HealtheVet
Desktop
Introduction
Introduction
The HealtheVet Desktop is the application framework that hosts the
Veterans Administration’s (VA’s) new generation of clinical applications.
The Care Management project is the first project to run inside the HealtheVet
Desktop. Eventually, most of the clinical applications used at the VA will be
hosted within the HealtheVet Desktop.
This distribution of the HealtheVet
Desktop includes the four Care Management perspectives (perspectives are similar
to applications). The perspectives included are:
- Clinician Dashboard
The Clinician Dashboard provides clinicians with an easy-to-read table
that lists patients who have items that need attention. The table allows clinicians
to quickly and easily view healthcare information. For example, you can use
the Clinician Dashboard to quickly determine which patients have order results
that should be reviewed or acknowledged, or documents that need to be signed.
- Nurse Dashboard
The Nurse Dashboard provides nurses with an easy-to-read table that lists
patients who have items that require a nurse’s attention. For example,
you can use the Nurse Dashboard to quickly determine which patients have orders
that need to be verified. The Nurse dashboard also displays patients’
last five vitals.
- Query Tool
The Query Tool allows you to create reports based on patient data. You can
use the five predefined reports (Abnormal Results, Consult Status, Incomplete
Orders, Recent Activity, Scheduled/Due Activity) or you can create a custom
report.
- Sign List
The Sign List allows you
to sign multiple items for multiple patients. For example, using the Sign
List you could sign a discharge summary for John Smith and notes for Jane
Smith simultaneously. The types of items that appear on your Sign List depend
on which dashboard you are using. Items that appear on the Sign List for the
Clinician Dashboard include unsigned and uncosigned clinical documents. Items
that appear on the Sign List for the Nurse Dashboard include unverified orders
and completed text orders.
Note: The Clinical Application Coordinator (CAC) at your site assigns
access to HealtheVet Desktop perspectives. You may not have access
to all of the perspectives listed above.
This distribution of HealtheVet
Desktop also includes a Task Editor, which allows you to create patient-related
tasks. The tasks you can create are based on items listed in the Clinician and
Nurse Dashboards. For example, using the Task Editor, you could create a task
to call a patient based on a lab result indicating an abnormal white blood cell
count. Any user can view and act on tasks created in the Task Editor.
Links to different perspectives
are located in the perspective selector on the left side of the HealtheVet
Desktop (graphic). To display a new
perspective, simply click the appropriate link. For example, to display the
Sign List perspective, click Sign List on the HealtheVet Desktop perspective
selector.
The output from the current
perspective is displayed in the output (right) pane. The output pane is further
divided into an upper pane and a lower pane. The upper pane contains general
information, while the lower pane contains detailed information about the items
you selected in the upper pane.
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