Intake Lists Maintenance

Use Intake Lists Maintenance to maintain value lists for each of the drop-down fields in the Patient Intake Tests Tab.  A value list is simply a list of choices that displays as a drop-down list for a field within a specific window, panel or tab.  Maintaining value lists allows you to quickly and easily enter the patient's Intake Tests information.

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening Intake Lists Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click File Maintenance from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click EMR Maintenance.

  3.  Click Value Lists.

  4.  Click Intake Lists.
  
  Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [m] [m] [v] [n].

   

  Intake Lists Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New Intake List Value, click More.

   

  To create a new value to add to the list:

  Intake Lists Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Value List Type	To identify the value list to maintain, click a choice in the drop-down list. Drop-down Choices: Questions Question Responses Comments Confrontation EOM Primary Gaze EOM Sensory Function EOM Versions EOM Othophoric Pupils Shape Pupils Size Pupils Reaction Pupils APD Pupils APD Comments Amsler Grid Amsler Grid Comments Acuity Color Vision Tests Color Vision Results Stereopsis Test Stereopsis Results Cover Test Horizontal Results Cover Test Vertical Results Mental Status Orients PPT Mental Status Mood or Affect
  	To display an existing value list, click the desired Value List Type and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + t]
  	To complete and commit the entry, click Commit or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + o]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must Commit new or changed records.
  	To create a new value to add to the list, click New. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + n]
  Value	Enter the value to add to the list. (up to 100 characters)
  Description	Enter the description for the value. (up to 100 characters)

   

• Editing an Existing Intake List Value, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must commit new or changed values.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, click the appropriate Value List Type in the drop-down list and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Commit , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + o]

   

• Deleting an Existing Intake List Value, click More.

   

  1.  To display the record to be changed, click the appropriate Value List Type in the drop-down list and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + t]

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.

  Example:

  

   

  Note: After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.