Using the OrthoTrac Patient Flow Module > Using the Light Bar
The light bar menu enables you to call the doctor to a specific chair when a patient is ready or when a patient has an emergency.
Click here to view the options available from the menu.
By viewing the light bar, staff members can tell where the doctors are. Patients waiting to be seen are identified by flashing green or red.
To use the light bar:
Click or right-click on an occupied chair to display the light bar menu.
Select Call Dr. (Normal), Call Dr. (Emergency), or Call Dr. (Other), and a pop-up window is displayed with a list of doctors.
Select the doctor you want from the list. More...
If you click on another chair and select Call Dr., you can select the same doctor or a new one.
If you select the same doctor, only one chair flashes at a time, starting with the earliest. When Dr. Is Here is selected for the earliest chair, the next-earliest chair flashes.
If you select a different doctor, both chairs flash.
If you select Any Doctor, the top portion of the color bar does not change, while the bottom portion changes from light blue to dark green and begins flashing. A time counter is started.
When the doctor answers the call and selects Dr. Is Here and his doctor number, the top portion of the color bar stops flashing, while the bottom portion of the color bar changes to teal.
A chair can be changed from Call Dr. (Normal) to Call Dr. (Emergency) without affecting or resetting the time indicator.