Connect Care Resources
The Connect Care leadership team has been hosting drop in Connect Care sessions and recording video tips to optimize connect care for your work. Sign up for future live drop in sessions for DoM Physicians and Residents – email dom.announcements@ahs.ca for the meeting link and passcode.
Note: These videos are hosted on Sharepoint, if you require access please use the 'request access' button on the prompt that appears after clicking a video.
ACP-GCD & Tracking Record
All About Charting
Billing
Provincial Speech Recognition Software
Using Dragon Medical One Provincial Speech Recognition Software within Connect Care.
Rocking the Problem List
Schedule Optimization
Highlights:
- Add these columns:
- letter sent (shows icon when you sent letter),
- SC entered (shows icon when you billed),
- checked in (shows time patient actually arrived vs. standard time just shows when appointment was scheduled)
- encounter diagnosis – visual reminder if you entered it or not since you can’t bill or sign visit until you do
- sticky note text – shows your yellow sticky note text and you can double click there to edit. Reminder yellow sticky note is private to you.
- In the schedule preview pane add these buttons:
- Open orders – shows all standing and future orders so you don’t go and order things that have already been ordered.
- My last note
AVS – shows a preview of what the after visit summary will look like to the patient.
SlicerDicer - Uses and Tools
Nice to Know:
- Epic Resources: Forums, Galaxy and newsletters. Data Handbook. Product Roadmaps (what’s coming). There is a multitude of webinars put out also by Epic, which are accessed via the forums. There is also “Cogito in the know”.
- DnA has a significant amount of information on their page for reporting: Data & Analytics | Insite (albertahealthservices.ca) They are also extracting Connect Care data to various databases.
- In-System reporting resources are found here: Reporting Tools | Insite (albertahealthservices.ca)
- Here is a how-to of “new Connect Care report requests” and how that is done: Report Request Quick Start Guide (albertahealthservices.ca)
Courses for In-System Reporting:
- AHS Trainer led on MLL – MyLearningLink to site
- AHS Self-Service videos on MLL ( COG001 Overview of Reporting, RPT005 Run and Manage Reports, RDR101 Introduction to Radar, RPT010 Modifying the Search Criteria of a Report, RPT8000-L Defining a Timeframe in a Report, RDR102 Create a New View of a Radar Dashboard)
- Epic Self- Service videos are found on “WeLean” There is a significant amount of short videos which are very useful.
- Physician Analytics Track from Epic & other advanced courses exist. Can email the Builder program if anyone is interested ConnectCareBuilderProgram ConnectCare.BuilderProgram@albertahealthservices.ca
Smart Stuff – Utilizing Smart Tools
Streamlining the Outpatient Wrap-up
Therapy Plan Review - For Prescribers
Various Tips and Tricks
Highlights by Timestamp:
- How to set a default start up activity and default list | 0:45
- Some schedule view modifications | 03:35
- View schedules to see schedule across multiple sites and days | 6:06
- Autocorrect | 7:52
- Ambulatory tips (mostly medication stuff) | 10:10
- Q & A | 29:24
- Confirming printouts
- Communicating with pharmacies by fax
- Personalizing follow-up in Wrap-up tab
- Patient instructions
Virtual Visits
