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PowerChart - CareCompass for Inpatient Nurses
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In PowerChart, nurses can use CareCompass as a workflow tool to help organize and plan patient care for the shift.
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The nurse can place a custom list on CareCompass and view:
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a multi patient summary of information and activities for assigned patients, such as isolation status, risk alerts,
tasks due, and notification of new orders/results.
a single patient summary with specific details, such as new orders and results, and tasks that are due.
an activity time line that groups tasks for all patients to help plan activities for the shift.
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CareCompass can display only 8 patients on a list, so you may need to create more than one custom list if you need
to view summaries of more than 8 patients.
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Information displayed is specific to current Visit (FIN) Number only.
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CareCompass refreshes and updates information every 3-7 minutes automatically. In addition, the nurse can click the
Refresh button to manually refresh, as needed.
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In CareCompass, the nurse can complete:
o Nurse Review of new orders
o Documentation of various tasks Med tasks will be visible in CareCompass, but the nurse
should continue to use the MAR to document meds.
The following instructions will describe how to add a Custom List, how to view various sections, how to complete Nurse
Review, and how to document various tasks in CareCompass. See Table of Contents for details.
Table of Contents:
Instructions
• Getting Started …………………………………………….
o How to Open CareCompass …………………...........
o How to Add a Custom List ……………………………
o How to Establish Relationships ….………………….
• CareCompass Tool Bar …………………………………..
o Wrench – Patient List Management …………….….
o Patient List Selection …………………………………
o Add Patient ……………………………………………
o Establish Relationships ………………………………
o New Orders/Results Alerts ……………………………
o New Notification ………………………………………
o CareCompass Help ……………………………………
• Multi Patient Summary View - Columns …………………
o Room/Bed ………………………………………………
o Patient Name …………………………………………..
o Weight …………………………………………………..
o Reason for Visit ………………………………………..
o Attending Physician …………………………………..
o Tasks ……………………………………………………
 Overdue
 PRN/
 Scheduled
• Single Patient Summary View …………………………….
• How to Document Tasks ………………………………….
• Activity Time Line & Activity List ………………………….
• How to Complete Nurse Review …………………………
• CareCompass Icon Legend ………………………………
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Getting Started:
How to Open CareCompass
After logging into PowerChart,
click CareCompass button on
top tool bar.
How to Add a Custom List
1. To add a Custom List, click drop
down in Patient List field.
2. Select desired list.
CareCompass can display
only 8 patients on a list.
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How to Establish Relationships
1. Patient information will
not display until a
relationship is
established.
2. To do so, click
Establish
Relationships button.
3. Select relationship from
drop down.
4. Click OK.
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CareCompass Tool Bar
Click Patient List: drop
down to select Custom
List you wish to view.
Click wrench to open Modify
Patient Lists window to create
patient lists, just as you can from
the Patient List view.
Click blue + to
open Patient
Search window
and add patients
to list currently in
view. Be sure to
select patient’s
correct Visit (FIN)
number.
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Click to Establish
Relationships
and bring patient
information into
view.
Click New Orders/Results Alert to view
details and complete Nurse Review.
yellow = new orders or abnormal results
red = stat orders or critical results .
Number displayed = number of new
orders/results for all patients.
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New Notifications icon will appear
bold with a number to indicate
changes in patient diet, allergies,
risk, resuscitation status, or
isolation status.
Click to view Notifications. Once
you review them, click Clear to
clear them from view.
Click CareCompass Help
icon to view more
information about how to
use CareCompass.
Number displayed = number of
Notifications for all patients.
Multi Patient Summary View - Columns
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Column
Room/Bed
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Patient
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Displays
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Room and bed number
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Isolation icon – hover to view type
OBS – identifies Observation patients
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High Risk Indicator - hover to see details,
including risk scores
Patient Name – click to open patient’s chart or
hover to see date of birth, MRN, FIN
Age and Gender
Resuscitation Status
Diets ordered – multiple diets can be listed
Allergies – No Allergies Recorded will display in
red
Hover over right side of column to bring following
icons into view:
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- click arrow to open Single Patient
Summary
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- click drop down to view quick links to
remove patient from current list, or to navigate
to patient’s I-view, MAR, Nursing Handoff, or
PowerOrders.
New Orders/Results icons will display here, in
addition to displaying on the top right tool bar as
previously described. In this Patient column, the
name is circled in yellow or red to draw attention to
the alert. Nurse Review can be completed from
here, as well.
yellow if new orders or abnormal results
red if stat orders or critical results
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Reason for visit
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Length of Stay
Targeted Discharge date from entry on
MultiDisciplinary Discharge Planning Form
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Weight
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Most recent weight
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Care Team
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Attending physician
Tasks
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Sorted in columns
o Overdue tasks
o PRN/Unscheduled tasks
o Current tasks
Number indicates number of tasks
Arranged by task types:
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Medications
Patient Care Activities
Assessment
Other task types, such as lab collection
and
infusion billing
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Click on task type icon or number to open Single
Patient Summary to view task details and to
document various tasks.
Details of Med Tasks will be visible, but the
nurse should continue to use the MAR to
document meds.
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Single Patient Summary View
To open, click on arrow in
Patient column.
Or, click on task type icon
or number.
With Single Patient
Summary in view, New
Orders/Results and New
Notifications icons are still
in view.
Single Patient Summary
is in view at right.
Notice a portion of the
Multi Patient Summary
remains in view at left.
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Single Patient Summary
will display information from
columns in Multi Patient
Summary, including High
Risk Indicators and
Allergies.
Quick links to patient’s
chart are also available.
To close Single Patient
Summary, click white X to
return to full Multi Patient
Summary.
Columns will display
Overdue and
PRN/Unscheduled tasks,
as well as future times
when tasks will be due.
Task details are displayed in
lower portion of screen.
You can click on arrow at
left of each heading to open
section for viewing.
In this example, Overdue
meds are open to show task
details. The 15:00 and
17:00 time sections at the
right are collapsed, but the
number of tasks due at each
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time are in view.
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How to Document Tasks
2. Click Document to open
form for charting. If task
does not have attached
form, click Done or Not
Done, as needed.
You can also click Done
Date/Time to mark a
specific Date/Time the task
was done.
1. With Single Patient
Summary open, click on
specific task to highlight
it, or click Select All to
highlight all tasks.
Activity Time Line & Activity List
Activity Time Line bar graph displays
at bottom of screen to illustrate
busiest times in upcoming 12 hours.
To collapse and create more
room to view patient list,
click to remove check mark.
To bring back into view, click
box to check.
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To open Activity List and
view task details, click
Activity List up arrow at
right.
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To collapse from view,
click down arrow at right.
Activity List displays task
details. Notice all Task
types are checked and in
view.
Tasks cannot be
documented from here.
Click on name to open
patient’s chart.
To view task types and
numbers, hover over bar. In
this example, 2 Patient Care
Tasks and 2 Other Task
types are Overdue.
To view more details, click
on icon or number to open
Activity List.
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The specific task type that was clicked will display on
Activity List.
Notice in this example that only Patient Care Tasks are in
view. You can click on the other task types to bring them
into view.
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How to Complete Nurse Review
Nurse Review can be completed by clicking on
the New Orders/Results Alert icons that display
in two locations in CareCompass – in the Patient
column and on the top right tool bar.
yellow = new orders or abnormal results
red = stat orders or critical results .
Name is also circled in yellow or red to
draw attention to the alert. Click on
icon to view orders and complete
Nurse Review for this patient.
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Number displayed = number of new
orders/results for all patients. To
review orders from this location, click
on icon…
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…to reveal list of patient
names with number of new
orders. Click on desired
name.
Click to place check at each
order as it is reviewed, then
click Mark as Reviewed.
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CareCompass Icon Legend
Icon
Description
Patient List Management – Create Custom List
Add Patient – Add patient to Custom List in view
New Orders/Results Alert – yellow indicates new orders/abnormal results
New Orders/Results Alert – red indicates stat orders/critical results
New Notifications – Appears bold with number to indicate changes in patient
diet, allergies, risk, resuscitation status, or isolation status
CareCompass Help – link to search help topics
Medication - Indicates Medication Tasks
Patient Care - Indicates Patient Care Tasks
Assessments - Indicates Patient Assessment Tasks
Other - Indicates Other Task Types, such as lab collection, infusion billing
Isolation Status – Click to view isolation type
Risk Alerts – Click to view details, including risk scores
OBS
Observation Status
Click to Open Single Patient Summary
Quick Links - Click to open patient chart, or remove patient from list
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