A Doctor can select a patient from the Schedule shown on his Home page. The system creates a new encounter for the selected Patient if it does not exist, and comes to the Patient Encounter page. The selected Patient details are shown in a Band.
Patient Band:
Patient details like Name, Last Visit, Encounter Type, Encounter Date, Encounter Location, DOB, Next Appointment, Attending Provider and Patient Address are displayed in a Patient Band beneath the Patient sub-menu. These fields can be configured in property, Encounter patientband.tag.rX.cX The User can configure upto two rows and five columns.
The background color of the Patient Band determines whether the patient Encounter is current or past. Color of the Patient band is displayed in blue if the encounter is open whereas if the encounter is closed the background color is displayed in grey. If it is a Face Sheet encounter then the background color of the Patient band is displayed in yellow color.
Icons on the R.H.S of the Patient band
Case Management, Patient Alert, Patient Notes, Patient Appointment Workflow icons are provided as shortcuts to access the respective screen from the Patient band.
Case Management
:
Click on this icon to invoke Case Management pop-up. It displays the case
related details for the selected Patient. This icon is enabled only when the
case is asociated with Patient.Patient Alert
: CClick on this icon to
invoke Patient Alert pop-up wherein the alert about the Patient's who dodn't
keep up with appointments or do not pay. Red color dot appears over this
icon which indicates that there is some existing alert available for the
Patient. On hovering the mouse over the icon, a tooltip is dispalyed
as Patient Alert.Patient Notes
: Click on this icon to invoke the
Patient Notes pop-up. It displays the current encounter Patient name
poppulated by default on the top of the pop-up and adhoc notes related to
Patient. Red color dot appears over this icon which indicates that there is
some notes added for the Patient. On hovering the mouse over the icon,
a tooltip is dispalyed as Patient Notes.Patient Workflow
: Click on
this icon to invoke the Patient Workflow pop-up. It is used to display
details related to Patient Appointment Workflow. On hovering the mouse over the icon, a tooltip is
dispalyed as Patient Workflow.Claim
: This icon appears on the
Patient Band, when the property ts.show.claimbtn.on.patband is turned ON. If
the encounter has claim associated with it then the claim icon is displayed.On hovering the mouse over the icon, a tooltip is dispalyed as Claim.Icons on the L.H.S of Patient Band
Quick Access Patients
: Click on this icon to select the Patient encounters (open/close) in session from the drop down list of last accessed patients. This list consists of a maximum 10 recently accessed patient accounts. The name of the Patient displays in First Name, Last Name format.
Patient Search
:Enter the patient name in the Patient Search textbox field to search the required Patient.Search Patient
: Click on this icon to search the required Patient Name from the correspondingly invoked Patient Search popup. The User can search the patient using Last Name, First Name, DOB, Age, Chart No etc. The tooltip on this option is displayed as ‘Search Patient’.Expand/Collapse TOC
:Click on this icon to collapse and expand the Encounter TOC. When the TOC menu is collapsed and if the User hovers the mouse on any of the TOC menu icons then the TOC menu automatically expands the area to show details. When the User moves out of the area it collapses back.
If the TOC is in Collapse mode and the User goes to some other screen then comes back to the Encounter screen, the Encounter TOC retains the collapse mode.
Encounter TOC (Table Of Contents): Patient encounter options are displayed in the Table Of Contents beneath the Patient band, on the LHS. Encounter TOC displays the menu options which are configured by the User. Along with the Encounter menu options, an icon is also displayed adjacent to all the menu options. On clicking the required option, the User is redirected to the respective screen. Face Sheet screen is the default screen which is displayed when a User lands in the Patient Encounter screen.
Face Sheet:
Important patient encounter details are displayed in Face Sheet cell beneath the Patient band, on the RHS. Face Sheet gives a quick summary of the Patient's medical history at a glance. This is the default screen which gets displayed when an encounter is started. The Admin or Support Admin User can configure 16 Face Sheet cell with the help of the Manage Layout icon.