Customize Flowsheets
Customizing Your Flowsheet View
Adjust the Date Range Search Criteria ........................................................................................................................ 1
Change Your View (Table, Group, List) ....................................................................................................................... 2
Choosing the Results Displayed .................................................................................................................................. 4
Changing Font Size in Flowsheets............................................................................................................................... 5
Children’s Default Settings for Lab/Rad, Results, Vital Signs and Medications Tabs ................................................. 6
Adjust the Date Range Search Criteria
Click the
on the left to change the Start Date; click the
for the current results.
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To set up default values for the Arrow
Options, then Properties in the toolbar.
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Click the Defaults tab.
on the right to change the End Date
buttons, click
The Default Range Offsets are the settings for
the Forward and Back Arrows.
In this example, the default is set so that each
click on the Back-Arrow jumps back 5 days;
each click on the Forward Arrow jumps 1 day.
Highlight and replace the Forward/Back
values as needed.
4 Select the Units from the dropdown list.
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If you check Re-apply defaults for each new chart, you can change the date range for results on one
chart, and the defaults will apply to the next chart you open.
If it is not checked, when you change the date range for results on one chart, those changes will apply to
the following charts that you open during your current PowerChart/SurgiNet/FirstNet session.
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Click Save, then OK,
Change Your View (Table, Group, List)
Click the Table, Group or List button to change the view of the current results.
To set up this view as your default view, click Options, then Properties. In the Flowsheet Properties
window, click Save, then OK.
Table View
Table view has both a vertical and horizontal scroll bar to move through results.
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Group View
Group view scrolls through results vertically only.
List View
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Choosing the Results Displayed
1 Click Options, then Properties in the toolbar.
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Click the Defaults tab.
Select the results to display:
• Clinical range refers to the collection date
and time. When Clinical Range is set, then
you can adjust the Adjustment Increment
(default = 7 Days) for results.
• Posting range refers to the date and time
that the result was entered into the EMR.
• Result count specifies a number of results
that you set up in the Default Result
Count section of the window. Note that
this can be slow to load – if used, start at
100 results and 3 years. When Result
Count is set, you can adjust the
Adjustment Increment (default = 50) for
results.
• Filter by selected encounter displays the
results for the encounter or visit number
displayed on the banner bar.
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Click Save to make these settings your default and then click OK.
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Changing Font Size in Flowsheets
1 Click Options on the toolbar, then select
Properties.
Use the Settings tab to change the font size
in flowsheets.
3 Click Save.
4 Click OK.
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Children’s Default Settings for Lab/Rad, Results, Vital Signs and Medications Tabs
Lab/Rad Tab
Results Tab
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Vital Signs Tab
Medications Tab
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