Please note
Before you can begin using the new Hospital Chart, it's essential to build your own Medications Library. To do so, please follow the instructions outlined below.
For detailed instructions, speak to your administrator or visit: https://help.vetcheck.it/how-to-set-up-your-medication-list-new-ga-and-hospital-chart
The Hospital chart can be launched form the practice management system (PMS). Login to PMS and follow the instructions outlined below:
Within the ACTIVE PATIENTS list, you will find key information about each patient, including their identity, weight, the reason for their hospitalization, and any critical alerts.
To access the chart for a patient listed in the ACTIVE PATIENTS section, simply click on their name, and the patient's chart will be opened.
NOTE: This SUBMIT step should not be done until the chart is completed and you no longer want to make any updates.
You can add upto 10 photos. Use the ✚ icon to add photo into a slot. Click on ADD to create a new photo slot.
Certain information will be pre-filled in the patient's chart from your PMS data. Please make sure to input all additional relevant information.
NOTE: Before you add any further information to the chart, launch a template first. You will be unable to launch a template if you add any manual tasks below.
Complete the hospitalization details. Important alerts will be visible in the ACTIVE PATIENTS list as ALERTS.
Complete the feeding plan.
The "Grid" section in the hospital chart now extends over a period of five days, with each day being divided into a 24-hour period for comprehensive tracking and documentation. The current time will be highlighted as soft shade of purple for visual cue. Medication/Item will have different color according to label, for example on the image below, on the left side we have got items with different color icons.
5.A. Adding Medication/Item
To add Medication/Item, simply click on the "Add MED/ITEM" button, and a pop-up will appear. Proceed to fill in the necessary input fields and then click ADD NEW. This helps you to add extra items to schedule.
5.B. Adding task
To add Monitoring details, simply click on the corresponding cell and time, and a pop-up will appear. Proceed to fill in the necessary input fields and then click Save to record the task.
5.C. Scheduling task
To schedule Task, simply create Task as instructed in 5.A and click SCHEDULE and choose the frequency of the task. One time creates a reminder on a single item and STOP removes the reminder on selected item. You also have the option of repeating every 1hr, 2hr, 3hr, 4hr, 6hr, 8hr & 12hr. Repeating may be done for just This Day or thoughout All Days.
5.D. Scheduled task
Once you Schedule the task, the task will appear on your screen as shown in the picture below.e.g. scheduling task every 2hr from 10am.
5.E. Completing the Scheduled task
Once you complete the scheduled task, click on the scheduled task, fill in the details or press blue tick button and press SAVE. Now, The exclamation sign in the scheduled task cell will be replaced with the GRID Description you filled in.
5.F. Add Action
When you click on the Add Action button, the inferface will turn from purple to yellow. This indicates that any fields you click from here on will be marked with a exclamation mark in a yellow triangle highlighting the task is incomplete and requires action.
This is the same function as Schedule > One time. But, action mode allows to highlight multiple tasks at once. Once, all the necessary fields are highlighted, click again on the Add Action button to turn off the action mode.
5.G. Disable a Grid
You can disable a grid for sections like Medication, Task, etc. by clicking on the title of the grid and N/A button of the modal.
This will remove all of the data in the grid and make the item unavailable and remove its corresponding event from the Event List.
To add items as billable, simply toggle the Billable icon while adding any item in any sections. Make sure to fill the quantity of the items for it to be marked as billable.
After the item has been added, The item will be added to the list in BILLING CHECKLIST section.
When you click on SUBMIT CHART, data can be directly sent to the clinics Practice Management Software (PMS). For detailed instructions on VetCheck pushes the billable items back to the PMS, visit: https://help.vetcheck.it/automated_billing
In the Messages section. you can add Messages as required.
To create a new Message, simply click MESSAGES and a pop-up will appear. Fill in the pop-up input fields and click SEND A MESSAGE
Once the Message has been Added, It will appear as in the picture below.
NOTE: The SUBMIT step should not be done until the chart is completed and you no longer want to make any updates.