Additional Resources

for PowerChart

• PowerChart CD

A copy of the CD may be obtained

from the Medical Staff Office or
Informatics Education
PowerChart
• To obtain your sign-on ID and
Password, contact the the
Help Desk @ 962-2828
Physician View Only
 Table of Contents Notes

Logging On 1

Working with Patient Lists

Viewing Patient Results 3

Viewing Clinical Notes 6

Setting Up a List 8

Printing a List 14

Searching for a Patient 15

Accessing CareWeb 17

Printing a CHP Facesheet 18

Logging Off 20
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 Logging Off Logging On
PowerChart keeps track of all your actions and the patient
charts you open when you are working in the system. For 1. Double-click the Cerner folder icon on the
this reason, it is critical that you log out of PowerChart desktop screen. The Clarian Application Portal
when you are finished. This is important not only for displays.
patient data security, but also to prevent someone else
from accessing patient information with your User ID. 2. Double-click Cerner PowerChart – PROD icon .
Use the following procedure to log off PowerChart: The PowerChart logon screen displays.

1. Close any open patient charts by clicking in the

upper right corner.The PowerChart Organizer
screen displays. Do one of the following:
• Click the Exit button on the toolbar at
the top of the screen.
• Click in the upper right corner.
2. The Exit Application
dialog box displays
with the option Exit
and shut down 3. Complete the following fields:
the application?
selected. • User Name – Enter your User ID.
3. Click the Yes • Password – Enter your password (case-sensitive).
button .
You can select the two checkboxes at the bottom to bypass If you forget your User ID and/or password,
this box and exit PowerChart even more quickly the next time. call the Help Desk at 962-2828.
You are now logged out of PowerChart.
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 Logging On (Cont’d) Printing CHP Face Sheet

4. Click the OK button . 4. Select the correct name and encounter from the list and
click the OK button .

The Person Mgmt: Documents dialog box displays with

information for that person.

5. Click CHP Facesheet in the Qualified documents:

panel on the right.

6. Click the Print button . The Print dialog box displays.

(Go to Setting Up a List for instructions on how to

set up a new list)
To open a patients chart, double click
the patients name on the Patient List.
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7. Select/verify that the correct printer is selected.
Click the OK button .
The selected facesheet is sent to the printer.
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 Printing CHP Face Sheet
1. Access PowerChart and click the Documents icon
in the toolbar at the top of the screen.
The Person Mgmt: Documents dialog box displays.
2. Click the Find Person icon in the upper left corner.
The Person Search dialog box displays.
3. Enter the name or MRN number for the person for
whom you want to print the face sheet.
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Viewing Patient Results
Summary: The New Results icon displayed next to
a patient name is a notification that there are new results
for you to review. When you click on the icon, new results
display on a flowsheet in blue text.
After you review the new results, use the Bookmark icon
to indicate that you have seen them.
Bookmarking changes the text from blue to black and
removes the New Results icon from the Patient List. The
next time the New Results icon displays, you will know
that you have new results that you have not yet seen.
Use the following procedure to review new results:
1. Click the New Results icon to the right of the patient
name. The New Results Flowsheet displays.
• New results
display in
blue font.
• Critical
results
always
display in
red.
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 Viewing Patient Results (Cont’d) Accessing CareWeb
2. Results display in the same order as the categories In the future, to access a patient’s information in
listed in the Navigator panel on the left side of the CareWeb, open the patient’s chart in PowerChart
screen. To review results: FIRST and then use the following procedure:
• Use the scroll bar on the right of the screen to see
all available results. 1. Click the CareWeb button on the toolbar at
OR the top of the screen.
• Click on a category in the Navigator panel to 2. Your PowerChart login allows you to pass through
quickly display the corresponding results at the top to CareWeb and go straight to the selected
of the right panel. patient’s chart without having to log in again.
You can go to other parts of the patient’s record or
3. When you are finished, click the Bookmark icon on
the toolbar at the top of the window. access other patients within CareWeb using normal
procedures.
3. Log out of CareWeb by clicking the Logout button
in the toolbar at the top of the screen. PowerChart
Normal results now displays with the original patient chart still open.
display in black
text. Critical results • You must be a current CareWeb user for this feature
always display in to work as described.
red. • Your Cerner User ID and CareWeb User ID must
match for the described context passing to work.

4. To close the New Results Flowsheet, click the Exit

button on the toolbar or the in the upper right
corner of the flowsheet.

5. Click the As Of button to refresh the screen.

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 Searching for a Patient (Cont’d)
5. Select the correct patient name.
The patient’s encounter(s) display in the lower panel.
6. Double-click on the appropriate encounter.
7. If you do not have an existing Provider relationship
with this patient, the Assign a Relationship dialog
box displays.
8. Select the appropriate relationship and click the OK
button . PowerChart automatically logs you off when
The Patient Chart opens for you to review.
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Viewing Patient Results (Cont’d)
Tips:
• Use the Results tab on the Patient Chart
to view all available patient results.
• Use the Lab Results tab to view patient
lab
• Use the Radiology tab to view radiology
diagnostic reports from the IDXRAD
interface.
• For more detailed information, such as
reference ranges, specimen collection
times, etc., right-click on a result and
select View Details from the dropdown
menu.
• If there are more results than you can
easily see, you can resize the column by
clicking on the side of the column header
and dragging it.
there has been no activity for 12 minutes.
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 Viewing Clinical Notes Searching for a Patient

Use the Clinical Notes tab in a patient chart to view all
scanned documents.
1. Click the Clinical Notes tab.
The information bar displays the current search criteria. If you don’t
see expected notes or documents, you can change the search range.
Right-click on the information bar and select Search Criteria.
Information bar
Use the following steps to search for a patient that is not
already on one of your lists:
1. Click the Find Patient… button on the toolbar at
the top of the Organizer screen. The Person Search
dialog box displays.
2. Enter the patient’s first and last name in the Name
field in the upper left corner.
You can enter the patient’s name in either of the following
formats: Test, Martin or Martin Test. If you aren’t sure of the
spelling, type as many letters of the name that you are sure of.

3. If the patient’s name is a common one or if you

only know the last name, you may complete any of
Navigator Panel
the following additional fields to narrow the search:
with folders • MRN – Medical record number.
• SSN – Social security number.
2. Documents are stored in folders displayed in the • FIN NBR – Financial number.
Navigator panel on the left side of the screen.
4. Click the Search button .

To review documents, The Person Search

click on a folder to dialog box displays with
open it and then select corresponding patient
the document. names in the upper right
panel.

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 Printing a List Viewing Clinical Notes (Cont’d)
Use the table below to print a list of patients: 3. When viewing scanned documents, use the
icons at the bottom of the screen to zoom in
Layout Format Procedure
and out, or rotate the document if necessary.
The physician must sign on to PowerChart with his/her own
Portrait View user ID. Display the list tab to be printed.

1. Click Task in the menu bar at the top of the screen

and select Print or click the Print icon . The Print
dialog box displays.

2. Click the down arrow to the right of the Printer: field

and select the appropriate printer.

3. Click the OK button .

The displayed list prints in portrait format.

You may print another physician’s patient list while logged on with
Landscape your own user ID and password.
View
1. With the Patient List tab open, click Another User’s

List icon on the toolbar. The Print List dialog box displays.

2. Enter the provider’s name in the Select a provider field.

Click the Search button . Choose the correct
name from the list that displays.

3. Select the list you want to print from the Available Lists
and click the OK button .The Print dialog
box displays.

4. Click the down arrow to the right of the Printer: field

and select the appropriate printer. 4. Click the Print button at the bottom of
the screen to print a copy of the document.
5. Click the OK button . The selected list prints
in landscape format.

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 Setting Up a List Setting Filters on a Patient List
The following is a list of some of the available patient lists You can set filters to customize your patient lists. This
that you can set up under your User ID: feature allows you to select specific criteria so that your
patient lists work best for you. The filters may be changed
Visit Relationships – A list of patients based on information
at any time.
from the Registration data table or self-declaration of a
relationship, such as Admitting, Attending, Primary, or
Consulting MD. Can be filtered by facility. All relationships Do not customize the default unit/location list.
expire four days after patient discharge. Automatically updated
by the system. Use the following procedure to customize any of your
Custom – A group of patients manually selected by the
active patient lists:
provider. Can be filtered by facility. Must be manually updated 1. Click the Properties icon on the toolbar.
by provider.
2. The Customize
Location – Patients are grouped by their physical location in
the facility. Automatically updated by system. Automatically
Patient List
displayed when you log in to PowerChart on a Clarian unit. Properties dialog
box displays.
Location Group – Patients grouped together on closely related
units. Automatically updated by system.
3. Select the appropriate
Medical Service – A list of patients grouped by medical service filter status and type(s).
and taken from the Registration data table. Can be filtered by
facility and is automatically updated by the system.

Provider Group – A list of patients with whom provider group To filter a list by facility, click the Filter Facility tab
members have established a provider relationship. Can be and select the appropriate facility.
filtered by facility and is automatically updated by the system.

* Your office must provide this information to 962-9156 before 4. Click the OK button when you are finished.
your provider group is available. Your customized patient list redisplays.
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 Setting Up a List (Cont’d) Setting Up a List (Cont’d)
Use the following procedure to set up your Visit Relationship
list:
1. From the Patient List tab, click the List
Maintenance button on the toolbar at the
top of the screen.

The Modify Patient

Lists dialog box
12. Select the correct patient in the upper panel and displays.
then the correct encounter .
13. Click the OK button .
The patient is added
to your custom list. 2. Click the New button at the bottom of the
screen. The Patient List Type dialog box displays.
14. Repeat steps 10 -13
until you have added
all the patients you
want to your list.
Remember that you will have to manually update a
custom list. Use the Add Patient or Delete
Patient icons on the toolbar to change patients
or update encounters.
If at any time you no longer want to display this custom list,
click the List Maintenance icon and select the name in the
3. Select Visit Relationship and click the Next button
Active list panel on the right. Click the left arrow to move . The Visit Relationship Patient List dialog
it back to the Available list.
box displays.
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 Setting Up a List (Cont’d)
4. Select the visit relationships that you want on your
list, such as Admitting Physician, Attending
Physician, and/or Consulting Physician. You can
select as many checkboxes as you want.
5. Click the Finish button .
The Modify Patient Lists dialog box displays with
your Visit Relationship list in the left panel.
6. Select your new list from the Available lists
panel and click the right arrow to move it into
the Active lists panel on the right.
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Setting Up a List (Cont’d)
7. Click the OK button .
Your Visit Relationship list now displays as a new tab
on the Patient List screen.
8. Click your new list tab to open it.
9. Choose one of the following:
• For a custom list - You need to manually add
patients to your list. Go to step 10.
• For system-generated lists - Patients
automatically display and you are finished creating
the list.
10. To manually add patients to a custom list, click
the Add Patient icon on the toolbar. The
Patient Search dialog box displays.
11. Enter the name of the patient you want to add to
your list in the Name field and click the Search
button .
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