161H CPRS Tips and Timesavers for the Clinical Setting

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161HCPRS Tips and Timesaversfor the Clinical
Setting

• Donald Weinshenker, MD
• Neil Evans, MD

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CLASS GOAL

• Walk away with at leastone new timesaving tip.

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CLASS FORMAT

• Part I (Instruction)
• Basic CPRS Tips and Timesavers
• Part II (Application)
• The Simulated Clinic Visit

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Part I Basic Tips and Timesavers

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Custom Views That Save You Time
• Selection Defaults
• Quick Orders

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Part II The Simulated Clinic Visit

• Application Of Tips Reviewed in Part I
• Bonus Tips including
• Using CPRS in Real Time
• Intelligent Use of Templates
• Structured Consults
• Patient Correspondence

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Are you tired of chasing down your mouse?

• LEARN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS!

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Keyboard Shortcuts

• Allow completion of a command in less time and
  with less effort.
• Less searching reaching for the mouse.
• Improved ergonomics.
• More accurate.
• More efficient.

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Keyboard ShortcutsGeneral Principles

• Require commitment to learn.
• Its hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
• Save time once second nature.
• Choose wisely.
• Tasks performed frequently
• Tasks done while already using the keyboard

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Keyboard ShortcutsChanging Tabs in CPRS

• To change tabs in CPRS, simply use the CTRL key
  followed by the designated letter.
• COVER SHEET ? CTRL-S
• PROBLEM LIST ? CTRL-P
• MEDICATIONS ? CTRL-M
• ORDERS ? CTRL-O
• PROGRESS NOTES ? CTRL-N
• CONSULTS ? CTRL-T
• SURGERY ? CTRL-U
• DISCHARGE SUMMARIES ? CTRL-D
• LABS ? CTRL-L
• REPORTS ? CTRL-R

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Keyboard ShortcutsChanging Tabs in CPRS

• If you forget these, simply look under View/Chart
  Tab for a reminder

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Keyboard ShortcutsAccessing Pull-down Menus

• Every pull-down menu in CPRS (and any Windows
  program) has built-in keyboard short cuts.
• Press the ALT Key. (Can also use F10)
• Look at the underlined letters along the Menu
  Bar.
• Press the letter of the item you desire.

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Keyboard ShortcutsAccessing Pull-down Menus

• An Example Choosing a New Patient
• ALT (or F10)
• F
• (or Enter)
• N
• (or Enter)

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Keyboard ShortcutsAccessing Pull-down Menus

• An Example Creating an Addendum
• ALT (or F10)
• A
• M
• OR
• Shift-Ctrl-M

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Keyboard ShortcutsMouse and Keyboard

• RIGHT click to access useful functions specific
  to the CPRS tab in use.

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Keyboard ShortcutsMouse and Keyboard

• Note the underlined letters.
• Keyboard shortcuts again!
• ExampleEdit Note right click-E

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Keyboard ShortcutsTroubleshooting

• In Windows XP

1.Control Panel. Choose Display. 2.Appearance
Tab. 3.Effects 4.Uncheck this box.
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Keyboard ShortcutsCut, Copy, Paste, Undo
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Keyboard ShortcutsSelected Windows Shortcuts

• Cycle through open applications.
• ALT-TAB
• Accelerated movement through text.
• CTRL-Arrow Keys
• Accelerated delete.
• CTRL-Backspace or CTRL-Delete
• Selecting text.
• Shift-Arrow Keys or
• Shift-CTRL-Arrow Keys

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Bonus Keyboard Shortcuts

• Alt-R Access Remote Data
• Ctrl-G Launch the Graphing Window
• Alt-F-F Next Notification
• Esc Close a Dialog Window
• Alt-Ins Insert Default Template

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Keyboard Shortcuts

• Dont fall victim to the Mouse Trap! Use the
  keyboard to navigate CPRS and the Windows
  environment.

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Sign on to CPRS

• Find your student number by your computer.
• is your student number,
• Your Access code vehu
• Your Verify Code vehu
• Use the patient that corresponds to your seat
  number.

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Questions?