November 4, 2002 - Internet Support added to the Team Chart Concept Version 4

The Team Chart Concept Version 4 from Ulrich Medical Concepts now supports the Internet!  You can browse the Internet from within the Team Chart Concept, and you can link Team Chart Concept Contacts and Dictionary Entries to specific Web Sites.

Before explaining how Internet Support works in the Team Chart Concept, it should be noted that the Team Chart Concept has not, and does not, store any information on the Internet.  All information in the Team Chart Concept is stored in your secure office, and on your secure computers.  Furthermore the Internet features in the Team Chart Concept Version 4, are completely optional, and you can continue to use the Team Chart Concept, as you have in the past, without any Internet connection whatsoever.

But, if you have Internet access in your office, you can choose to combine the nearly infinite amount of resources available on the Internet, with the organizational speed and power of the Team Chart Concept.  Within the Team Chart Concept you can set up ‘links’ between entries in the Team Chart Concept, and specific Web Sites on the Internet.  For example, there are many Internet Sites devoted to various diseases, such as diabetes, hypertensions, cancer, etc.  In the Team Chart Concept Diagnosis Dictionary, you can define links between a specific disease, say, 250.0 Diabetes, and any web sites that discuss Diabetes.  Then, after those links have been setup, when you select a Diagnosis, you can press the ‘Internet’ Button on the Diagnosis Dictionary Dialog Box to quickly view those web sites.  If you, as a health care provider, are talking to a patient with say, breast cancer, you can quickly show the patient any web sites related to her condition.

In

• Diagnosis Dictionary

• Procedure Dictionary

• Prescription Dictionary

• User Defined Timeline Dictionary

Links defined for Prescription Dictionary entries allow you to have instant access to information on medications you prescribe.  If you have access to web sites that discuss interactions between different medications, you could define links to those web sites to stay up to date on the latest information.

You can also define Internet links for any Contact in the Team Chart Concept.  So, if a patient has medical records stored on the Internet (or a private Intranet), you can save that link in the Team Chart Concept for quick access at any time to his/her external medical records.

Many Insurance Companies, Pharmacies, and other outside organizations have Internet sites.  You can define links to those Contacts for fast access within the Team Chart Concept as well.

There is now an ‘Internet Dictionary’ within the Team Chart Concept.  Use this dictionary to define commonly used Internet sites such as CNN.com, Google.com, etc.  You can think of this Dictionary as very similar to the ‘Favorites’ button on most Internet browsers.

You can also make Timeline entries that are Internet Links.  For example, if an x-ray was taken at a certain date/time and is available via an Internet/Intranet, you create a Timeline entry for a patient, much as you would make a Timeline entry for an External Program.

You will find ‘Internet' Buttons sprinkled throughout the Team Chart Concept Version 4.  Any time you press the ‘Internet’ Button, you have the option to view any pre-defined sites related to the current entity in the Team Chart Concept, as well as the option to instantly browse the Internet within the Team Chart Concept.  While browsing the Internet you can quickly save the current web site as a Team Chart Concept Dictionary Entry, and/or link the site to a Team Chart Concept Dictionary entry, or Team Chart Concept Contact.

Both the Encounter Dialog Box, and the Template Dialog Box now have an Internet Button.  When the Internet Button is selected on either of these two screens, you will be shown a list of any Internet Links defined for the following:

• The Patient,

• The Attending, Referring, and Supervising Providers,

• Any assigned Insurance Companies.

• Any assigned Diagnoses,

• Any assigned Procedures, and

• Any Prescriptions on the same day as the Encounter.

Now you have yet another powerful way using the Team Chart Concept and the Internet, to better educate yourself, your staff, and your patients, in the pursuit of better patient care.  For more information on how to make the most of Internet access with the Team Chart Concept, please contact any of the staff at Ulrich Medical Concepts.  We will be happy to help.

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