Setting Up Preferences

You can define the features of your anesthesia records, including how the records are locked, what information is documented, and the type of output displayed on reports.

To set up anesthesia record preferences:

Select Tables > Practice > Charting Preferences. The Charting Preferences window is displayed.
Select the Anesthesia Record tab.
Under Manually Lock Record, select Allow Anesthesia Record to be Manually Locked if you want this functionality, and then select whether to require user verification for locking the record.

Automatic locking preferences are defined on the Other tab of this window.
You can access the "locked by" information for a record by right-clicking the form in a patient’s Anesthesia Records window, and selecting Locked By. A window displays the patient, form, lock status, date, and user who locked it.

Under Assistant Labels, enter the titles of those who assist the surgeon, such as Anesthesiologist. The labels you define here are displayed on the General Info tab of the Create Anesthesia Record window, where you select the appropriate staff member for each label when creating the patient’s record.
Under Labels for Values to Plot/Graph, the first two fields indicate that the patient’s systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings will be recorded. Use the following four fields to define the other signs to monitor and record, such as pulse, O2 saturation levels, or temperature.
Under Report Options, select one or both of the following to display on the report:

Include Vital Signs GraphInclude Vital Signs GraphDisplays a plotted graph of the patient’s vital signs.

Include Vital Graph Data PointsInclude Vital Graph Data PointsDisplays a table of the vital sign graph points.

Under EMR Configuration, select Remind User to Add Start/Stop Times for Anesthesia Record if you want the user to be prompted to add these values before saving an Anesthesia Record.
Under Vital Signs, select Ask me to Clean Up Temporary Files from Anesthesia Monitor if you want to be prompted before the temporary record of the patient's vital signs is deleted. When this option is unchecked, the temporary data file is deleted automatically when the vital sign data points recorded in connected mode are imported into the patient's record.
Click the Discharge/Verify tab to define the set of questions to answer before discharging the patient. Click to edit the questions fields.
In the top section of the window, click the buttons on the right to create a list of questions, or use the fields in the bottom section to enter yes/no type questions to be displayed as check boxes.
Click the Other tab to set Automatically Lock preferences for Anesthesia Records, Digital Forms, and EMR notes after a specified time period. Use this tab to enable spell check for EMR features as well.
Click OK to save your preferences, or return to the Anesthesia Record tab and click Customize to define more details. See Customizing Anesthesia Records for more information.