Health Maintenance Auto-Populate Function Removed

The Health Maintenance section in Powernote will no longer be available to auto-populate (shown below). Reasons for this include:

• The delay that is sometimes associated with Health Maintenance expectations capturing recent changes and updating accordingly providers may inadvertently be entering incorrect information into the patients chart.
• Expectations in a pending state are not included in the smart template.
• Orders placed from the Health Maintenance tab are not available to populate the note.

The term can be selected from the note and will populate. Providers are encouraged to review the information for accuracy before including it in the note.

Setting Filter on PowerNote

Instructions to view ALL the provider notes (notes created using Powernote, Powerchart Touch, and Clinical Notes) click on Powernote:

Look at the List view and under Display and choose the dropdown arrow.

Set it to “All Physician Notes”.

OpenNotes: Using the Unpublished Option

Preface:  The use of the "unpublished" option is ONLY for the rare documentation need to withhold a particular note from the portal.  This is NOT for everyday clinical note use.

OpenNotes on MyTeamCare

PowerNote: How to Use Camera Capture

How to Correct a Note Type After Signing

CLICK HERE: For a Full Tutorial Handout

Changes in Default Font Settings

Increasing default font size in Powernote:

The default font settings in Powernote has been increased from 8.3 to 12 to allow for easier viewing of the in-progress Powernote. This will not affect the look of completed notes that are being viewed from within Clinical Notes. The change will only impace those users that have not previously customized their font size.

Users that would like to customize these font size can reach their preferences by opening a new Powernote > click on View at the top of the chart (the customize window will open > select the Font tab in the Customize window > change the Size to desired setting under each Category. The changes are shown on the open Powernote so it is easy to see what effect your changes have made. **DO NOT CHANGE THE PADDING FONT SIZE.**

For a full tutorial, click on the PDF link below...

Setting Font Preferences in PowerNote

Macros: Creating, Modifying, Deleting

For assistance in the ICD-10 remediation of your macros that may contain old ICD-9 codes, here is a tutorial on how to delete a macro.  Please see the handout link below for a full macro tutorial.

Deleting a Macro

You can delete macros by doing the following:

1. Click on the blue "M" and select the macro inserting into the note
2. After activating the macro, right click on the field name and select Save Macro As
3. Select the macro you wish to delete by highlighting it
4. Select the Delete button and the Yes button if you are sure you wish to delete
5. Finish by closing out of the box

Click HERE for a full tutorial

Basic Clinic PowerNotes in PowerChart

Using Macros

Debra Thornton created another tutorial about creating macros.

Check it out below or click here to view it in a new window.

Making a Personal Note Type List

For users of PowerChart who are in the hospital making different types of notes, the default Note Type List is long and cumbersome. Here's just a small portion of it:

It's only a few fairly non-intuitive steps to turn that god-forsaken list into something more like this:

Debra Thornton has created a video walkthough of the steps needed to do this.

You can watch it below or click here to watch it in a new simple window.