Main Window

  Introduction
  Main Window
   Overview
  Main Window Menus
  Appointments with
NDC Medical Connect

Managing Patients

  Patient Selection
  New Patients
  Patient Chart
  Demographics with
   NDC Medical Connect
+ Demographics with
   MacPractice MD

Charting Office Visits

  New OV Large -
    Tabs
  New OV Large -
    Menus
  New OV Classic
+ File Cabinet
+ Face Sheet Manager

Tests and Procedures

  Ordering Tests
  Managing Tests
+ SpringLabs
   Electronic Results
  Procedures

Templates

  Templates
  Templates–OV
  Templates–Orders
  Templates–Letters
+ Mini-Templates
  Templates - Import /
    Export

Communication

Letter Writing
Email
+ Messages
+ Urgent Messages
+ ToDo/Reminders
+ Bulletin Board

Clinical Tools

+ Chart Evaluation
Patient Instructions
+ Epocrates Rx

Coding and Billing

+ E&M Coder
+ Superbill Form
  Medical Connect
   Flow
  Medical Connect
   Setup
  Medical Connect
   Billing

Utilities

  Import/Export Utilities
  Spell Check
  Set Categories
  Backup
  Search/Form Letters
  Duplicate Chart
   Manager
+ Time Clock
  Integrated Help

Standards

HIPAA Readiness
+ Status and Directions
+ SpringCharts Release
History

The SpringCharts Main Window

Many tasks can be performed from the Main Window of SpringChartsClient (Networking Options) or SpringCharts (Single Computer version). The Main Window, shown below, has 8 panes offering the user the status of the office at-a-glance, and providing rapid access to many of the key functions of SpringCharts. The key panes of the Main Window are the:

	*Office Calendar* with the dark green header in the center of the window,
	*Patient Tracker* with the blue header at the top right of the window,
	*Messages* pane with the raspberry header at the lower right of the window,
	User Center with the blue header at the lower left of the window,
	*ToDo List* with the dark red header at the left middle of the window,
	*Calendar* with the light Green header at the upper left of the window,
	*User ID* in the yellow pane at the upper left of the window, and
	*Main Window Menu Bar* across the top of the window.

Office Calendar

The Office Calendar is pictured in the center of the SpringCharts Main Window. A patient is added to the Office Calendar by selecting an Open Button () at the desired time. The Edit Appointment dialog box will appear:

We selected Choose Patient and followed the patient selection process. (More on this later in the Patient Selection Tutorial.) The result is the following dialog box:

Adding information in the Note field and selecting Done puts the patient in the Office Calendar.

Patient Tracker

The Patient Tracker is visible to all users and lets everyone know where each patient in the practice is located. When a patient checks in , the receptionist need only select their name in the Office Calendar and the Edit Appointment dialog box shown above appears. The user is offered a number of choices, but for now let's select Track Pt, which produces the following dialog box:

Selecting Waiting Room puts Betsy Ness in the Patient Tracker and notes her location. Our Main Window now looks like this:

When Betsy Ness is placed in Exam Room 3, any user can select her name in the Patient Tracker and the Edit Tracker dialog box appears:

Selecting Exam 3, Ready and clicking each of the six boxes in the upper right hand corner of the Edit Tracker dialog box gives the following result:

For illustration purposes we turned on all six colored flags for Betsy Ness when we selected the six boxes. These six boxes replace the flags frequently found outside examination rooms, and they can have any meaning the practice chooses to assign to them.

Messages pane

The Messages pane is unique to the user who is logged on to this client, so these messages are this user's :"inbox". To read a message, one need only select it. We selected Patti Adams and following window was presented:

There is a full Tutorial on SpringCharts Messaging at the Messages Tutorial. For now, we will just note three key points:

Messages can be easily retrieved from the Main Window,
The user can begin composing a Message by selecting the Message bar on the Main Window or from a large number of the windows throughout SpringCharts, and
The Message system is robust and very much integrated into all functions of SpringCharts and can be seen with all of the information and options offered in the screen above.

User Center

Selecting the User Center takes the user to the User Center on the Spring Medical Systems website. Topics at the site are: Power Tips, Frequently Asked Questions, Product Suggestions, Application Briefs, What's New, and Access to Technical Support.

ToDo List

The ToDo List is shown below. Complete instruction on the ToDo List is at the Tutorial at ToDo/Reminders. For now we will just make three points:

ToDo's List is unique to the user who is logged onto the system.
ToDo functions are accessed from the Main Window as shown below, and
ToDo functions are integrated broadly throughout SpringCharts as will be seen in subsequent Tutorials.

Calendar

The Calendar is used primarily for information purposes and to select a different date for display in the Office Calendar in the central pane.

User ID

The User ID that is logged onto this computer is shown in the yellow box. In this case, the User ID is "demo".

Main Window Menu Bar

The Main Window Menu Bar is the subject of the next Tutorial, Main Window Menus.

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