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Complete 2024 Influenza Provider Patient Safety Module (PPSM) by 4 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.

Prevent the Spread. Control Infection. Follow the below instructions to complete the PPSM requirement.

Take the module here

1. Complete your influenza vaccination requirement by completing A OR B below.

A. Get your influenza vaccination.

  • You can get vaccinated at many retail pharmacies, such as Publix, Target, CVS, and Walgreens, or at your primary care physician's office. 
  • You may also be vaccinated for free at an EHC flu vaccination event. Visit Employee Health to view the schedule. 
  • Providers who are vaccinated at Employee Health or an EHC flu vaccination event must complete the online consent form in PeopleSoft Workplace Health (HOME), prior to getting vaccinated.
    a. If you plan on obtaining your vaccine at an EHC Employee Health location or EHC flu vaccination event, only fill out the consent form no more than 24 hours before obtaining your flu vaccine as one of the questions in the consent form asks if you have had a fever within the last 24 hours.
    b. For step-by-step instructions on completing the consent form, visit www.ourehc.org/flu (must be logged in to EHC Workspace or on the EHC network to access).
  • Providers not employed by EHC or EU who are vaccinated at Employee Health or an EHC flu vaccination event will need to fill out a paper consent form when they arrive at Employee Health/the EHC flu vaccination event.
  • You will need to attest in the module that you received the influenza vaccination for the 2024-2025 flu season. Please retain your documentation
  • The vaccine is mandatory for all providers, except those with documented medical contraindications or a religious exemption. See B below if you would like to file an exemption.

B. File your medical or religious exemption to influenza vaccination.

  • The vaccine is mandatory for all providers, except those with documented medical contraindications or a religious exemption. Remember: You must apply for an exemption each year.
  • New this year: if you were granted either a medical or religious exemption by Occupational Health Services in 2023, there is no requirement for you to apply for the same exemption in 2024.
    • Emory employed physicians who had an exemption granted last year and have a profile in H.O.M.E. received an email in their message center in H.O.M.E.
    • Non-Emory community providers who had an exemption granted last year will need to indicate that they need an exemption within the PPSM module. An Emory team member will review the request against exemptions granted in 2023.
  • Egg-free vaccines are available at Employee Health locations; an egg allergy cannot be applied to the medical contraindications exemption.
  • To submit a completed medical or religious exemption form (form available in Employee Health or in the Influenza PPSM), email the form to employee.health.mdcredentialing@emoryhealthcare.org.  
  • You must state your exemption reason when filing a medical exemption.

2. Complete all requirements in the Influenza Provider Patient Safety Module.

  1. Access the module.
  2. Self-attest you received the influenza vaccination within the module in the Influenza Vaccination section; you will not need to submit documentation. If filing a medical or religious exemption to influenza vaccination, you will need to submit exemption paperwork. New this year: if you were granted either a medical or religious exemption by Occupational Health Services in 2023, there is no requirement for you to apply for the same exemption in 2024 (see instructions in B above).
  3. Complete the TB Screening evaluation section and/or complete the positive TB section if you have had a documented past positive TB test. Annual TB testing is not required by EHC unless otherwise indicated based on your TB evaluation. Complete the questionnaire in the module to determine if a TB test is required for you this year.
  4. Complete the online curriculum in the appropriate sections. This includes the Infection control test and modules: TB Screening, Influenza Vaccination, Compliance, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Patients with English Language or Hearing Barriers, Immunizations, Behavioral Health Patient Management, Workplace Violence Prevention and Opioid Safety and EHC Universal Protocol.
  5. Review, add or update your immunizations in the immunizations section of the module.

NOTE: You will receive 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 credit for completing the module.

To confirm you have completed the module

When you have completed all of the requirements, the overview page shows all sections as complete and offers you the option of printing a certificate (see below image). This certificate also serves as a CME certificate.

2024 PPSM Completion Image

Assistance

Employee Health: employee.health.mdcredentialing@emoryhealthcare.org
Employee Health Locations

Technical problems:
For technical assistance with the Provider Patient Safety Module (PPSM), please contact 8-HELP at 404-778-4357.

Medical Staff Offices:
- Emory Decatur Hospital: 404-501-5214
- Emory Johns Creek Hospital: 678-474-7024
- Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital: 678-843-7998
- Emory University Hospital: 404-712-7371 or 404-712-2269
- Emory University Hospital Midtown: 404-686-7631

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