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Accessing eMM Learning Pathways - eMM for Doctors
Prior to attending the electronic Medication Management (eMM) Doctor training sessions, doctors should complete the 'eMM for Doctors' learning pathway on My Health Learning. This e-Learning pathway…
Turner/Medical Day Unit (MDU) PowerPlans
Turner/MDU PowerPlans are designed to facilitate future visits into a day unit for certain medications. The PowerPlans will include the primary medication and other requirements such as pre-…
Recovery Pain Protocol - Anaesthetists (CHW)
Click on +Add next to Orders in the Menu tab
The Add Order screen opens
Search for the Post-Operative PowerPlan
Click on Post-Operative
Click Done
The Recovery Pain Protocol orders are listed…
Psychiatric Outpatient Turner Plans
Ordering a Plan
Create a Service Department encounter to order the plan for a future outpatient visit
Enter a Dosing Weight
Go to Orders from the menu
Click Add
Search for the plan
Enter an…
Insulin Pump Order
Adding an Insulin pump to Home medications
Copy Pump Settings from the patient’s Endocrinology clinic note.
Click on Orders
Click on Document Medication by Hx
Click on Add
Search for Insulin…
Medication Frequencies
Interval frequencies
Interval frequencies will place the first dosing task to start within the next hour. Subsequent tasks will appear after it at the chosen interval
E.g “8 hourly” charted at 18:…
Intrathecal Baclofen Pumps
Adding an ITB pump to Home medications
Copy Pump Settings from the patient’s ITB Pump Reprogram note from “Pump Status After Update” to “Low Reservoir Alarm Date”
This can be done by copying…
Gate Pass Prescriptions
Navigate to the menu bar, click Orders
Right click on the order
Click Convert to Prescription
You may select multiple orders at one time by holding down the shift key to highlight multiple…
eMM - Ordering PCA/NCA/CADD/Regional/Epidural
PCAs, NCAs, opioid infusions (e.g. CADD pumps), epidurals and regional anaesthetic infusions are still prescribed on the paper Pain Management chart. The online order is a placeholder only.
To add…
eMM – How to avoid Free Text Dose Errors
PowerChart only recognises specific numerals and units of measure to document doses of medication. If you do not use these system-recognised options you will see a warning that you are trying to use…
Documentation - Creating Letters (with letter head)
Dynamic Documentations allows the creation of letters by Providers and Clinics within PowerChart. This removes the additional use of MS Word and DocLoader. Further benefits include the reduced use of…
Documentation - Changing/Modifying note type
If an error has been made with the selection of Note Type and the document has been signed, a change of note type is permitted.
Note: Note types changes cannot be done with documents that are ‘…
Alerts - Weight Status Prompts
Regular monitoring of growth in children assists early identification of problems and is part of good clinical practice. The following Powerchart features have been added to compliment nutrition…
eMM - Transfer Medication Reconciliation
Transfer Reconciliation
An easy way to review medications in eMM for patients transferring to different specialties or changing acuity (e.g. ICU) is the Transfer Reconciliation option. This allows…
Message Centre - Proxies
The PowerChart Message Centre serves to notify clinical staff of the results of pathology and medical imaging investigations they have ordered and allows them to sign-off and add comments to the…
Message Centre – Opting into Pools
Select Message Centre from the tool bar
From the Inbox Summary, select Pools then select Manage
Highlight the pool you would like to opt into then select Opt In. Select OK to save
Select…
eMM - Ordering Parenteral Nutrition (PN)
Click on +Add next to Orders in the Menu tab.
The Add Order screen opens.
Enter PN.
The first option shows the PowerPlan for PN orders.
Click on PN Order.
Click Done.
The PN Orders screen…
Documentation – Modify & In Error
If a mistake is made in Documentation there are two options to change it;
Modify – use this option to strike out words and add an addendum within a note
In Error – use this option to cancel a whole…
CPU/JCPRP - Creating a Secure Registration Encounter
Creating a Secure Registration Encounter
Patients under the Child Protection Unit (CPU) and/or the Joint Child Protection Response Program will need a Secure Registration Encounter created in…