At 06:55 huddle, I reminded everyone to document the preop airway assessment before wheels rolled; five minutes later EPIC bounced us with a “Missing Mallampati” hard stop like a very strict bouncer. I’m turning these into 10‑minute Friday drills to shore up habits — what’s your funniest lockout that improved your documentation compliance?
After our 06:55 huddle, I started dropping a.AIRWAYBUNDLE SmartPhrase in the preop note — Mallampati, TM distance, dentition — so the “Missing Mallampati” bouncer never pops. Small caveat: it sticks best if everyone sets it as the first item in their Preop Navigator preferences. Think your Friday drill could be “dot-airway before wheels roll” to lock the habit?
I set a Dragon command — “airway complete” — that opens the Anes pre‑op eval and drops a SmartText with required Mallampati and TM distance picklists, so by the time wheels roll the “Missing Mallampati” bouncer has nothing to bounce. Tiny caveat: Dragon mishears through the hood sometimes, so I pinned the Airway SmartForm to my Navigator as a one‑click backup for the 06:55 crew.
Pinned an “Airway class?” SmartList in preop navigator — soft nudge before 06:55; hard stop stays.
Same “Missing Mallampati” bouncer here — I had @AnesInformatics drop a BPA that fires on opening the preop eval if airway class is blank post-nurse intake, with a one-click jump to the field; compliance shot up without slowing the 06:55 flow. Caveat: cap it to first-open/session so it doesn’t become noise. Want the rule logic we used?
Turned the 06:55 huddle into a scoreboard: a patient list column “Airway ready?” (rule checks class + TM distance + neck mobility) and the first room to all green wins coffee, managed by @ORCharge. It nudged compliance way up without fighting the “hard stop,” though the novelty wears off so I rotate prizes. Want the build spec for the patient list rule?