Topics Scan/Local Attach Search:  
A clinic can receive the following types of patient documents by Fax/E-Mail, which need to be attached at the right place in PrognoCIS:
  1. Lab Result
  2. Rad Result
  3. Consult Response
  4. Procedure Result
  5. Progress Notes (received either from Transcription company OR Hospital)
  6. Letter In
  7. Legal Documents
  8. Encounter
  9. Billing
  10. EOB
  11. RFA Response
  12. X-Ray
  13. Citi Scan
  14. Others

The functionality of this Scan/Local Attach screen is similar to Message --> Attach Center. Only difference is the files will be either scanned or browsed from client PC.

Enc Date: This field is available for the Consult Response, Letter In, and Others radio buttons.

Note: When the RFA Response option is selected in this dropdown and the Search For Order No icon is clicked, the RFA Search popup is invoked. If the property attachcenter.show.allrfa.rfacoordinator is turned On from the Properties Master screen, then users having the PreAuthCoordinator User Role can view all RFAs present for the clinic on the RFA Search popup, else they can view only those RFAs which are assigned to them.

Properties: This button is exclusively visible to users with Read Access to the Properties Master screen. Access to this button is strategically granted to enhance user functionality. Clicking the Properties button triggers a popup, presenting a list of properties from the Properties Master screen in PrognoCIS that cater to Scan/Local Attach.

One Touch Scan allows attaching scanned documents to Patient's records. On arrival of patient in the clinic, front desk/clinical staff will scan the documents. Documents can be saved on local desktop or network location and later on staff can associate the documents with patient's record. Or staff can also scan the document and associate with the patient's record. Both functions can be performed using one touch scan screen.

Local folder is neccessary to be specified for scanned files to be stored. This directory name must be specified in the property, One Touch Scan > scan.onetouch.localpath, so that Prognocis can read all files.

Since, the utility is based on ActiveX; the corresponding should be enabled in the client browser.
Works with TWAIN compliant scanners like "Visioneer Strobe 500".
Property One Touch Scan > scan.onetouch.serverpath, to set the folder where the files uploaded are temporarily kept in this folder before moving to their actual location under data files.
Maximum size of a document that can be uploaded or resultant file size after scanning a file (may or may not be multiple pages) is specified by property Prognocis parameters > prognocis.attach.maxsize.kb.
Maximum 5 documents can be browsed and uploaded from Local Attach Tab.
On switching the Tab from Local Attach to One Touch Scan, the already browsed files will be cleared.
One document can be scanned at a time. Multiple page option if needed is available by a prompt question to the user. So, before saying yes, user needs to change the document in the scanner.

The Interface checkbox if checked; opens the Scanner user interface if further options are needed and provided by that particular scanner.
The Select source checkbox if checked; opens the popup of the scanner wherein if there the multiple Network Scanners in the client network and user needs to select from among them.
The One Side checkbox if unchecked (it is default checked); allows two sided scan of a document in the scanner, provided, the scanner has that facility. If checked, provides one side scan only. The user can preview the scanned document before attaching it to any screen. On the screen Messages > Scan/Local Attach, the 'Preview' checkbox is provided for One Touch Scan. This feature enables the user to preview the scanned document and decide if the scanned document is to be attached or discarded.

The preview of the scanned document is displayed in a popup window 'Scan Preview' with buttons 'Attach' and 'Cancel'.

  • Attach: If the user wants to go ahead and attach the scanned document
  • Cancel: If the user wants to discard the scanned document.

Please note that 'Select Source' and 'Interface' are checkboxes not available when 'Preview' checkbox is checked.

Need Cookies enabled at client browser.

The Scan button, for the first time only installs the scanning related files in client PC.

Scan: Click the button to upload the scanned file to patient record.

Local Attach: From the Local Attach Tab, using the browse buttons (Maximum five files) files can be selected to upload to patient record. The Max file size is specified by property Prognocis parameters > prognocis.attach.maxsize.kb.
Note:
  • User can attach as well as play a *.wav file if Attach Type selected as a ‘Encounter' and ‘Other'.
  • An Attach Type dropdown list is displayed if the Attach Type selected is Rad Result. The dropdown list displays a list of attachment type (Image or Narrative or both)
reset: Click the button to reset the Scan screen. All fields except the Patient details are reset.
See Also: Provider Master | Review