MEDITECH TIPS and TRICKS

ADMISSIONS

ADM Short Cuts SP - Same as Patient SNOK – Same as Next of Kin SPTN- Same as Person to Notify SG – Same as Guarantor Zip Code / Postal Code

System Short Cuts T - Today T+# - Date this number of days in future T-# - Date this number of days in the past N – Now Space Bar + Enter – brings up last patient that user was working with, within the same session, regardless of application

System Navigation Movement Within a Page TAB or ENTER – Next Field SHIFT + TAB or F6 – Previous Field F7 – Home of Current Section Page Up – Previous Section F8 or Page Down– Next Section

System Navigation Keyboard Commands F9 – Lookup Key (Use Page Up and Page Down for Options) F10 – Line Feed Key – Deletes Entire Line F11 – Exits User from Screen (Does NOT file your work) F12 – Files and Saves the Users work

Keyboard Tools SHIFT + F8 – Online Help (Use this at the prompt you want to know more about) Use SHIFT + F8 a second time and will receive more helpful options (Options include adding custom Online documentation as well as viewing the NPR field information)

Keyboard Tools (Cont.) SHIFT + F9 – Search/Spell Check/Dictionary/Thesaurus SHIFT + F12 – MAGIC Key CTRL + F12 – Calculator CTRL + F12 (at Date Field) - Calendar

Keyboard Tools within Text Editors SHIFT + F1 – Bold SHIFT + F2 – Italic SHIFT + F3 – Underline SHIFT + F4 – Attributes SHIFT + F5 – Center SHIFT + F6 - Join F1 – Begin Block F2- End Block F3 – Format F4 – Get Key F5 - Recall

Identifying Patients Full or Partial Name – All Caps Account Number – Prefix + Number Unit Number – U# + Prefix + Number Social Security Number - # + Number Policy Number – P# + Number Last Patient – Space bar + Enter ** If the module uses Medical Record Numbers to Identify patients, the user would enter just the Unit Number with no U#. However if trying to bring up Account Number, the user will need to enter A# then Account Number.

Toolbar Green Check – File (Same as F12) Red X – Exit (Same as F11) ? – Help Binoculars – Look up (Same as F9) Menu – MAGIC Menu Tools – Calendar and Calculator * System Information

Toolbar (Cont.) Green Check All – Select All Left Arrow – Shift Left Arrow Right Arrow – Shift Right Arrow Up Arrow – Up Down Arrow – Down Double Up Arrow – Shift Up Arrow Double Down Arrow – Shift Down Arrow

NUI TOOLBAR

KEYBOARD TOOLS

NAVIGATION

SYSTEM SHORT CUTS