January 18, 2018

Updated information for eStar users on printing and InBasket released

The Health Information Technology team has released new information about how to facilitate printing and the use of InBaskets in eStar.

Printing

The team recently released a Tip Sheet that details how colleagues can print patient information using the SnapShot report found within Chart Review in eStar. This method can be used to print multiple types of reports, including a list of the patient’s current medications and allergies and an immunization summary. The Tip Sheet can be found in the Learning Home Dashboard and from within Hubbl under the title “Printing from SnapShot” (from Hubbl, click “Tip Sheets” and search “Printing from SnapShot”).

InBaskets

New changes are being released within eStar that will improve the user experience with InBaskets. To see these changes, users will need to ensure they have closed current sessions of eStar and are logged into a brand-new session.

A summary of InBasket-related changes is below:

 

Item

Description of Change

1

Folder Renaming
  • Pt Advice renamed to “MHAV Message”
  • Pt RX Request renamed to “MHAV RX Request”

2

Reminders
  • Double-clicking reminders will no longer create a new encounter

3

Reminders
  • All reminders will show patient demographic information in the preview area (similar to other messages)

4

Telephone Encounter
  • Reason for call will display when creating a telephone encounter to assist in identifying other telephone encounters that may be active with the same topic

5

Orders

  • “Complete Orders” and “Edit Results” are no longer abbreviated but spelled out

6

Multiple Message Types
  • Icon next to “Comment” has been removed to differentiate it from Quick Note

7

CC Charts
  • “Make me the Author” has been removed

8

Community Message
  • Information in community messages can now be saved to chart
    • Process will be the same as saving a staff message to the chart
    • User will need to click “save to chart” button in order for this information to be saved.

9

Patient Advice Message
  • Removed “Called Patient” button on Patient Advice Message which marked message as complete
    • “Call Patient” will still be available to open patient a call encounter

10

CC Chart
  • Removed “ Sign Encounter” button

11

Multiple Message Types
  • Added “Chart” button to multiple message types

12

Deceased Patient Message Type
  • Allow for basic documentation after a patient is marked as deceased
  • System definitions have been updated for deceased patient message type of encounters that can be created
    • Patient Email
    • Documentation
    • Letter (Out)
    • Telephone

13

Multiple Message Types

  • Icons and button types have been standardized within multiple message types