Working with Patient Records

This topic is designed to acquaint you with the Patients menu and using patient records.

Use the Patients menu to perform all of the following:

Add New Patients	Add New Admissions	Work with Existing Patients/Admissions	Work with Clinical Documents	Work with Orders/Visits
Add a New Patient	Admit/Discharge to Home Health from Hospice	Search and Select an Existing Patient	Available Documents	Enter Orders
Select a Diagnosis	Create an Admission	Patient Management Window Patient tab Relationship tab Care Profile tab Orders tab	Document Navigation & Layout	Set up Order Frequencies
Identify Surgical Codes	Create Manual PPS Episodes	Review Allergy Interactions	Copy Previous Documents	Generate Orders
Enter Patient Medications		Discharge a Patient	Add/Open a Document	Print Orders
Identify Patient Allergies		Re-admit a Discharged Patient	Upload Custom Documents	Complete/Lock Orders
Enter Durable Medical Equipment (DME)			Print Documents	Generate Visits
Select Physicians			Validate/Complete Documents	Edit Visits
Record Insurance Information			Lock/Sign Documents	Complete Visits
Enter Patient Contacts (Caregivers)			Certify Documents
Add Advance Directives
Associate Personnel
Identify Patient Pharmacies