Title: StarPanel Vanderbilts Electronic Medical Record
1StarPanelVanderbilts Electronic Medical Record
2Screen without a Patients Chart loaded
Pt. search
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Yellow frame
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Red frame
4 frames
Black Menu Bar
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Blue frame
Double-clicking a frame expands it, Another
double-click collapses it
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Gray frame
3Screen with a Patients Chart Loaded
Tabs
Current tab selected
Yellow Menu
All Docs View
Problem List
4Accessing and Using StarNotes From your pt.s
chart, click. then.
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Choose Category
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Choose Template
5The StarNote Template
Dynamic Insertion Column
Click
6 Clicking
gives you the following options
7IMPORTANT!!-Please Read
- Templates
- Many providers now use templates. Templates are
good for helping you to fulfill the documentation
requirements. The use of templates can sometimes
result in over documentation of services. When
selecting the appropriate level of service for
billing purposes, medical necessity must support
the level of service billed. - When the compliance office reviews your
documentation we often will score the note
beginning with the medical decision making. If
the medical decision making is low we would not
expect to see a level four or a level five visit.
- While the use of templates may save you time when
documenting services, you should not feel
compelled to document every element of your
template for every patient. Only document those
elements that are pertinent to the patient for
that visit. - The StarPanel re-use button is to be used with
caution. The StarPanel re-use button can quickly
lead to cloned notes. To avoid cloning you
should carefully edit any re-used documentation.
VUMC regularly receives record requests from
patients, third party payers, and Medicare, so
documentation must accurately reflect services
performed. - The use of electronic macros should also be used
with caution. The automatic population of
documentation can result in documentation time
savings, but information must be accurate and
pertinent to the visit or service. It is not the
quantity of the documentation that determines the
level of service. Unnecessary documentation
wastes the time of other providers who must read
the note to address the concerns of the patient. - Lastly, the use of templates and electronic
macros can result in documentation errors.
Contradictions within a note can occur when
templates and electronic macros are used without
editing. While the compliance office supports
the use of these tools, we encourage providers to
only document what is medically indicated for the
patient and to edit the notes thoughtfully. - Medicare Bulletin November/December 1999 states
- Cloned notes or notes that have little or no
change from day to day and patient to patient.
These types of notes do not support the medical
necessity of a visit. More importantly, in some
cases, they actually may not support that a visit
occurred. Cloned notes may be construed as an
attempt to defraud the Medicare Program. - Signatures
- All StarPanel notes (templates, forms, etc.)
should be electronically signed within 21 days. - Office of Compliance Corporate Integrity
- 05/24/05
8Lab Results Lookup
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Next, pick main category. Note Gray background
denotes chosen category.
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Results
9Graphing Lab Results
If you click
You Get
10Fast Labs View
FastLabs Values displayed in a daily format
Hover over values for ref. ranges
Click on values for trends
1110 Steps to Building a Patient Panel
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Expand Pt. Lists menu.
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Click Panels
Click Create a panel
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Name your panel
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Click OK
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Panel Displays Here
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Click on tab
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To add current patient to the panel, click To
Panel
Choose Panel to which you will add the patient,
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Click... to see
Panel View
15Adding Your SignDrafts Worklist
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16Adding Your SignDrafts Worklist (contd)
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Click
Click on worklist
You will see this
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Scroll to top and click refresh
Next, click on worklist
17Worklists (contd)
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Click
Your Worklist
StarNote Drafts and Transcribed Dictations will
list under this header
Your Draft
18Editing Your Worklist (optional)
19Filling in the Worklist Fields (optional)
Transcription code here
User ID Here
20Message Baskets
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Start a New Message
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Compose your message and indicate importance
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Click on a basket to send the message, or choose
Abandon to leave the message without sending or
saving
View confirmation when message is sent
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21Message Baskets contd
Alert for new messages
Choose Default Basket
Click to see list of baskets in group
Click to view messages
22Message Baskets contd
Click on Date to view message
Leave unchanged if you want the message to go
back in your inbox.
Click to send message back to the sender
23Message Baskets contd
Click to delete entire message, then enter
reason for deletion
Save message to chart
24Message Baskets contd
Attach messages to documents in the chart
25Message Baskets contd
View active messages on open patient
26StarForms
Demographic data can autopopulate from Epic
Select labs from a list and attach to the
document
Insert problem lists, vital signs, and clinic
intake form within forms
Attach items from the All Documents list
27StarForms (contd)
Expand and collapse areas to minimize scrolling
Branching logic prompts the user for
more information as needed
28StarForms (contd)
Use hidden worksheet areas to translate into
text for the final note. The information entered
translates into text in the physicians note.
Insert autocalculating index scoring systems
29StarForms (contd)
Fields can be set to default to checked or
selected.
Use the drawing tool to draw on a preloaded
picture or image
30StarVisit
Click here to go to StarVisit from anywhere in
StarPanel
31StarVisit contd
You can also access StarVisit in the Yellow
Menu bar
32StarVisit contd
View data collected for current and previous
visits
View and edit the Intake Form
View and edit the Problem List
33Outpatient Visits
Provider name here
Select Provider radio button
Click here
Select date
34Features of Outpatient Visits
one patient
multiple patients
35Inf. Resources