About the Consults - Staff View Applet
The Veteran Administration's Consults - Staff View applet provides the mobile capability for VA staff to view consults in the local Vista by Service/Specialty or that they have written. This applet can be run in a standalone mode or when compiled with other applets into a compiled application.
Getting started
- Tablet, laptop, or desktop computer with WiFi or wired access to the internet
- Enter a username/password, Facility then select "Sign In"
Applet Main Page - Tap the Applet Container Navigation Icon and select Consults:
- Select Consults view
- User must then enter a minimum of 2 characters to see a list of potential Service/Specialty options
- User can select a single Service/Specialty category
- Selected Service/Specialty is remembered for the user until changed
- By Me (ordering provider) - user is shown only consults authored by the logged in user are displayed
- Date range select - choose the time frame for viewing Consults.
- 1 Year
- 2 Years (default)
- Custom Range, with a maximum span of 6 years
- Results
- Indicates the number of Consults found within the selected date range.
- Indicates the selected date range for the consults data retrieval.
- Status - Status values available within the patient’s data and selected time range are shown. The default selections are Pending, Active, and Scheduled. If Consults with other status values are present for the patient, the status checkbox will appear. To see Consults of that status value, select the corresponding checkbox. Selecting an item from the listing on the left will display the details in the Consult Result pane on the right.
- Selecting a consult item from the list view will display details of the consult on the right (in the details pane)