New ADT Notifications for PCPs and Clinicians Identified by Patients 

As of April 29, admission/discharge/transfer (ADT) notifications will be sent to clinicians as identified by a patient upon a hospital admission or ED visit in a VUMC facility. This change will: 

• Promote better interoperability among healthcare providers 

• Support improved visibility among disparate care team members 

• Compliance with key parts of 21st Century Cures Act 

Currently, primary care providers (PCPs) and those clinicians who have opted in for specific patients receive notifications of a patient’s admission to a Vanderbilt hospital. With this change, clinicians will now receive ADT notifications of all major inpatient events, including: 

• ED visits 

• Hospital admissions 

• Hospital discharges 

• Inpatient status changes (e.g., to observation) 

VUMC clinicians will receive notifications in their “Admissions Notifications” folder within In Basket. 

• Notifications will “nest” so all notifications related to the same inpatient stay will appear in the same In Basket message 

• If a clinician opens the message, additional updates related to that patient’s inpatient stay will appear as a separate message 

Clinicians receiving these updates include: 

• PCPs 

• Clinicians who have elected to receive notifications for specific patients 

• All clinicians (including specialists) identified by patients at time of their hospital admission 

• Non-VUMC (including referring) clinicians identified by patients at time of their hospital admission 

--If a clinician is not already in the Provider Facility Directory (PFD), the identified clinician will be added in accordance with existing PFD process