Dictionary Updates

Description

This page is designed to guide you through the Dictionary Update steps required for the upgrade.

Step 1 - Review Encounter Types with Client

Login to TouchWorks as TWAdmin

Click on Dictionaries from the Vertical Tool Bar (VTB)

Click Encounter Type from the Dictionary drop down menu

With the client review each Encounter type

Step 2 - Add, Change or Inactivate

Once the client has reviewed the encounters they may begin to add, change, or inactivate them as they wish, or they can simply leave them as they are.

To Add an Encounter

Login to TouchWorks as TWAdmin

Click on Dictionaries from the Vertical Tool Bar (VTB)

Click Encounter Type from the Dictionary drop down menu

Click the Add button

In the Name Field type in the exact Encounter name, be very specific and clear. This is what you and the users will see.

In the Code Field type in an abreviation of the name (this Code Field is only 10 characters long and may not always accomodate the full name.

In the Mnemonic Field type in the same thing you entered in the Code Field.

Click Save

To Change an Encounter

Login to TouchWorks as TWAdmin

Click on Dictionaries from the Vertical Tool Bar (VTB)

Click Encounter Type from the Dictionary drop down menu

Click the Name, Code or Mnemonic Field you'd like to change and change it, keeping in mind that the Code and Mnemonic names shoudl be the same.

Click Save

Inactivate or Activate an Encounter

Login to TouchWorks as TWAdmin

Click on Dictionaries from the Vertical Tool Bar (VTB)

Click Encounter Type from the Dictionary drop down menu.

Add a check mark to the Inactive box if ou would like to remove this Encounter Type as an option.

Remove the check mark from the Inactive box if you would like to see this Encounter Type as an option.