Post by olywakim on Aug 7, 2004 16:11:15 GMT -5
Joi wrote:
Once I have a saved copy of my report [see A Simple Windows Filing System], I start editing it by removing all the information that the dictator will not repeat, and I insert the jump character @@ at each point that I'll want to quickly advance to and insert data. [Pressing Ctrl-J will cause the cursor to jump ahead to the next occurrence of @@.]
The edited document will look something like this:
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HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient is a @@-year-old @@white @@male who presents to the emergency room @@via private auto for complaint of @@
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: @@
ALLERGIES: @@no KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES:
REVIEW OF SYSTEMS: CONSTITUTIONAL: @@no fevers, chills, or night sweats. . . .
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: VITAL SIGNS: Weight @@ pounds. Height @@ feet @@ inches. Blood pressure @@, pulse @@, temperature @@, and respirations @@. Oxygen saturation @@% @@on room air. HEENT: @@atraumatic, normocephalic. . . .
IMPRESSION:
1. @@
2. @@
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As you can see, I will start at the top of the document and press Ctrl-J to advance to the first data insertion point, the patient's age. The Platform automatically highlights the @@ characters, so just typing in the age will delete and replace the @@ characters. Other jump points, such as the @@ before "white," mark points where data will be entered, edited, or deleted. If the patient is white, the @@ characters will be deleted. It takes some experimenting with the use of jump characters to find which ways of using them work best for you.
Once I get my edited normal to this state and have saved the final version in the appropriate folder, I also enter it into AutoCorrect.
First Ctrl-A to select the report, Ctrl-C to copy, then I go to a blank Platform screen (usually at the start of a report, just Alt-O to close the A*T screen and have a blank transcription screen; you'll erase it all and bring the A*T screen up again at the end). I Ctrl-V to paste the normal report onto the screen, Ctrl-A again to select all, and Ctrl-E to open the expander, where the normal will already appear in the expansion box. I enter a name in the abbreviation box, Alt-A to add, Alt-C to close the expander dialog box, then delete to erase the normal from my Platform transcription screen, and Ctrl-D to bring the A*T screen for the new document up again.
When I'm doing a new report by the dictator, I often bring a copy of my normal up from the folder so I can view the normal and the new report side by side. If the dicator makes substantial changes in the normal, I edit it, resave it in the folder, then save the revised version in AutoCorrect, following the steps above, excepting choosing Alt-M to modify the expansion instead of adding it.
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Joi you are a wonder! Keep it up!
Once I have a saved copy of my report [see A Simple Windows Filing System], I start editing it by removing all the information that the dictator will not repeat, and I insert the jump character @@ at each point that I'll want to quickly advance to and insert data. [Pressing Ctrl-J will cause the cursor to jump ahead to the next occurrence of @@.]
The edited document will look something like this:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient is a @@-year-old @@white @@male who presents to the emergency room @@via private auto for complaint of @@
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: @@
ALLERGIES: @@no KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES:
REVIEW OF SYSTEMS: CONSTITUTIONAL: @@no fevers, chills, or night sweats. . . .
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: VITAL SIGNS: Weight @@ pounds. Height @@ feet @@ inches. Blood pressure @@, pulse @@, temperature @@, and respirations @@. Oxygen saturation @@% @@on room air. HEENT: @@atraumatic, normocephalic. . . .
IMPRESSION:
1. @@
2. @@
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you can see, I will start at the top of the document and press Ctrl-J to advance to the first data insertion point, the patient's age. The Platform automatically highlights the @@ characters, so just typing in the age will delete and replace the @@ characters. Other jump points, such as the @@ before "white," mark points where data will be entered, edited, or deleted. If the patient is white, the @@ characters will be deleted. It takes some experimenting with the use of jump characters to find which ways of using them work best for you.
Once I get my edited normal to this state and have saved the final version in the appropriate folder, I also enter it into AutoCorrect.
First Ctrl-A to select the report, Ctrl-C to copy, then I go to a blank Platform screen (usually at the start of a report, just Alt-O to close the A*T screen and have a blank transcription screen; you'll erase it all and bring the A*T screen up again at the end). I Ctrl-V to paste the normal report onto the screen, Ctrl-A again to select all, and Ctrl-E to open the expander, where the normal will already appear in the expansion box. I enter a name in the abbreviation box, Alt-A to add, Alt-C to close the expander dialog box, then delete to erase the normal from my Platform transcription screen, and Ctrl-D to bring the A*T screen for the new document up again.
When I'm doing a new report by the dictator, I often bring a copy of my normal up from the folder so I can view the normal and the new report side by side. If the dicator makes substantial changes in the normal, I edit it, resave it in the folder, then save the revised version in AutoCorrect, following the steps above, excepting choosing Alt-M to modify the expansion instead of adding it.
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Joi you are a wonder! Keep it up!