VeHU 263H: CPRS Tips & Tricks for Inpatients “Getting the Inside Track” Presented by Prashant V. Phatak, MD (VA Loma Linda HCS) Yvonne Pierson (Clinical Product Support)
Course Objectives Review keyboard and navigation shortcuts Speed up routine tasks in CPRS and save time. Review and configure personal settings for optimal use Review CPRS features unknown to many users
My CPRS Background Medical Student at VA Los Angeles Internship and Residency at VA Loma Linda Hospitalist (non-teaching) physician x 1 yr Staff General Medicine (2 months of year wards) currently. Experience with CPRS and VistA ~ 10 yrs
Outline of Presentation Navigation and Sign-on Options and Preferences Labs Tab Reports Tab Orders Tab Meds Tab Notes & Templates Consults and Problems Tab
Questions Please write any questions you may have on a 3” x 5” card and hand to the Room Guide(s) I’ll review the questions at the end of the presentation.
Sign-on to CPRS Find your student number ## by your computer Click this Icon: Access Code: ##VEHU Verify Code: VEHU## Your patient is <your number spelled out>,patient Your Signature Code is VEHU##
Part 1: Navigation / Sign-on Sign-on tips View alerts window Patient selection Keyboard shortcuts
Forwarding / Renewing
Part 2: Options & Preferences Creating a personal team list Patient Selection – customizing Default date ranges Default Note Titles & Co-signer Surrogate Settings & Notifications
Lab Status Worksheet “Panels” Graphing Part 3: Labs Tab Lab Status Worksheet “Panels” Graphing
Lipids – Worksheet View
Lipids – Graphical View
Clinical Reports Section BCMA logs Part 4: Reports Tab Clinical Reports Section BCMA logs
Part 5: Orders Tab Custom Views Auto-DC / Release Event Alert when results Creating personal quick orders
Part 6: Meds Tab Transfer to Inpatient / Outpatient Double-click to review BCMA Personal Quick Orders
Part 7 and 8: Notes & Templates Changing Views – Custom View Highlighting certain note titles Searching for keywords Spell Check and Grammar
Part 9 and 10: Consults / Problems Consults – comments / resubmit Problems – Problem Categories
Questions? – 3x5 cards Thanks for attending! Contact information: Prashant.phatak@va.gov