Edit Closed View

Editing Emergency Department Records for Patients Whose Visits Are Closed

This view enables authorized users to edit the EDIS records of patients who are no longer on the display board. This view also allow users to remove a patient entered in error. EDIS logs all changes for subsequent reference (as it does with changes users make while patients are still signed in to the emergency department). If your site uses PCE instead of Appointment Management, the Edit Closed view provides a lookup tool; you can use this view to search for specific patients who visited your emergency department on a specific date.

The Edit Closed view.

• Click Edit Closed on EDIS’s main navigation page.
• Type a date (mm/dd/yy format) or all or part of the patient’s name (Surname, First name format) in the Patient Name or Date box. For example, you can type the patient’s surname initial, entire surname, or surname and first-name initial. You can also type the patient’s full SSN, the initial letter of the patient’s surname concatenated with the last four digits of his or her SSN (X9999 format), the word today (for a list of today’s visits), or t-n ( where t represents today, and n represents the number of days prior to today). Keyboard: use the <Tab> key to locate the Patient Name or Date box.
• Click Search or press the <Enter> key. EDIS lists possible matches in the search-results list.
• Add or update other data-entry fields as necessary. You can add information to, or update, the following fields: Complaint for Display Board, Long Complaint (optional), Room / Area, Acuity, Status/Responsibility, Room/Area, Acuity, Status, Provider, Nurse, Disposition, Status, Comments, Disposition, Delay Reason, Time In, Time Out and Diagnosis. (Click the Time In or Time Out spin-box arrows or use the <Up Arrow> and <Down Arrow> keys to edit the patient’s time in or time out.)
• Click Save & Remove from Board or Save to save your changes or click Cancel to discard them.

  If you attempt to change the time out value (or other value) for a patient who left the emergency department before he or she was seen, EDIS will not allow you to save your change until you add a provider name.

  The Save button is available only after you’ve added or updated information in the Patient Information pane. The application allows you to save your changes only if all required data fields contain valid entries.

Remove Patients

Click the Save & Remove from Board button to save changes and remove patients from the display board. Keyboard: use the <Tab> key to locate the Save & Remove from Board button. Use the <Spacebar> key to select the button.

This button is available only after users have entered all of the disposition information your site’s EDIS implementation requires. If you haven’t entered a provider or acuity, the application alerts you to do these things before it allows you to save your changes and remove your patient from the board—unless your patient’s disposition is Patient Name Entered in Error, Left Without Being Treated / Seen, or Sent to Nurse Eval / Drop In Clinic.

Clicking the Save & Remove from Board button removes patients from the display board and saves previously unsaved changes. While the application retains information about the visits of patients you’ve removed from the display board, only users who have access to the Edit Closed view will have direct access to this information. Users who have access to the Reports view will have indirect access to this information.

Remove Patients Entered In Error

Open the Disposition list. Keyboard: use the <Tab> key to locate the Disposition list.

Select Patient Name Entered in Error. Keyboard: use the <Down Arrow> key to select Patient Name Entered in Error.

Click Save & Remove from Board. Keyboard: use the <Tab> key to locate the Save & Remove from Board button and press the <Spacebar> key to select it.

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