Crosscare Environment

Status/menu/tool bar| patient search| registration

5Status, menu and tool bar

6Learning ObjectivesTechnology Able to use the crosscare softwareProcedureRecord patient activityBenefitsStorage of complete electronic patient record for easy access

3Patient search

To search for a patient, click on the title Patient No. This will bring up a Search window. Click here to move on to the next slide to see a Patient Search window

Status, menu and tool bar cont..dYou will notice that when you try to select save feature from the file menu, it is already greyed out just like the Threads menu. The reason why the Save feature was greyed out is because there is no patient record open which means there is nothing to save.

I will now go over the Tool bar icons. The 1st icon is your Save button. Use this tosave your patient record. The 2nd icon is the Clear icon, use this to clear the current screen you are working on. The 3rd button is the Delete icon used to deleteany entry entered in error. The 4th icon is the Close icon used when you want to move away from your current window back to where were previously. The 5th icon is the Help icon. Use this feature for getting help on Crosscare. The 5th icon is your Printer icon used to print a record. The 6th icon is your Patient admin icon. You willbe your working environment when you log on to Crosscare as an administrator. Click on each icon and see what they do. Thats the Status, Menu and tool bar covered. Now go on to learn about Patient Search or Registration .Patient search window

You can search for a patient by the name, address, date of birth, NHS number orformer surname. Now go ahead and search for a patient named Margaret Benjamin. Type in the first 3 letters of the patients surname. You should have two results, one Lucinda and Margaret Benjamin. You could also Search for patients who have a current record open, ones who have left or both current and left. If your patient is not found, try searching using one of the other ways to search. If your patient is found, click On the OK button to retrieve your patient. What other way can search for your patient besides searching by name. Click on the arrow to see the answer.

SummaryWe have searched for a patientUsing search facilityCompleted a registration for a new patientBy filling out patient details, adding friends and family members,completing referral details, assigning a carer to your patient and sending a GP letterPracticed some examplesTo include work based scenarios14ResourcesCrosscare Help website

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