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How to navigate the consultation page.

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Like most pages on Paperless Hospital, the consulation page has 3 main sections :

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The consultation page offers the flexibility to capture consultation data via keyboard typing or through a writing pad for handwritten entries. The system features a setting that can either activate or deactivate the writing pad, depending on the user’s preference. It’s important to note that not all computers possess the required hardware to support input through a writing pad. For additional details on how to enable or disable the writing pad input for the Interactive Space views, please click here.

Many doctors favor the use of writing pads over keyboards for data capture, finding it more intuitive and convenient. This method also facilitates maintaining eye contact with patients, enhancing the personal touch during consultations. The Interactive space is designed to capture various types of consultation data, either through keyboard typing or using hand written notes via a writing pad. The types of consultation data captured using these methods include:

  • Comments which consist of non-confidential information accessible to a broad range of hospital/clinic staff, such as nurses and nurse aides, and may include details like treatment instructions.
  • Notes, on the other hand, contain sensitive information exclusively available to doctors. Any staff member not designated as a doctor in their employee role cannot access these notes.
  • Prescriptions pertain to medication-related information and can be printed on official documents bearing the medical practice’s letterhead.

In the consultation page, the Interactive space features four distinct views, with navigation between them being facilitated by buttons located in the Blue ribbon section. At any given time, only one view is visible in the Interactive space. By clicking a button in the Blue ribbon, users can switch between different views within the Interactive space.

Here is a list of Blue ribbon buttons, and the views which they activate when they are clicked.

  • Dashboard : This is the view displayed by default on opening a consultation page. It displays patient information, a summary of the captured vitals (e.g. temperature, blood pressure), and the five most recent timeline events (i.e. How to view a patient's historic data (i.e. previous consultations, previous admissions, attachments and forms).). The comments keyboard input is also part of the dashboard view.
  • Timeline : This view is dedicated to displaying both historical and recently saved patient consultation data, divided into two main sections: recent data and historical events. The recent data section of the timeline view appears at the top and enumerates data gathered during that particular consultation, including comments, notes, and prescriptions, whether hand written or typed. Each piece of data is accompanied by a timestamp, indicating the employee who recorded the data and the time it was saved. The historical data section, located at the bottom of the same view, catalogs all events for that particular patient who is being consulted. This includes past consultations, admissions, attachments, and forms, providing a comprehensive historical record.
  • Keyboard inputs : This view contains the three (3) separate inputs for capturing comments, notes and prescriptions via keyboard typing. This blue ribbon button (and the corresponding view) is not visible when a consultation is in pending status.
  • Writting pads (3 buttons) : Located on the extreme right of the Blue ribbon, you will find three (3) distinct buttons, each dedicated to a writing pad. These writing pad buttons are labeled according to their corresponding consultation data types: comments, notes, and prescriptions. Clicking on any of these three (3) buttons opens the respective writing pad, allowing for the capture of handwritten notes. For additional guidance on navigating the writing pad and utilizing its various tools, please click here. These blue ribbon buttons (and their corresponding views) are not visible when a consultation is in pending status.
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