V11.1.1 Touchworks Communication Picklist

Picklists are short lists of selectable items within TouchWorks. Picklists are made up of defined values from dictionaries. Picklists can be created for Communication Methods, in order to establish a set of communication methods connected to an Orderable item. For Example, creating a communication picklist for Prescriptions will include all of the ways a physician may communicate that order (Call in Rx, Write Rx, Fax Rx etc.)

Build Workbook Notes Here you set the Communication Methods you would like your orderables to have. These should have come over in the upgrade process. You will need to create a picklist for each different method of communication. For instance, for all methods that deal with an Rx you would want to create a picklist from the methods within the dictionary. The picklist might have, CallRx, MailRx, etc. The picklist Name (Not code or mnemonic) then will be used in the SSMT extract of the OIDs, column AY. When this is set you can then set which communication method you want defaulted for this order. You would set this in column AZ by the communication method Name (Not code or mnemonic).

To create global picklists review the process here SSMT: OID - Orderable Item Dictionary

In Order to create a communications Picklist:

• Login as TWAdmin
• Navigate to Dictionaries from the Vertical Tool Bar
• Select the Communication Dictionary

Select Picklist from the bottom of the screen

This will open a Communication Picklist dialoog box

Select create picklist in the bottom right hand corner of the dialog box

A pop up window will appear in which you will name your new picklist

Type a name for your picklist and click on OK. The picklist name will now appear in the communication picklist window. Select the picklist you just created and click Add Entry.

This will open a the "Add Entries" window. In this window select the communication methods in the left hand window that you want as options in this particular picklist, one at a time and then click the add button. When your list is complete, click on OK.

Now, on the front end, when the physician goes to perscribe medication they have all of these options in a pull down menu for communication