Patient Chart

The Patient Chart is the central repository of clinical information for the patient.

Introduction to the Patient Chart

Image Viewer

Introduction to the Patient Chart

The Patient Chart contains important information regarding the patient. This information can typically be viewed by visit, by MPI, or both. The Patient Chart contains the following areas of functionality, each with their own button on the Hospital main page. These areas can also be accessed using the tabs from any of the Patient Chart pages:

Social Profile

The Social Profile page is used to view the patient's social, occupational, and environmental history. There are multiple sections of patient data.

Vitals

Contains vital sign data for the patient. Vital signs can be entered, edited, and graphed from this page.

Assessments

Contains clinical body system assessment documentation for the patient. Options on this page include adding, viewing, editing, and comparing clinical assessments.

Chart Notes (or Notes)

Contains clinical progress notes. Options on this page include adding, viewing, and editing.

Clinical Summary

Provides a quick view of patient information for the current day. You can view and/or print a summary of the patient information, including Intake/Output values, Vitals, recent Lab Results, and recent Medication Orders.

I/O

Contains intake and output data for the patient. Intake and Output values can be viewed, entered, and edited from this page.

Lab Results

Contains lab result documentation, where lab results can be viewed and graphed.

Documents

Contains patient education, transcribed, radiology result, and scanned documents. Options on this page include viewing, editing, and printing.

Orders Tracking

Contains a list of existing orders (active and inactive) and their status. Information on this page includes order and administration details, frequency, conflicts, and start and completion date and time. Orders can be filtered by department and verified from this page.

 

Plan of Care

Contains a list of suggested and existing care plans for the patient.

Medical Summary

The Medical Summary page is used to view, create, and upload/import, and export electronically generated medical summaries for the patient. From this tab, you can view, upload, download, and prepare and generate the Medical Summary. In addition, from this page, you can perform Clinical Reconciliation between imported documents and the patient's current record for Medications, Medication Allergies, and Problems.

To access these areas of the Patient Chart, use one of the following methods:

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The Patient Visit Search box is displayed. Begin typing the patient's information (last name, SSN#, or D.O.B) in the blank field. See Selecting Patients for additional information about using this feature. Once you select the appropriate patient, the available visits are displayed. Select the appropriate visit by clicking it. Then, click Select. The selected page is displayed with the appropriate patient information displayed in the yellow bar at the top of the screen.

 

Image Viewer

The Image Viewer is a tool used to scan and upload documents to the Patient Chart and typically used by Admin staff and/or super users. Using the Image Viewer, you can also view multiple images at once. From any of the Patient Chart pages, you can access the Image Viewer. To access the Image Viewer, click the small yellow gear button located at the far right of the Patient Chart pages.   For details regarding the Image Viewer, see the Document Viewer Application Help from the Image Viewer window.

Note: If the Image Viewer doesn't launch when you click the button, you may need to click the Update All button on the CAH (Application Host).

 

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Related Topics

Patient Chart: Social Profile

Patient Chart: Vitals

Patient Chart: Assessments

Patient Chart: Chart Notes

Patient Chart: Rounds View

Patient Chart: I/O

Patient Chart: Labs

Patient Chart: Documents

Patient Chart: Orders

Patient Chart: Plan of Care

Patient Chart: Medical Summary

Using the Shortcut Tabs: Search, Demographics, Summary, and Allergy

Selecting Patients