Clinical Application Coordinator

A clinically experienced person who guides and supports clinicians, IT experts, and others through design, adoption, tailoring, and use of clinical computing systems such as an electronic medical record. A CAC teaches, trains, supports and innovates.

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This is how to set up a User as a Clinical Application Coordinator so they can create and publish shared templates.

1. First set the Parameter TEMPLATE FIELD EDITOR USER CLASSES CHOOSE 1-5: 1 EVE     Systems Manager Menu Core Applications ...

Select Systems Manager Menu Option: CORe Applications

...     IRM    CPRS Configuration (IRM) ...

Select Core Applications Option: IRM CPRS Configuration (IRM)

OC    Order Check Expert System Main Menu ...      TI     ORMTIME Main Menu ...      UT     CPRS Clean-up Utilities ...      XX     General Parameter Tools ...      HD     HealtheVet Desktop Configuration ... RD    Remote Data Order Checking Parameters

Select CPRS Configuration (IRM) Option: XX General Parameter Tools

LV    List Values for a Selected Parameter LE    List Values for a Selected Entity LP    List Values for a Selected Package LT    List Values for a Selected Template EP    Edit Parameter Values ET    Edit Parameter Values with Template EK    Edit Parameter Definition Keyword

Select General Parameter Tools Option: EP Edit Parameter Values --- Edit Parameter Values ---

Select PARAMETER DEFINITION NAME: TEMPL 1  TEMPLATE FIELD EDITOR USER CLASSES  TIU FIELD EDITOR CLASSES Template Field Editor User Classes 2  TEMPLATES FOR VITALS V5  GMV TEMPLATE   Templates for vitals V5    CHOOSE 1-2: 1  TIU FIELD EDITOR CLASSES   Template Field Editor User Classes

TIU FIELD EDITOR CLASSES may be set for the following:

1  User          USR    [choose from NEW PERSON] 3  Service       SRV    [choose from SERVICE/SECTION] 4  Division      DIV    [choose from INSTITUTION] 5  System        SYS 6  Package       PKG    [TEXT INTEGRATION UTILITIES]

Enter selection: 5 System Setting TIU FIELD EDITOR CLASSES for System: Select Sequence Number: ?

Sequence Number Value --- -    3                CLINICAL COORDINATOR

2. Then Add the person to the USR Class CLINICAL COORDINATOR >D ^XUP

Setting up programmer environment This is a TEST account.

Terminal Type set to: C-VT100

You have 108 new messages. Select OPTION NAME: USR LIST MEMBERSHIP BY CLASS     List Membership by Class List Membership by Class Select CLASS: CLINICAL COORDINATOR User Class Members           Nov 16, 2012@18:55:14          Page:    1 of        1 CLINICAL COORDINATORs                    7 Members Member                                                Effective  Expires 1   AMUNDSON,MARK                                          10/27/05 2   ANDERSON,MAGGIE                                        10/27/05 3   COORDINATOR,CLINICAL                                   06/01/05 4   DEWAYNE,ROBERT                                         07/19/05 5   JUTZI,WILLIAM                                          02/22/05 6   MANAGER,SYSTEM                                         06/06/05 7   WVEHR,PATCH INSTALLER                                  11/27/06

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