Beginners guide
New
EMIS users – need to check familiarity with keyboard/mouse
Dumb
terminal Vs PC workstation (using
LV2)
Switching
on, Logging in, Password
, Closedown
procedure.
Keyboard
function keys
: F1 - Exit F2
- Help F3 - transfer key
F4- Find F5 - Swap
patient F6
- Household F7
Group
F8- File F10 – File and view
Appointments
Firstly look at the front menu and familiarise yourself with the various
functions available. The left hand
side of the screen has all the admin and medical unctions and the right hand side (apart
from DS - dispensing) more specialised functions.
At the bottom of the screen the initials of the person who opened the screen are
displayed, as well as the clock.
It is important that the terminal you are using is set up in your name.
When you open a screen your own password is entered but when you take
over a screen from someone else you should CHANGE USER.
This is quite easily done either from the front screen pressing 'CU' or by transferring to CU and typing in your
own password. This is particularly
important in the dispensary or when entering consultations (particularly on
behalf of clinicians).
The clock is not vitally important but can make surgery arrival times all wrong
and is easily changed by typing CS from the main menu - TM, and correcting the
time. If you are networked using the time can only be changed on the server
'VIP' KEYS On
the top of the keyboard are a row of Function keys which can help make shortcuts
across the different areas of EMIS.
F1 - EXIT KEY
Most
functions can be 'escaped' from using this key. When 'in trouble' keep pressing F1 to get you back to a
screen you understand or the front screen (Main Menu).
F3 - TRANSFER KEY
A most useful key that can be used almost everywhere.
Try
this key to change screen destinations before EXIT (F1). If it won't
access a transfer, by asking for a mnemonic, then you will have to use F1 as is
the case between typing
a letter and any other function. There
are quite a few screens that can be swapped between and which will save you
quite a lot of time. i.e from appointments to dispensing.
F5 - SWAP
This is used to swap between PATIENTS in various destinations, i.e. medical
record, consultations, dispensary etc. but not actual destinations i.e. MR to DS.
F6 - HOUSEHOLD KEY
Another useful key. When in
patient record, if you press F6 you will get a list of those patients living at the same address.
(Well, most of them, but it depends on address entry). This is useful when making
appointments for members of the same family. MR + F6 - then enter each family
member. Likewise, in dispensary when patients ring with a prescription request
instead of exiting and re-entering the next family name press F6 and the family
list comes up!
Choose the patient and their prescription list will come up thus saving from
exiting and re-entering again.
F10 - APPOINTMENT TOGGLE
This key allows you to move back and forth from the appointments screen. You can
go between the medical record and appointment screen, prescribing record and appointment
screen or consultation mode and appointment screen.
From the Main Menu to F10 in the first instance brings up the full list of
sessions. Choose the session,
return and
if you return on the first patient you will get the main menu, choose MR and up
comes that patients notes - press
F10 and you will be back to that same appointment screen.
This then becomes a default on that screen and will return
to MR on returning on each patient.
If you choose PR - prescribing then that becomes the default.
This can be quite helpful if you need to:
a) telephone a list of patients to cancel a whole surgery,
(Press RD each time from the main menu but F10 to return to same list.
b)
dispensary checking. F10 toggling
will takes you back to the last appointment screen used this saves F1 exit +
re-entering from the main
menu.
Return,
Space bar, Pageup and Page down, arrow keys, backspace
EMIS MAIN MENU
MR
- Medical record
Displays
summary information regarding patient. Then
acts as a good base to look into
other areas see Wansford summary data help sheet
e.g.
Press C ... Consultation records.
These can be paged up and down.
Press
M ... Medication record. (Same as
prescribing)
Consultation
Records
The
practice has been entering most consultations on computer since June 1990 at
Wansford ( all since 1991)
Incoming
post is also scanned into EMIS - recognised by reference such as *RL4
¨
To review
previous consultations
From
Main menu, press MR (Medical Record), then C then use Paging arrows up/down
¨
To add a
consultation
From main menu, press MR, then C
Prescribing Record
Main
options
A
- Add a new prescription.
Select drug by first few letters. Drugs in stock are preferentially
displayed.
C
- Cancel a prescription - will record this cancelled item in past drugs.
X
- Record of past prescriptions since 1989.
N
- Note for consultation record - useful for if you are in consulting mode.
I
- Issue a prescription - choose from one already displayed
as current/repeat.