Expanse Updates for January 20 2026 - MEMO

Written By Peter Gooch (Administrator)

Updated at January 30th, 2026

 

 

Release date: January 20, 2026 ONE HITS Clinical Informatics

Please find a list of minor changes that have been made in MEDITECH Expanse by the Clinical Systems teams that may affect your site. If you have any questions, please email Donelda Chartrand, Clinical Systems Manager at donelda.chartrand@onehits.ca.

INTERVENTIONS PCS/EDM/SUR

 

Intervention Name

Intervent ion No.

Appro

ved By

Change(s) made

Go Live Date

IABP

Assessment

2250015

Critica

l Care WG

Inactivating the duplicate intervention “IABP Assessment”. Use “ICU Intra Aortic Balloon Pump Flowsheet” going forward.

2026-01-14

Newborn CCHD

Screening

6502120

Peds WG

New intervention for Newborn CCHD Screening. When activated, the current question set on Newborn Screening Transfer & Discharge will be inactivated. Intervention will be set to add to worklist automatically through the discharge parameters. It will not need to be added by SOC. Intervention will be active for all site. If your site would not do Newborn CCHD screening, please enter a SD ticket to inactivate

 

 

2026-01-28


 

 

Newborn Jaundice Assessment

6251590

ONE HITS

Transcutaneous Bilirubin Level (TcB) query added to Neonatal Jaundice Assessment

2025-01-

16

RRT Pediatric Non-invasive Ventilation

3100201

ONE HITS

5 new queries were added to the assessment. Under the Mode section, a new section called “Equipment” with the query “Assigned Equipment ID” was added.

Under CPAP/APAP Parameters section below CPAP the queries “Pmean” and “Peak Inspiratory Pressure” were added.

Under BiPAP Parameters under the query EPAP/PEEP the query “Peak Inspiratory Pressure” and “Mean Pressure” were added.

2026-01-16

Many (all interventions that already included this doc section; also added to PT

interventions)

many

Allied Healt h WG

Allied Health Student Documentation Review documentation section has been updated as follows and now includes the co-signature functionality if the second query = Yes:

2026-01-

19

PT Student Documentatio n Review

7502080

Allied Healt h WG

Inactivated as part of new AH Student Co-sign changes

2026-01-

19

PTA Student

Documentatio n Review

7502110

Allied

Healt h WG

Inactivated as part of new AH Student Co-sign changes

2026-01-

19

OTA Student Documentatio n Review

7506000

Allied Healt h WG

Inactivated as part of new AH Student Co-sign changes

2026-01-

19

Transfusion Administration Record (TAR),

Transfusion Intake and Output

1501020

, 0501200

TAR

Task Force

A ‘Comments’ box has been added to the bottom of these screens.

2026-01-

19

 DOCUMENTS (AMB/PAPD)

 

Document/ Section

Name

Approved By

New/Change(s) made

Go Live Date

Allied Health Student Document

Allied Health WG

The ‘Allied Health Student Document’ section has been updated as per the screenshot. A pop up message will remind the student to add their supervisor/preceptor as a contributor to their document.

2026-01-

19

PT

Student Document

ation Rvw

Allied Health WG

Inactivated as part of new AH Student Co-sign changes

2026-01-

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHYSICIAN SYSTEMS

 

ITEM

IMPACTED USER

GROUP

Change(s) made

Go Live Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORDER MANAGEMENT

 

ORDER/ORD ER SET

Mnemonic

Approved By

Change(s) made

Go Live Date

Refer to Cardiac Rehabilitation-both versions

CARDREHAB, 6252730

PAC Jan 2026

‘Primary Cardiac Diagnosis’ Query now required and added in ‘Patient Demographics’ queries with rules for default.

 

22/01/26

 

External Urinary Catheter order

External Urinary Catheter-6256340

 

QELrequested a new order called External Urinary Catheter Application. Active for QEL only, is available for other sites if requested.

 

 

Jan19/26 for QEL

 

 

 

 

 

PROTOCOL

 

PROTOCOL

Approved by

Change(s) made

Go Live Date

 

 

 

 

REPORTS

 

REPORT

Module

Change(s) made

Go Live Date

 

TAR

Transfusion Record by Location

PCS, Lab

The ‘TAR Transfusion Record by Location’ report is now called ‘TAR - Transfusions Using TAR Tool’.

2026-01-

16

WIDGETS

 

WIDGET

Mnemonic

Change(s) made

Go Live Date

Vital Signs

VS

Previously, it only displayed the queries for temperature and temperature rectal. Now the following temperatures will also display: Core, Esophageal, Transdermal, Arterial, Venous.

2026-01-

15

Respirology

GEN.RESP

Changes made to the Respirology Widget that display the full ABG’s and VBG’s and pull reports (CXRs, ECHO, ECG, CT, and PFT results.)

16/01/20

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIP SHEET / TRAINING MATERIAL

 

Name

Module

Change(s) made

Go Live Date

 

2026-01 EDM Wave2

Training Scripts One Step Triage (+_-eCTAS)

EDM

New file: Updated instructions for use of Addendum to explain that addendums should not be used to document the Evaluation

(E) part of a SOAPE note. Evaluation should be documented as a separate note. (Exericse 22)

2026-01-

14

2026-01 EDM Wave2

Training Scripts One Step Triage (+_-eCTAS) FACILITATOR GUIDE

EDM

New file: Updated instructions for use of Addendum to explain that addendums should not be used to document the Evaluation

(E) part of a SOAPE note. Evaluation should be documented as a separate note. (Exericse 22)

2026-01-

14

2026-01 EDM Wave2

Training Scripts Two Step Triage (+_-eCTAS)

EDM

New file: Updated instructions for use of Addendum to explain that addendums should not be used to document the Evaluation

(E) part of a SOAPE note. Evaluation should be documented as a separate note. (Exericse 23)

2026-01-

14

2026-01 EDM Wave2

Training Scripts Two Step Triage (+_-eCTAS) FACILITATOR

EDM

New file: Updated instructions for use of Addendum to explain that addendums should not be used to document the Evaluation

(E) part of a SOAPE note. Evaluation should be documented as a separate note. (Exericse 23)

2026-01-

14

2026-01 EDM Nurse Day 1 Train the Trainer Trainee Guide

EDM

New file: Updated instructions for use of Addendum to explain that addendums should not be used to document the Evaluation

(E) part of a SOAPE note. Evaluation should be documented as a separate note. (Exericse 23)

2026-01-

14

2026-01 EDM Nurse Day 1 Train the Trainer Facilitator Guide

EDM

New file: Updated instructions for use of Addendum to explain that addendums should not be used to document the Evaluation

2026-01-

14

 

 

(E) part of a SOAPE note. Evaluation should be documented as a separate note. (Exericse 23)

 

ALC Tracker

PCS

Changed one screenshot; added instructions to review orders prior to submitting.

2026-01-

16