Configure E-Lab Orders in PCC EHR

PCC EHR's labs can contain several result fields, have default facilities, initiate tasks for the tasks queue, and use numerous other features. Your common labs can automatically appear for selection on appropriate chart notes. Read the sections below to understand everything you need to know about lab configuration.

Your hospital or a 3rd-party lab vendor (such as LabCorp or Orchard Trellis) can send lab test results directly to PCC EHR. An integration agreement is required. Contact PCC Support to learn about your options.

Use the Component Builder to create or edit the different components that make up a protocol. You can create a custom component to deal with a particular charting need, with your own wording, and then use the Protocol Builder to add that component to relevant chart notes. You can also use the Component Builder to modify the details or wording of different components, such as adding a new available items to the History or Review of Systems components.

Run the PCC EHR Configuration tool to edit components, work on your custom chart notes, or modify the Medical Summary or Demographics sections of the chart. The Protocol Configuration tool is found in the Tools menu.

Read the examples below to learn how to create or edit an order, set default behaviors, and add specific LOINC tests for charting.

Follow the steps below to use the Protocol Configuration tool to add the correct, age-specific immunizations to Well Child chart note protocols.

You can add many special components, which appear elsewhere in a patient's chart, to your customizable chart note protocols. These include siblings, growth charts, Recent and Upcoming Appointments, any Medical Summary component, and any Demographics component.

PCC EHR's Protocol Configuration Tool creates and edits custom chart notes, phone notes, and order follow-up notes in PCC EHR.

After you Open the Protocol Configuration Tool, click on "Protocol Builder" to create or edit a chart note protocol.

Components are the building blocks of protocols, which are used to generate chart notes for visits. By understanding the different component types and the available specialized components, you will be able create useful new sections for your chart notes and configure them.

Follow the steps below to use the Protocol Configuration tool to clone or create a new protocol and add components to that protocol.

Use the Protocol Map to determine which protocols will be used for chart notes for specific visit reasons and providers.

The sections below explain how to fulfill orders in PCC EHR. Orders include labs, immunizations, referrals, screenings, radiology, and medical procedures.

As you review a chart note or create a phone note, you may need to order a referral, a nebulizer treatment, a lab, or another action for the patient. The procedure below shows how to create orders.

While you work with a patient, you can order labs, injections, supplies, or medical procedures. Select the appropriate items in the patient's chart note and click "Order". Then click "Edit" to enter details or modify tasks for that order. Later, any nurse or provider can complete the tasks and enter results, either from the Schedule queue, the Visit Tasks queue, or from within the chart.

You may need to review complete lab results, print them out with all details, or even remove an order that was recorded in a patient's record by mistake. Read the sections below to learn all the options for reviewing lab and order information.

In PCC EHR, you can manage immunization lots, track and adjust lot amounts, and use reports to manage your vaccine inventory.

Whether you are tracking something for PCMH, pay for performance, or another incentive program, you can use an order in PCC EHR to record medical information that meets reporting requirements. Learn how to set up your orders, and special tips and techniques to help your practice workflow.

You can use a barcode scanner to manage your vaccine inventory in PCC EHR. Managing your inventory and administrations using barcode scanners will save time and reduce errors.

When you are filling out a lab requisition, referral, or a request for DME, you may need the ICD-10 codes for a patient’s diagnoses. In PCC EHR, you can quickly review ICD-10 codes for patient diagnoses and Problem List items on the Diagnosis flowsheet. First, open a patient’s chart and navigate to the Flowsheets section […]

Contents1 Create a Telemedicine Protocol for Sick Visits1.1 Customize Other Chart Note Protocols for Telemedicine In PCC EHR, you can create and customize chart note protocols for different visit types. PCC recommends you create a “Telemedicine Sick” protocol, along with other telemedicine-based protocols you expect to schedule. Those protocols can then be configured to appear […]

Contents1 Configure In-Office Lab Orders and Facilities1.1 Configure In-Office Lab Facilities1.2 Map In-Office Lab Facilities to Appointment Locations1.3 Configure a Default Facility for In-Office Lab Tests2 Set Up Default Document Categories for Lab and Radiology Requisitions3 Configure Provider Signatures to Automatically Appear on Lab and Radiology Requisitions4 Configure Custom Requisition Forms4.1 Learn More After ordering […]

Use PCC EHR to track, review, order, and administer immunizations in PCC EHR.

Read this article to learn how you can generate form letters that include encounter and chart information in PCC.

When you schedule an appointment in PCC, your practice can automatically send patients and families CHADIS questionnaires through the patient portal. Results will show up right in the encounter’s chart note, like any order. You can use CHADIS questionnaires to gather important diagnostic, screening, and other valuable information in advance of an encounter.

Authorize or bar users from accessing your office remotely through PCC SecureConnect and reset the pairing with whichever device is in use for two-factor authentication.

You can easily print specimen labels for labs that require specimen collection.