AdHoc charting allows staff to complete forms and assessments directly into the patient record via a PowerForm.
Locating PowerForms (AdHoc Charting)
Via AdHoc in the toolbar
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Open the patient record and click the AdHoc icon
in the toolbar -
Click the required folder (left) for the area of interest. This opens the related forms and assessments on the right
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Tick the required form (right) and then click the Chart button (or double click the form)
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The PowerForm opens
Via Document Launcher
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There are quicklinks to the adhoc forms you use most frequently in your Document Launcher on Paediatric Summary and also ContinuousDoc.
Completing PowerForms
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Fill in the relevant fields
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Sign by clicking
in the top left corner -
The form is viewable in Documentation, ContinuousDoc and Form Browser
Modify or Cancel AdHoc Data
Details on a form can be modified or the entire form can be uncharted if it was completed in error. Modify and Unchart are performed in Form Browser
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Click Form Browser from the menu of the patient’s chart
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If required, use Sort By: to find the form more readily e.g. by date or form
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Right click on the form to be modified or canceled
To Modify:
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Right click and select Modify to re-open the form
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Complete modifications
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Sign
To Cancel
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Right click and select Unchart
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Enter a reason for cancelling the form (e.g. wrong patient)
- Sign
- Form Browser will now display the form with the updated status of Modified or In Error.
Tips on Completing PowerForms
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Yellow fields are mandatory
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Circle options
: Only one option can be selected -
Square options
: more than one option can be selected
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Some forms have multiple pages listed on the left. View the page titles more fully by dragging the bar to the right
- Pages with
have yellow mandatory fields that must be completed - As pages are completed, a
appears next to the page title
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Pages may be inactive (greyed out) and become available depending on answers provided
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Move between the pages by clicking the page title
- When a response opens another page, return to the original page by clicking
the in top left
- Sign the form when all pages are completed. You do not need to sign each page separately
Tools
cancel charting the entire form-
clear the page entries -
clinical calculator-
select the clinical formula from the dropdown and use keypad
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click
at the bottom left of clinical calculator for a regular calculator
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to move up or down the page menu
- Clear a field by right clicking over it and select Clear
