Network Connection Recovery
A chart update lock caused by a
dropped network connection will be
automatically unlocked within minutes
Out of Office Assistant
Out of Office Pop-Up
Activating the Out of Office Assistant
Turning off the Out of Office
Assistant
Out of Office Pop-Up
The pop-up window appears when you try to
route a flag or document to someone whose
Out of Office Assistant is activated.
Out of Office Assistant
Out of Office Pop-Up
Activating the Out of Office
Assistant
Turning off the Out of Office
Assistant
Activating the Out of Office Assistant
1. Go to Options | Out of Office Assistant…
2. Choose I am currently out of the office
3. Type a brief response to be included
4. Click OK
Out of Office Assistant
Out of Office Pop-Up
Activating the Out of Office Assistant
Turning off the Out of Office
Assistant
Turning off the Out of Office Assistant
If you’ve activated the Assistant,
the next time you log in you’ll be
prompted to turn it off
Out of Office Assistant
NOTE: The Out of Office Assistant doesn’t prevent documents from being routed to your Desktop via an interface. (Sparrow and Ingham labs, MSU Radiology reports, etc.)
KEY NEW FEATURES
VIEWS AND ROUTING DOCUMENTS Desktop Document Views
Desktop Groups
Routing Multiple Documents
Desktop Document Views
Click Organize to define a view by Document type, priority, status Location of Ordering Provider
Click to select a desired view
KEY NEW FEATURES
VIEWS AND ROUTING DOCUMENTS Desktop Document Views
Desktop Groups
Routing Multiple Documents
Desktop Groups
Create a group to view documents of more than one Centricity user simultaneously
Multiple Desktops displayed
Desktop Groups
Who might use Desktop Groups? Nursing staff monitoring multiple Desktops
for incoming labs and imaging reports
Physicians covering for other physicians in their absence
KEY NEW FEATURES
VIEWS AND ROUTING DOCUMENTS Desktop Document Views
Desktop Groups
Routing Multiple Documents
Routing Sequential Documents
1. Click on the first document to be routed
2. Hold down the [Shift] key of your keyboard
3. Click on the last document to be routed
4. Release the [Shift] key
5. Click the Route button
Routing Non-Sequential Documents
1. Click on the first document to be routed2. Hold down the [Ctrl] key of your keyboard3. Click on other documents to be routed4. Release the [Ctrl] key
5. Click the Route button
KEY NEW FEATURES
IN THE CHART Flowsheet Views
Allergies and Adverse Reactions
• Differentiating between an allergy and an
adverse reaction
• Documenting an allergy or adverse
reaction
Hide/Display Observations
1. Go to the Flowsheet tab of a patient chart
2. Click Organize
3. Choose from layout options
4. Click OK
KEY NEW FEATURES
IN THE CHART Flowsheet Views
Allergies and Adverse Reactions
• Differentiating between an allergy and an
adverse reaction
• Documenting an allergy or adverse
reaction
Allergies & Adverse Reactions
! Allergy: a hypersensitivity to an
environmental agent, food, or drug
Adverse Reaction: any undesirable or unwanted consequence of a preventative, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedure or regimen
KEY NEW FEATURES
IN THE CHART Favorite Forms Pane
Problem List Management Tools
Enhanced Medication Documentation
Create a Favorites List
1. Right-click in Favorites Pane
2. Select “Add Fav Form / Text component…”
3. Select desired form in Find Component window
4. Click OK
Using your Favorites
Right-click on a form
in Favorites and
select “Insert into
note” to add that
form to an update in
progress
KEY NEW FEATURES
IN THE CHART Favorite Forms Pane
Problem List Management Tools
Enhanced Medication Documentation
Problem List Management
View inactive problems in the
Update Problems window
Reactivate inactive problems
No more “Minor Diagnosis”
Prevent duplicate problems
Problem List Management
Reactivate Old Problems Move an inactive problem to the
active problem list
Start a “New Occurrence” of an old
problem
A Reactivated Problem
Reactivated problem now on Active problem list
Click OK to complete the process
A New Occurrence
Start a “New Occurrence” of an old problem
Click New Occurrence…
Select the desired inactive problem
Reactivate or New Occurrence:
What’s the Difference?Reactivate an inactive problem to continue treating that same problem The reactivated problem keeps the
initial start date and assessments Subsequent assessments are
attached chronologically
Reactivate or New Occurrence:
What’s the Difference?Begin a New Occurrence to add a problem independent of initial instance
The new occurrence defaults to the attributes of the first, but with a new start date
Only subsequent assessments are associated with the new occurrence
No More “Minor Diagnosis”
This option has been replaced with
enhanced custom problem list options,
including defined end dates
Active minor dx problems in patient
charts will remain on lists until they
expire or are removed or changed
during an update
Prevent Duplicate Problems
The Duplicate Problem(s) Found window opens if you try to add a problem already on a patient’s active problem list
Add a new assessment of existing problem
View details of the problem
Add duplicate problem
Cancel
KEY NEW FEATURES
IN THE CHART Favorite Forms Pane
Problem List Management Tools
Enhanced Medication
Documentation
Enhanced Medication Documentation
Additional comment field in the New Medication and Change Medication windows
Enhanced Medication Documentation
Allergies and Adverse Reactions now included in the New Medication window
Enhanced Medication Documentation
Allergies and Adverse Reactions also added to the Prescriptions window
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