EMR Team Blog

You can now print a patient-friendly version of Fast Labs, showing only the labs you wish to print for the patient. 

First, after loading Fast Labs, find the lab or labs you want to print and alt-click on the dates for those labs
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After you select one date, you will see a new option to the right of the patient's name that says "Print Selected Labs":

Clicking on that button will open a new window that displays a patient-friendly, print-friendly view of those labs which you can print through your internet menu:

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The new Spell Checker is now available in StarNotes by clicking on the "Check Spelling" link in the top right of the StarNotes window:

Any suspected errors will be underlined and present you with a drop-down of alternatives:

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If a patient has a mobile phone number listed in Hyperspace, you can now find this information by clicking on the patient's name to view demographics.  The mobile phone is now listed under the Home and Work phone numbers:

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Added a new function in the Actions pop-up menu, named 'Radiol. Impressions'. Click it to view the Impression section of all radiology reports for the patient, in reverse chronological order. Click on the name of each document to view the full radiology report.

You may have to Customize your Actions menu to see this option.  

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After you search a panel by keyword ('Search for keywords' from the yellow pop-up menu in the Panels display), and you choose the link 'add all the MR#s to a panel', you are now prompted for a panel name. Previously, a temporary (and meaningless) panel name was created automatically. 

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Have you ever had a patient scheduled to be seen in the outpatient clinic that either does not show or is late? Sometimes this may be due to the fact that the patient is currently an inpatient in the Hospital. Now, the Outpatient Whiteboard has a new enhancement that helps with this problem.

The inpatient census is now checked daily at 0530 and any patient listed in the census at that time will be marked in the “Status” column of the Whiteboard as “IN HOUSE” for all of the patient’s appointments that day.

Please see the "What's New" section in the whiteboard under the "Help" button for additional enhancements.

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Clinical Workstations are currently experiencing difficulties connecting to the network and this incident has resulted in an official House Wide Downtime. Although some users are now able to log into CWSs, because many are not, this Downtime has been ordered. We will keep you updated as we receive more information. Please do not call the HelpDesk regarding this issue as they are working hard to resolve the issue. 

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There have recently been some concerns over the legality of automatically applying a user’s name to all sections of the problem list when many times only certain sections are reviewed.  Many users do review the entire list and would want to take full responsibility even if they did not need to make changes to the pt summary.  To resolve this concern, the StarPanel Technical Team released a change today to allow you to choose the sections you would like to take credit for.

If you make a change to a section, the “I reviewed this section” box will automatically check for you.  If you do not make any changes to a section but reviewed the info with the pt, you can check the box in that section to take credit for your work.  You have the option to take responsibility for the entire list without checking each box by choosing “I reviewed all sections.”  See below:

After the pt summary is saved, the changes to the sections will be reflected more accurately.  See below:

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The "Customize => Preferences" display now supports a view in which the yes/no choices at the top are organized by category. Check the box 'Organize by category' to select a view in which individual categories can be expanded or shrunk by clicking on the category name.

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The HelpDesk has been notified regarding parts of messages disappearing or baskets not refreshing. If you experience this, please call the HelpDesk so they can log the occurrence. Thanks!

Filed under: Status Updates, Message Baskets