Center Operations Tools
Center Operations Webinars
- Center Business Plan: Staffing and Job Descriptions (July 2024)
- Center Business Plan: Center Toolkit (January 2023)
Training Manuals
Epilepsy center personnel training manuals provided by NAEC member centers.
- Monitor Tech Handbook – University of Virginia
- EMU Nurse Handbook – University of Virginia
- Epilepsy Care in the EMU – Northwestern University
Job Descriptions
Epilepsy center job descriptions provided by NAEC member centers.
- Neurology Program Director – Barrow Neurological Institute
- EEG Lab Director – Barrow Neurological Institute
- Epilepsy Surgery Director – Barrow Neurological Institute
Tools to Aid Communication with Patients
- How an Epilepsy Center Can Help You: 6-minute NAEC video about how the expert, specialized care provided by epilepsy centers can help people with seizures and epilepsy reach the goal of No Seizures, No Side Effects.
- Common Questions: FAQ to help the general population understand epilepsy and the role of special epilepsy centers
- Referral Form Template: EMU referral request form and admission summary forms
- My Seizures Know More: A 6-question tool designed to empower people living with epilepsy by providing personalized questions for them to discuss with their doctors.
Tools to Aid Communication with Payers
- Indications and methodology for video-electroencephalographic studies in the epilepsy monitoring unit: Written by the NAEC Board and published in Epilepsia in November 2017. This paper outlines the indications for long-term video-EEG (VEEG) for typical elective admissions to a specialized inpatient setting and reviews common techniques used in EMUs to obtain diagnostic information in a safe environment.
- NAEC often send letters to payers on behalf of centers who have coverage denials. Please contact NAEC if we can be helpful.
Tools to Aid Communication with Hospitals
- Flow for Pediatric Drug Resistant Epilepsy – University of Texas at Austin: Template of flow for ‘pediatric drug resistant epilepsy’, investigative studies and personnel needs.
