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1. Assessment portion of that Provisional Note Place this function in your Visit Summary Template Similarly LastProvisionalPlan is replaced with the Plan portion of the most recent Provisional Note Inserting this into your Visit Summary Template allows you to copy it into the Visit Summary e MedsBeforeToday is replaced with a list of medications that the patient was taking yesterday This is handy to include in a Visit Summary Template that you generate at the close of a visit to remind the patient what the patient was taking prior to this visit PatMedsBeforeToday performs the same task except that it converts the dosing Instructions into plain English and thus is better suited for Visit Summaries For example 10 mg po qam is converted to 10 mg by mouth every morning e MedsBeforeLastVisit is replaced with a list of medications that was taking prior to the last recorded visit This is handy if you generate Visit Summaries after the date of the patient visit and want to include in them the list of medications that the patient was taking prior to that visit PatMedsBeforeLastVisit performs the same task except that it converts the dosing Instructions into plain English and thus is better suited for Visit Summaries 12 e MedsStoppedTodayNoVaccine is replaced with a list of the medications that the patient was told to stop taking today excluding any vaccines Since vaccines are started and stopped simultaneously since they are j
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3. WELFORD CHART NOTES NEWSLETTER Volume 40 No 6 copyright 2012 Welford Medical Computing Inc June 2012 All rights reserved NEW VITAL SIGNS FORM FEATURES User s Manual pgs 1259 1260 Version 6 1 has many new features which make the Vital Signs Form easier to use Let s see these in action 1 Open Kelly Erickson s chart by pressing Write New Note Note and specifying Kelly Erickson as the name of the patient Press View Forms vVital Signs Options to adjust the Vital Signs Form Options Check Include Smoking and Default to last smoking This causes the program to automatically look up the previously stored smoking information for this patient and fill it in to the Vital Signs Form as the default answer Check Include Height and set the Units Default to feet inches This allows you to record the patient height in feet and inches rather than specifying it purely in inches which is more prone to error For example some people mistakenly convert 6 2 to 60 2 62 inches forgetting that 6 feet 72 inches Press OK to store these new Options On the Vital Signs Form check Send to Writer and Store in Lab Book Send to Writer causes the contents of the Vital Signs Form to be placed into the Writer at the current cursor position the same as before version 6 1 Store in Lab Book causes the contents of the Vital Signs Form to be stored directly in the Lab Book rather than having to parse the i
4. e it comes from the most recent Height and Weight recorded in the Lab Book To try this 1 Open the Writer for Kelly Erickson 2 Type in height 64 inches weight 128 3 Note that the Parser Quick Summary now shows the Height and Weight ready to be added to the Lab Book assuming you have set your Parser Options Parser on to Yes 4 If you now type in the Writer BMI this is replaced with the BMI calculated from the Height and Weight stated in your note and found in the Parser Quick Summary of 22 0 kg m2 even though you have not yet pressed OK to store these items in the Lab Book e LastMedication Date and Dose LastMedication Date gives the date of the most recent dosing instruction for the medication For example LastSimvastatin_Date is replaced with the date when the dose of simvastatin was last changed LastMedication_Dose is replaced with the most recent dosing instruction for the medication For example LastSimvastatin Dose is replaced with the current dose of simvastatin These functions are handy in a Generic Report Generator Other field where you can then see for example which patients who are taking simvastatin are taking 80 mg per day e LastProvisionalAssessment is replaced with the Assessment section of the most recent Provisional Note for the patient This is handy if you tend to write Provisional Notes at the time of the patient visit and then want to generate a Visit Summary which contains the
5. nformation from the Writer Notice the new Clear button This is handy if you Start filling information on the Vital Signs Form and then realize that all of the information is incorrect for example it pertains to a different patient and amp Vital Signs Options Temperature W Include Units default C Celsius Fahrenheit W Show body location We Playback alternate units Route default C axillary central C oral C rectal C byrnpanic Pulse W Include Default descriptio W Playback position W Include description Sitting only Blood Pressure W Include W Include body position W Include body side W Include limb W Include cuff size Mas BP s 2 Si Sitting only Ele f We Default to last smoking Woe Fall w jacu Sammer W Include Chief Complaint AC Separate Lines Respirations lw Include W Include description Default description Height iW Include Units default f inches Playback alternate units Default to last height weight W Include Units default f pounds f kg W Playback alternate units W Playback BMI W Playback Overweight W Default to last weight Head Circumference T Include Units default m Waist Circumference To Include Units default o Temp 96 4F tympanic 36 9 Celsius Pulse oo BP 140 72 supine right Height 5 4 0 Weight 178 0 lbs BM 30 6 kg me moderately obese Smoking non smoker you wish
6. to erase all of it from the screen rather than closing and reopening the Vital Signs Form 11 Lab Book for KELLY ERICKSON nn 8 On the Vital Signs Form fill in a Temperature of 98 4F a Pulse of 88 sitting Blood Pressure of Result 140 72 sitting Note that the most recent Height and Weight are filled in for you assuming you 5 1 4 201 2 have checked the Default to last weight and ARKJE Mod hig J E Default to last height Options For Smoking s1420 WEIGHT NIL 10 0 9 Press OK to both store this information in the Lab ol4e0e DIASTOLICBP NI fe Book and insert it into the Writer v14 2012 SyYSTOUCBP MI 140 5 14 2012 PULSE SI low 58 5 14 2012 TEMPERATURE INI qa 4 NEN eee Unassigned Version 6 2 has many new functions Let s see how to 142017 SMOKING NIL Sanaa er use them e AllEvents is replaced with all of the patients Events This is handy if you record surgeries and procedures in Events and want to include them in your Templates e g Past Surgical History Events e BirthMonth is replaced with the numeric month of the year of the patient s birthdate For example if the patient were born in June then BirthMonth is replaced with 6 You might include this in a Generic Report Generator Other field if you wanted to generate a report in which you sort your patients by their birth months e BMI This now is calculated from the Height and Weight Parsed from your note if it appears there otherwis
7. ust given once you generally will not want to include vaccines in a Visit Summary Template MedsStoppedToday would include such vaccines Therefore use a heading like Medications You Should Stop Taking MedsStoppedTodayNoVaccine in your Visit Summary Templates e SmokingStatus is replaced with the Meaningful Use Smoking Status This is handy in a Generic Report Generator Other field if you want to see which patients have a particular Smoking Status e VaccinesToday is replaced with a list of the vaccines that you administered today This can be handy in Visit Summary Templates in which you wish to inform the patient of these vaccines For example put the following into your Visit Summary Template Vaccines You Received Today VaccinesToday NEWS ON VERSION 6 2 We have added over 60 new features to version 6 2 This version allows you to be automatically notified if you have selected a patient whose name is very similar to another patient in the practice so that you avoid choosing the wrong chart If there are features that you would like to see in this version please let us know at support emirj com or call MEDCOM Information Systems at 800 213 2161 SEND US YOUR TIPS If you have tips shortcuts questions or suggestions for future newsletter topics please send them to us at Welford Medical Computing Inc or MEDCOM Information Systems 3779 Hermitage Trail 2117 Stonington Avenue Rockford IL 6111 Hoffman Estates

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