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| 13 | <h1 align="center"><img src="images/EDIS_ICON_Small.gif" alt="EDIS icon"><br>Edit Closed View</font></h1> | 
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| 15 | <h2 align="center">Editing Emergency Department Records for Patients Whose Visits Are Closed </h2> | 
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| 18 | <p>This view enables authorized users to edit the EDIS records of patients who are no longer on the display board. EDIS  logs all changes for subsequent reference (as it does with changes users make while patients are still signed in to the emergency department).</p> | 
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| 19 | <p><img src="images/edit_closed_general.png" alt="Screen capture: the Edit Closed view" width="600" height="383" border="1"><br /> | 
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| 20 | <strong>The Edit Closed view.</strong></p> | 
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| 22 | <li>Type  in the <strong>Patient Name or Date</strong> box a  date (mm/dd/yy format) or all or part of the patient’s name (Surname,Firstname  format). For example, you can type the patient’s surname initial, entire  surname, or surname and first-name initial. You can also type the patient’s  full SSN or the initial letter of the patient’s surname concatenated with the  last four digits of his or her SSN (X9999 format),  the word <em>today</em> (for a list of today’s  visits), or t-n ( where <em>t</em> represents today, and <em>n</em> represents the number of days  prior to today; for example t-1 represents yesterday). Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Patient Name or Date</strong> box.</li> | 
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| 23 | <li>Click <b>Search</b> or press the ENTER key. EDIS  lists possible matches in the search-results list. </li> | 
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| 24 | <li>Select from this list the patient whose record you want to update. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the search list. Use the DOWN ARROW key to enter the list and use the DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW keys to select the patient whose record you want to update. </li> | 
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| 25 | <li>To identify a previously unidentified patient, click <b>Identify Patient</b> in the <b>Patient Information</b> bar. EDIS  displays the <b>Add Patient</b> dialog box. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Identify Patient </strong>button and use the SPACEBAR key to select it. </li> | 
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| 26 | <li>The <strong>Add Patient</strong> dialog offers two ways to identify patients: <strong>Search for Patient in VistA</strong> and <strong>Enter Name, Patient Is Not in VistA.</strong> <strong>Search for Patient in VistA</strong> is the application’s default selection. To search for the patient in VistA, type  all or part of the patient’s name in the <strong>Find  Patient</strong> box (Surname,Firstname format) and either click <strong>Search</strong> or press the ENTER key. You may also type the  patient’s full SSN, the last four digits of the patient’s SSN, or the initial  letter of the patient’s surname concatenated with the last four digits of his  or her SSN (X9999 format).  EDIS displays a list of possible matches. </li> | 
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| 27 | <li>Select the patients name and click <b>Continue.</b> Keyboard: use  the DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW keys to locate the patient’s name. Press the ENTER key to select the name. | 
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| 29 | <li type="a" value="1">If the patient you are seeking is not included in the  list, select <strong>Enter Name, Patient Is Not in VistA</strong>. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Search for Patient in VistA</strong> button, then use the DOWN ARROW key to locate the <strong>Enter Name, Patient Is Not in VistA</strong> button. Press the SPACEBAR key to select this button.</li> | 
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| 30 | <li type="a">Type the patient’s name in the <strong>Patient Name</strong> box and click <strong>Continue.</strong> Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Continue</strong> button and use the SPACEBAR key to select the button. </li> | 
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| 31 | </ol> | 
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| 32 | <li>Add or update other data-entry fields as necessary. You can add information to, or update, the following fields: <b>Complaint for Display Board, Long Complaint (optional), Room / Area, Acuity, Status, Provider, Resident, Nurse, Comment, Source, Disposition, Delay Reason</b>, <b>Selected Diagnoses, </b> <strong>Time In</strong>, and <strong>Time Out.</strong> (Click the <strong>Time In</strong> or <strong>Time Out </strong>spin-box arrows or use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to edit the patients time in or time out.)</li> | 
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| 33 | <li>Click <b>Save</b> to save your changes or click <b>Cancel</b> to discard them. Keyboard: use the TAB key to locate the <strong>Save</strong> or <strong>Cancel</strong> button and use the SPACEBAR key to select the button of your choice.</li> | 
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| 37 | <table><!--This table is for formatting purposes only--><tr align="top"><td valign="top"><i>Note:</i></td> | 
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| 38 | <td><i>The <b>Save</b> button is available only after youve added or updated information in the <b>Patient Information</b> pane. The application allows you to save your changes only if all required data fields contain valid entries. Also note: if  you attempt to change the time out value (or other value) for a patient who  left the emergency department before he or she was seen, EDIS will not allow  you to save your change until you add a provider name.</i></td></tr></table> | 
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| 41 | <h3 align="left">Related Topics</h3> | 
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| 42 | <p><a href="General.html">General Information</a></p> | 
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