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Patient Selection Overview

HMP's collapsible Patient Selection pane resides on the left side of the application window. When you open the application, this pane displays the patients in your Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) default patient list (which is often the most relevant list), automatically selecting the patient whose record you were viewing when you last closed the application—or, if you launched the application from CPRS and had a patient selected there, the plug-in automatically selects the patient whose record you were viewing in CPRS.

Patient selection screen capture

You can select a new patient from your CPRS default list or use the plug-in's Search field to find any patient in your site's local VistA account—whether or not the patient is on your default list. You can also select patients from selectable clinic and ward lists. This plug-in offers most of CPRS's methods for selecting patients and adds patient-safety features such as a Confirm button that helps prevent inadvertently selecting a new patient.

View Patient Lists

Like CPRS's patient-selection feature, HMP offers easy access to a variety of patient lists. Opening to your CPRS default list, which will often be the list that's most relevant to you, this plug-in also provides Clinic and Ward lists. Learn more

Search for a Patient

HMP allows you to search for particular patients, which can help you easily locate a patient in a particularly long list or find a patient who is not in a list. This feature echoes familiar patient-search functionality in CPRS.

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Select a Patient

HMP offers a patient-safety features, such as the Confirm button that helps prevent you from inadvertently selecting a patient from the patient list.

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Collapse or Expand the Patient Selection Pane

To further reduce the likelihood of unintentionally selecting a patient, you can minimize the patient-selection pane. This is also a useful feature if you rarely change patients or want additional screen real estate.

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