CPRS Tips and Timesavers

1. CPRS Tips and Timesavers Neil Evans, MDACOS/Informatics & Co-Chief/Primary CareWashington DC VAMC Don Weinshenker, MDACOS/Ambulatory Care & CHIODenver VAMC

2. Tips andTimesavers

6. Keyboard Shortcuts Are you tired of chasing down your mouse? LEARN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS!

7. Poll Question 1 How often do you use Keyboard Shortcuts? All the time Often Sometimes Rarely Never

10. Poll Question Answer 1!

12. Forget Already?

13. Accessing Pull-down Menus Every pull-down menu in CPRShas built-in Keyboard Shortcuts. Press the ALT Key.(Can also use F10) Look at the underlined letters on the Menu Bar. Press the letter of the item you desire.

14. Selecting a New Patient • ALT (or F10)

15. Selecting a New Patient • ALT (or F10) • F (or Enter)

16. Selecting a New Patient • ALT (or F10) • F (or Enter) • N (or Enter)

17. Creating an Addendum • ALT (or F10)

18. Creating an Addendum • ALT (or F10) • A

19. Creating an Addendum • ALT (or F10) • A • M

20. Creating an Addendum • ALT (or F10) • A • M --------------- OR ---------------

21. Creating an Addendum • ALT (or F10) • A • M --------------- OR --------------- • Shift-Ctrl-M

22. Poll Question 2 What is the keyboard shortcut to Select a New Patient? A. Alt-F-NB. Alt-Enter-EnterC. Alt-Enter-ND. F10-F-EnterE. Alt-F-Enter

23. Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts RIGHT Click to access useful functions

24. Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts Note the underlined letters. Keyboard shortcuts again! Example:Edit Note right click-E

25. Keyboard Shortcuts

30. Poll Question Answer 2! What is the keyboard shortcut to Select a New Patient? A. Alt-F-NB. Alt-Enter-EnterC. Alt-Enter-ND. F10-F-EnterE. Alt-F-Enter

31. Don’t fall victim to the Mouse Trap! Use the keyboard to navigate CPRS and the Windows environment.

33. Useful Views Custom Views on Notes Tab Three Different Views on Meds Tab Optimize Resizing of Columns with 1 click on Orders or Meds Tab Lab Worksheet on Labs Tab All Outpatient Meds on Reports Tab Vital Signs – Table Format on Reports Tab Graphing

34. Poll Question 3 What does your CPRS Notes Tab look like? A. B. C.

35. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option B) - Go to the View menu

36. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option B) - Go to the View menu - Choose Custom View

37. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option B) To sort by title Choose Titlein the “Group By:” box.

38. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option B) To sort by title Choose Titlein the “Group By:” box.

39. Sorted by Title!

40. The Useful Three Window View

41. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option C) To clear the settings from a custom view Press “Clear Sort/ Group/Search.”

42. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option C) To highlight a particular title (to make it BOLD) Click “Title” here.

43. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option C) And… type in the text you want tohighlight here. For example: A specialty name common toall the notes you typically use.

44. Custom Views on Notes Tab (Option C) Highlighting a Specific Title Easy to see what happened since your last visit.

45. Poll Question Answer 3! What does your CPRS Notes Tab look like? A. B. C.

46. Custom Views on Notes Tab Found a new view you like?! Don’t forget to save it as your Default.

47. Three Different Views on Meds Tab

48. Optimize Resizing of Columns

49. Optimize Resizing of Columns

50. Optimize Resizing of Columns