in ICU guideline for care-pediatrics.
  • Sample alcohol instructions, University of Rochester Medical Center.
  • Sample GERD instructions, University of Rochester Medical Center.
  • Sample leg cramps, University of Rochester Medical Center.
  • Framework to facilitate office and specialty pharmacy communications, University of Rochester Medical Center.
Two new documents (in English and Spanish) appear in the For Your Patients section:
  • About your Veletri medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
  • Medicines and high blood pressure in lungs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
PHA professional members can access the PH Practice Library from the membership dashboard. Documents are easily downloadable/printable and include tools for patient education in clinic, templates for prior authorization and appeal letters, advice for medication transitions or side effect management and more.Become a PHA professional member to take advantage of this exclusive benefit.