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Amalga UIS
User Guide
Table of Contents
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Logging On/Off Amalga
The Toolbar
View Manager/Cohorts/Time Range
Data
Getting Patient Info
Forms
Patient Banner
Alerts
Allergies
Care Providers
Census History
Demographics/Insurance
Emergency Department Orders
Labs/Micro
MAR
Orders
Pathology Reports
Radiology Reports
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Log in/Log out
Log into Amalga:
1.
Logon to the workstation
using your User ID and
Password; Do not use
[Guest Login]
2.
Click [Amalga] on the
LaunchPad
3.
Your user ID and
password will already be
pre-populated; You may or
may not have to click
Login on the Amalga UIS
pre- populated screen. No
password is required.
Home Window Grid:
The Amalga home window grid is displayed each time you log in to Amalga. The home window grid
is populated with patient visit information. From the home window, you can access all Amalga
functions.
Log out of Amalga:
1.Log off by clicking the Red Door
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The Toolbar
The View Manager
button Displays the
name of your currently
selected user view.
Clicking the button
launches the View
Manager where you can
select, edit, and apply
personal views.
The Datascope button
shows what date range filter
is currently applied to the
Amalga home window.
Click to launch a drop-down
list of date range selections.
Patients display with an
Admit date/time before the
end of the date range
selected AND the Discharge
Date/time is blank, OR the
Discharge Date/Time is
after the start of the date
range selected.
The Filter button
enables you to
apply conditions
to data in order to
customize the
patient list
displayed.
The Sort button
enables you to
sort the data that
appears on the
home window.
(To sort on any
one field, just
click on the
column heading
directly.)
The Shortcut button
provides a list of links
to internet sites,
intranet sites, internal
files or local programs.
The Find button
allows you to search
for patients by Last
Name (Phonetic/
Exact), First Name
Middle Name, Patient
Number, MRN, CI
Number, Facility, and
Date of Birth.
When searching by
MRN or CI Number,
begin search with % to
display merged
encounters
The Refresh button
forces an update of
the data in the
current view.
The Info button
The Cohorts Filter
enables you to view
button(All rows..)
information for the
allows you to
highlighted patient
customize the
patient list
displayed by the
following:
 All patients who
belong to a
particular
physician.
 All patients who
belong to a
physician group
 All patients on
The Forms button displays
a list of customized prepopulated forms available
for viewing and printing.
Amalga Health Status
button gives the status
of the systems that
Amalga receives data
from. (i.e. Invision
downtime)
The System button
launches a
dropdown box
allowing you to:
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Print
Save as Text
Export to
Microsoft Excel
Customize the
fonts and colors of
the display,
Options for how
the system
behaves when left
inactive.
a nursing unit
Buttons outlined in Red are not in use at this time.
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View Manager
Introduction to User Views (selecting patients to view on a regular basis):
Using the View Manager to Apply and Clone a View
This Quick Start Guide shows you how to use the View Manager to create and edit a routine view you can apply
whenever you open Amalga and how you can quickly switch to a view you have saved in your View Manager. A
“view” is the set of fields chosen to view, filters applied to the data, how the rows are sorted, and even color and
font choices for the patient grid in that view.
The View Manager button displays the name of the
view selected (in this example, NICS User View).
To open the View Manager Window and
Apply a different view:
1. Click the View Manager button in the home
window. You can see the current view (NICS
User View) is highlighted in the View
Manager
2. Click a different view you want to apply
3. Click Apply.
4. The patient grid now displays the columns
and settings defined for the selected view
and the label on the View Manager button
changes to the name of the applied view.
NOTE: If you wish to see this user view each
time you open Amalga, click the check box
by “Apply the selected view when I run this
Amalga application.”
You may want to “clone” a view so you copy it into
your personal folder in the View Manager where
only you can make changes and save the view
just the way you want.
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To Clone a view
1. Open the View Manager as above.
5. Click on the view you want to clone.
6. Click Clone. The Edit Window opens
7. Change the name or make edits* to your
view.
8. Be sure to save it in the folder with your
Novant User ID.
9. Click OK to save and return to the View
Manager
*Continue to next slides for more on editing
a view.
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Cohorts and Time Range
Introduction to Cohorts & Time Range (Data Scope)
(selecting patients to view by time range and physician, physician group, or nursing unit)
This Quick Start Guide will walk you through Time Range (Data Scope) and Cohort Filtering. A cohort filter finds
patients who belong to a cohort (pre-defined or re-defined group) or at any time during the range of dates
specified in the toolbar.
Note: Time Range and Cohorts may be pre-configured for your Amalga Home Window Grid, and you may create
your own cohorts or groupings.
The following are examples of possible cohorts:
• All patients who belong to a particular physician
• All patients assigned to a particular physician group
• All patients admitted to a particular hospital unit.
Note: The Room/Bed filter is
routinely applied and will override
the Time Range (Data Scope)
selection.
Time Range (also called Datascope)
For example, let’s say the current time range is a
range of dates, 1/1/08 – 1/3/08, and the cohort is
hospital unit 5N. When the cohort filter is applied,
the home window will contain data rows (each row
is a patient visit) for all patients whose admit date
to unit 5N was on or before 1/3/08, and whose
discharge date from 5N was between 1/1/08 and
1/3/08 or is blank.
You may change the time range by clicking the
drop-down menu and selecting a new time range.
Cohort filter on the Home Window Grid
1. On the Amalga Toolbar, click the “All Rows”
button to show the Cohort dialog box.
Now in the Cohort dialog box, add an available
cohort to your currently selected cohort filter:
2. Select a tab with cohorts by which you wish
to filter.
3. Click on a cohort (or multiple cohorts) in the
“Available” box.
4. Click Add. Selected Items will appear in the
“Selected” box.
5. Click OK.
The Home Window Grid reloads with patient
visit rows filtered by both the cohort you just
constructed and the range of dates you
previously selected.
6. If you want to make this a permanent part of
your cloned view in your personal folder
which was applied before choosing the
cohort, go into the View Manager, and click
Save Settings.
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View Manager
Editing Views: Selecting Columns to View
This Quick Start Guide shows you how to use the Edit View window to chose what fields (columns) you want in the
view, what filters to apply to the data, how the rows are sorted, and even color and font choices for the patient
grid in that view. We also show how to select your default user view to be applied each time you open Amalga.
To Edit a view from your personal folder:
1. Click the View Manager button in the home
window opening the View Manager window.
2. Click the view from your personal folder at
the top you would like to edit. Note: If the
view you want to edit is in another folder, you
will need to Clone the view first into your
personal folder. (See directions on Cloning a
View on the previous page.)
3. Click Edit which opens the Edit View
window. Note, by default, the Edit window
opens to the tab for “Fields” which represent
the patient grid columns available to you and
selected for the view.
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4. To add another column into the view click
the field in the “Available” box you want to
add and click Add Field. You will see the
chosen field populate at the bottom of the
“Selected” box. Similarly, you can click a
field in the “Selected box and click
Remove Field to remove that column
from your view.
5. The position of your columns left to right
corresponds to the list of selected fields
top to bottom. To move a column (field) to
the left on your grid so it is easier to view
without scrolling right, click the field in
the “Selected” box to highlight it, then
click the upwards arrow which moves the
field up in the list or left on the grid.
Similarly, you can use the downwards
arrow to move a column to the right. You
will see your changes to the grid when you
return to that screen.
6. When finished, click OK.
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View Manager
Editing Views: Creating Filters for a Specific View
This Quick Start Guide shows you how to use the Edit View window to chose what filters to apply to the data. This
same process applies when you use the Filter button on the Amalga home page toolbar.
To apply or change Filters for a view in your
personal folder:
1. Click the View Manager button in the home
window opening the View Manager window.
2. Click Edit which opens the Edit View
window. By default, the Edit window opens to
the tab for “Fields.”
3. Click the Filter tab. In the columns box, you
can see all the filters available. Note: You
can filter on any of the columns in the base
view--they do not have to be part of the
current view.
In this example, we will narrow our view to show
only those patients in a bed at a one hospital.
This view is already filtered, as you can see,
to include patients currently in a bed. Note:
The Room/Bed filter is routinely applied and
will override the Time Range (Data Scope)
selection.
4. Scroll down the “Columns” list and click on
the field with which you would like to filter, in
this case Institution.
5. Click Add Filter and the Filter Editor window
appears.
6. In the “Values” box, type “tmc” which will
narrow our patient list to patients at
Thomasville Medical Center. Note: there
are many options available in the Filter Editor
which will be explained in more detail on the
next page. In this example the Clause is 1,
meaning it will partner with the other Clause
1 filter listed, and the operator is set to
“EQUALS TO” which is appropriate for our
chosen filter.
7. Click OK on the Filter Editor.
8. Click OK on the Edit View window.
9. Click Apply on the View Manager window.
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As you can see, the NICS User View is now
filtering out all but TMC patients in a bed.
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View Manager
Editing Views: More on Creating Filters for a Specific View
This Quick Start Guide shows you how to use the Edit View window to chose what filters to apply to the data. This
same process applies when you use the Filter button on the Amalga home page toolbar.
More about using Operators:
If we are filtering on numerical fields, we can use
the following operators:
• Less than
• Greater than
• Between
• Equal to
• etc.
For filtering on textual columns, we can filter on the
following operators:
• Contains
• Begins With
• Ends With
• Is Blank
• Equals to
• Not Equal to
• etc.
More About Using Clause Numbers:
You can use the Filter Editor Clause
Numbers to construct combinations of
filters.
For Example,
to generate a filter for (SEX = M and Age = 50),
or SEX = F, assign both the Sex =M and Age =
50 clauses a filter number of 1 and assign the
SEX =F clause a filter number of 2. Simply use
the clause number or highlight and replace the
clause number in the “Clause Number” box.
Any clauses with the same filter number are
combined with an AND operator; and any
clauses with a different clause number are
combined with an OR operator.
Using the combination above, you are filtering
for Males aged 50 OR Females; therefore, you
would see all the females but only 50 year old
males in this user view.
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View Manager
Editing Views: Sort Order
This Quick Start Guide shows you how to use the Edit View window to chose how the rows are sorted for the patient
grid in that view.
1. To sort rows (patient visits) on the patient grid
a certain way top to bottom, click on the Sort
tab, click the field(s) by which you want the
patient visits ordered, and after each selection
from the “Available” box, click Add Field as
above. Just as you moved columns left to
right, you can move a chosen field’s priority in
the sorting up or down by using the arrows
pointed out in 5 above.
2. Sorting can be ascending or descending. To
specify, click a field in the “Selected” box,
then click Sort Order to change the order by
the field name (ASC) to (DESC) or vice versa.
3. When finished, click OK.
Editing Views: Color and Font
This Quick Start Guide shows you how to use the Edit View window to chose color and font choices for the patient
grid in that view.
1. To select the colors and fonts to apply to
your view, click on the Color and Font
tab on the Edit View window.
2. Click on the drop down buttons or scroll
bars and click on your choices.
You can change the
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Background color (shown)
•
Header row font and height
•
Data Row font and height
3. Your changes display in the Preview
area.
4. When you are satisfied with your
changes, click OK to save and exit the
Edit View window.
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Data
The home window grid is organized as a set of
rows and columns.
1. The header row, always at the top of the data
area, contains the column display names.
• Click a column display name to sort all
data rows based on the values for that
column. Click again to toggle between
ascending and descending order.
• Drag a column display name to the left
or right to change the placement of that
column.
• Drag the vertical edge of the column
display name to the left or right to
contract or widen the column.
• Right-click a column display name to
use either of two pop-up menu options:
Stats and Copy Distinct Values to
Clipboard.
• If you wish to keep these changes, click
on the View Manager and click on save
settings
2. The dates/times that display under the Last
Labs, Micro, X-ray, etc. columns reflect the
date/time Amalga received the last result or
UPDATE (not the last performed/collect time)
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Getting Patient Info
To view more detailed information about a patient:
1. Highlight a patient data row
and double-click, or click the
[INFO] button to view more
detailed information.
2. Click a Module Name from the Module List on the left to view the following detailed information:
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Clinical Results Data – Emergency Dept Reports, Labs & Microbiology, MAR (Medication
Administration Record), Pathology, Radiology Reports - including a link to the McKesson Image
Viewer, and Transcriptions.
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Admissions, Discharges, Transfers and Clinical Data – Alerts, Allergies, Care Providers, Census
History, Orders and the Patient Banner containing Patient Identifiers
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Demographics & Insurance Information – Demographics and Insurance
The Module list is always visible on the left side of the screen.
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Forms
Highlight a patient from the Amalga Home
Window Grid and click the Forms button to
display a list of customized, pre-populated
forms available for viewing and printing.
The Progress Note is pre-populated with:
• The patient label
• The current date and time
• Hospital Day
• A predefined set of lab results as of
midnight.
• Patient Weight if charted/updated in
Invision after midnight.
Printing the form in real-time after assuring
that the most current labs have been posted
is the safest practice so that the most current
lab results are printed
From the Forms Viewer:
1. Click Novant Forms – the list of available
forms populates in the right window.
2. Click the Form name you would like to
view/print.
3. Click the [PRINT] button to print the form
without viewing first.
4. Click the [VIEW] button to view the form in
the Amalga Forms Viewer Window.
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Forms
Along the top of the Form viewer
window are a set of icons that you
can click on. From left-to-right:
1. Click the icon on the far left to view
the first page of a multi-page form.
2. Click on the next item to the right to
view the previous page of a multipage form.
3. To the right of the two left-most
clickable icons is a read-only page
counter that uses the familiar page n
of m format.
4. Click on the icon immediately to the
right of the page counter to view the
next page of a multi-page form.
5. Click on the next icon to the right to
view the last page of a multi-page
form.
6. Click the magnifying glass icon once
to zoom in, for better readability, and
then click again to zoom back out.
7. Click down arrow next to the
magnifying glass icon to use the
zoom options in a drop-down list:
Whole page, Page width, two
pages, Thumbnail, 150%,
100%, 75%, 50%, or 25%.
8. Click the printer icon to print the
form you are viewing.
This form will contain the most recent labs that
have been collected since midnight. The form will
be printed with the date and time of printing. You
may scratch through/change the time if needed.
Be sure to initial any changes.
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Patient Banner
The Patient Banner Contains the following:
• Patient Name
• DOB
• Sex
• Admit Date
• Facility
• Unit/Room/Bed
• BMI
• CI#
• PT#
• MRN
• Code Status
• Isolation
• Allergy Information
• Attending MD
Click the Allergies: label in the Patient Banner to be redirected to the Allergies Module to view the list
of documented allergies for the patient.
The Allergy section of the Patient Banner will display one of the options listed below:
NKA - The patient's allergies have been documented as NKA (No Known Allergies) in Net Access and
the Allergies have been reconciled.
Allergies Exist – There are documented allergies in Net Access and the allergies have been
reconciled for the patient.
Not Documented – Allergy information has not been documented in Net Access for the patient.
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Alerts
Select the Alerts Module to display the following
patient Alerts: Code Status, Isolation, Risk
Factors/Privacy, Quality Measures, and Patient
Indicators/Care Teams.
The Alerts Module is the default module
displayed.
1. [Active Alerts] Tab – contains active alerts
for this visit.
2. [Inactive Alerts] Tab – contains inactive
alerts for this visit.
3. [All Visits] Tab – contains active and
inactive alerts for this visit and historical
visits.
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Allergies
Select the Allergies Module from the Module
List to view the list of documented allergies for
this visit and historical visits.
1. [Active Corporate Allergies] Tab –
contains the documented active allergies
from all facilities.
2. [Inactive Corporate Allergies] Tab –
contains the inactive and deleted allergies
from all facilities.
3. [Audit Log-All Facilities] Tab – contains
active, inactive and deleted allergies for this
visit and historical visits from all facilities
listed. See [Display Details] tab for included
facilities.
4. Click a column Heading to SORT all the data
into ascending or descending order for
values in that column’s cells.
5. Click the [Reset Sort Order] Button to
return the data rows to the original sort
order.
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Care Providers
Select the Care Provider Module to display the
patients Care Provider information.
All information comes directly from Net Access.
1. [Active Care Provider] Tab – contains the
active care providers or this visit.
2. [Inactive Care Providers] Tab – contains
the inactive care providers for this visit.
3. [All Visits] Tab – contains the active and
inactive care providers for this visit and
historical visits.
4. Click a column Heading to SORT all the data
into ascending or descending order for
values in that column’s cells.
5. Click the [Reset Sort Order] Button to
return the data rows to the original sort
order.
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Census History
The Census History Module displays census
history and patient status information.
1. [Census History] Tab – displays the
census history and patient status for this
visit.
2. [All Visits] Tab – displays the census
history and patient status information for
this visit and historical visits.
3. Click a column Heading to SORT all the
data into ascending or descending order for
values in that column’s cells.
4. Click the [Reset Sort Order] Button to
return the data rows to the original sort
order.
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Demographics/ Insurance
Select the Demographics Module to view
Demographics and Case Data information for
the patient for this visit.
Note the additional tabs for more detailed
information on:
Employer
Guarantor
Contacts
Case Data
Other
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Keep in mind when accessing contact numbers,
you must refer to the patient chart to verify that
individuals are listed on the PHI sharing
document.
Select the Insurance Module to view
insurance information for the patient for this
visit.
Note the tabs for more detailed information on
additional insurance.
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Emergency Department Reports
1. The [Physician Notes] Tab contains
the Physician ED notes for this visit
and historical visits.
2. The [Nurses Notes] Tab contains the
Nurses ED Notes for this visit and
historical visits.
3. The [All] Tab – returns all reports for
the selected Date.
4. Select reports by date.
5. All Visits – Select to return Reports
Results for all the patient visits in
Amalga
6. The Selected Visit – Select to return
Reports Results only for the visit you
selected from the home window.
Keyword Text Search:
7. To find an individual word or phrase
within a single report, a report category
or across all visits: Type the word or
phrase into the Search… text box.
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8. Click the right search arrow to search
all text from the cursor position to the
end of the view area or click the left
search arrow to search all text from the
cursor position to the beginning of the
view area.
9. Click the down arrow to open a dropdown list box that you can use to
qualify your search by clicking the
options Match whole word only or
Match case.
10. Click the + Magnifying Glass icon to
Zoom In. Click the – Magnifying Glass
icon to Zoom Out.
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Labs
From the Info Window on a particular
patient, select the Labs Module to view
General Lab Results.
Scroll down and up and side to side to
view more results.
During a Net Access downtime, as long as
the Lab system is not down as well, lab
results will still be available in Amalga.
1. Select the [Hematology] Tab to view
Hematology Results. Select [Chemistry]
Tab (etc.) to view other category results.
Results are displayed as they currently are in
Net Access.
2. Detailed Lab Report: Click a Lab Result
Cell to display the Detailed Lab Report
window.
3. View Results From: View all visits or select
the date or time ranges from the drop-down
box.
Results Legend:
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Labs
Hover Box: Place the mouse pointer over
a result cell (do not click) to display result
and order information.
Trend Button:
1. Select the Check box beside the lab
you want to trend.
2. Click the [Trend] Button to trend
results over time.
Graph Button:
1. Select the Check box beside the lab
you want to graph.
2. Click the [Graph] button to graph
results over time.
All labs checked will be plotted on the
same graph. You may uncheck the lab
to remove that lab from the graph.
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Microbiology
From the Info Window on a particular
patient, select the Microbiology
Module to view Microbiology Results.
Scroll down and up and side to side to
view more results.
During a Net Access downtime, as long
as the Lab system is not down as well,
microbiology results will still be
available in Amalga.
1. Select the MICROBIOLOGY
Tab in the Labs Module to view
Microbiology Results.
2. Hover Box: Place the
mouse pointer over a
result cell (do not click)
to display result and
order information.
3. Detailed Lab Report:
Click a Lab Result Cell or
select the check box to
display the Detailed Lab
Report window.
4. Important: Ellipses (…)
indicate there is more
information to see. There
may be multiple micro results
found in one culture result
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MAR
To view the
Medication Administration Record,
select the MAR Module on the
patient’s Info screen.
1. Medication administration
information can be customized
by the following time intervals:
• 24 Hour
• 3 Day
• 7 Day
• 10 Day
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2. and by the following categories:
• Alpha (alphabetical listing)
• Route
• Scheduled/PRN
• Therapeutic Categories 1,
2 and 3
3. 3 Days, Scheduled/PRN is the
default MAR view.
4. Click the Previous and Next
Buttons to scroll through the Date
Ranges.
5. Text in Black = Scheduled
administration time.
6. Text in *GREEN = the charted
Medication Administration time.
7. Text in -RED = the charted
Medication Not Administered time
8. Rows in YELLOW indicate a
Discontinued Med.
9. Click the underlined charted time
in any cell to view charted detail.
10. Back on the MAR, click the Save
Settings Button to save your
customized MAR view.
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11. Click the medication name to see
an expanded few of the
medication administration details.
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Orders
The Orders Module contains Active
and Inactive Orders for the selected
visit.
Orders Displayed:
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Nursing Orders - Code Status and
Isolation only.
Lab Orders
Radiology Orders
Pharmacy Orders
All (Displays all of the above
order types in one Tab)
1.
The Active Tabs contain the
active orders for the order
category for the visit.
2.
The Inactive Tabs contain the
inactive/discontinued orders
for the order category, for the
visit.
3.
Click a column Heading to
SORT all the data into
ascending or descending
order for values in that
column’s cells.
4.
Click the Reset Sort Order
Button to return the data rows
to the original sort order.
Important Note: Orders that are discontinued or
cancelled will roll to the Inactive Tab immediately.
Orders with an End Date/Time populated at order
entry will roll to the Inactive Tab 24 hrs after the End
Date/Time has passed.
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Pathology
The Pathology Module displays the
Pathology Results Reports for this visit
and historical visits.
1. Pathology Reports are categorized by
Report Type.
2. Select reports by date.
3. All Visits – Select to return Reports
Results for all the patient visits in
Amalga
4. Selected Visit – Select to return
Reports Results only for the visit you
selected from the home window
Keyword Text Search:
5. To find an individual word or phrase
within a single report, a report
category or across all visits: Type the
word or phrase into the Search… text
box.
6. Click the right search arrow to search
all text from the cursor position to the
end of the view area or click the left
search arrow to search all text from
the cursor position to the beginning of
the view area.
7. Click the down arrow to open a dropdown list box that you can use to
qualify your search by clicking the
options Match whole word only or
Match case.
8. Click the + Magnifying Glass icon to
Zoom In. Click the – Magnifying
Glass icon to Zoom Out.
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Radiology Reports
The Radiology Reports Module displays
the Radiology Results Reports for this visit
and historical visits, including a link to
the McKesson Image Viewer.
1. Radiology Reports are categorized by
Report Type.
2. Select reports by date.
3. All Visits – Select to return Reports
Results for all the patient visits in
Amalga.
4. Selected Visit – Select to return
Reports Results only for the visit you
selected from the home window.
5. Click the link Click here to view this
study to open the McKesson Image
Viewer.
At times the radiology image may be available in
Amalga prior to the report.
When this occurs, the “Last Dt Tm” columns on the Grid
will not update until the report is available.
Keyword Text Search:
6. To find an individual word or phrase
within a single report, a report category
or across all visits: Type the word or
phrase into the Search… text box.
When this occurs, the header will display the
“Received” Date/Time. Once the report is sent and available,
the header will display the “Performed” Date/Time
7. Click the right search arrow to search
all text from the cursor position to the
end of the view area or click the left
search arrow to search all text from the
cursor position to the beginning of the
view area.
8. Click the down arrow to open a dropdown list box that you can use to
qualify your search by clicking the
options Match whole word only or
Match case.
9. Click the + Magnifying Glass icon to
Zoom In. Click the – Magnifying Glass
icon to Zoom Out.
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The Transcriptions Module displays
Transcription Report Results for this visit
and historical visits.
1. Transcription Reports are categorized
by Report Type.
2. Select reports by date.
3. All Visits – Select to return Reports
Results for all the patient visits in
Amalga.
4. Selected Visit – Select to return
Reports Results only for the visit you
selected from the home window.
Keyword Text Search:
5. To find an individual word or phrase
within a single report, a report
category or across all visits: Type the
word or phrase into the Search… text
box.
XCELERA or MUSE reports
(i.e. EKG and Cardiovascular Set Tab)
are not available at this time.
6. Click the right search arrow to search
all text from the cursor position to the
end of the view area or click the left
search arrow to search all text from
the cursor position to the beginning of
the view area.
7. Click the down arrow to open a dropdown list box that you can use to
qualify your search by clicking the
options Match whole word only or
Match case.
8. Click the + Magnifying Glass icon to
Zoom In. Click the – Magnifying
Glass icon to Zoom Out.
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Intake / Output
Enter the Intake and Output Module:
1. Once in the patient information screen, click on
“Intake Output” in the Clinical Modules list.
Navigating the Intake and Output Module:
2. The Hourly Radio Buttons allow you to narrow results for
Intake and Output for the last 24, 12, 8, 4, 2, or 1 hour(s). The
hour range is based on the date/time in the “To” box of the
date range. You can change the date/time in the “To” box (see
step 5). Note: the default date and time is the time you opened the module.
3. Click the “Previous” or “Next” button to scroll through the hour
range you have chosen.
4. The “Save Settings”
button allows you to view
results according to the
radio button you have
chosen each time you
open Amalga. “Save
Settings” does not apply
to the date range.
5. You may Specify Date Range, along
with the exact time, by clicking the
calendar icons in the date/time boxes.
Single click on the single arrow “>” or
“<” to move forward or backward one
month at a time. The double arrows
“>>” and “<<” will move you by year.
Double-clicking on the date, hour, or
minute will close the calendar window
with the changes you made.
6.
Once you have set the parameters of
the date/times you want, click Apply
Date Range. The cumulative total for
the time range will show below.
7.
The number of milliliters for each
category in intake and output is in the
I&O grid with the fluid balance in
milliliters at the bottom. This fluid
balance will appear in a blue box if it
is positive (intake is more than
output). If there is a negative
balance, the box is red with a minus
sign in front of the number.
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8. Hover over each category to see the detailed date(s), time(s), and amount(s) behind the totals on the
I&O grid.
9. To graph any intake or output category, click the box next to the item(s) you wish to graph. The graph
will appear at the bottom of the window. You can hover over a point on a line to get the date, time, and
value. Note: if you have two items at the same time for the same amount, only one will appear.
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Vital Signs
Enter the Vital Signs Module:
1. Once in the patient information screen, click on “Vital Signs” in
the Clinical Modules list.
Navigating the Vital Signs Module:
2. The default view is results since admission. The Hourly Radio
Buttons allow you to narrow results to the last 24, 12, 8, 4, 2,
or 1 hour(s) once you Apply Date Range (see Step 6). The
hour range is based on the date/time in the “To” box of the
date range. You can change the date / time in the “To” box (see
step 5).
3. The “Save Settings” button
will allow you to view results
according to the radio button
you have chosen each time
you open Amalga. “Save
Settings” does not apply to
the date range.
4. You may want to click the
“Previous” or “Next” button
to scroll through the hour
range you have chosen.
5.
You may Specify Date Range,
along with the exact time, by
clicking the calendar icons in the
date/time boxes. Single-click on
the single arrow “>” or “<” to move
backward or forward one month at
a time. The double arrows “>>”
and “<<” will move you by year.
Single-click on the date, hour, and
minute you chose. Double-clicking
on the date, hour, or minute will
close the calendar window with the
changes you made.
6.
Once you have set the parameters
of the date/times you want, click
Apply Date Range. The results for
the time range will appear.
Note: the default date and time in the “To” box is
the time you opened the module.
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7. Hover over each category to see the normal range for each vital sign. Also, note the “H” or “L”
highlighted in red beside abnormal values.
8. To graph any vital sign category over the time range chosen, click the box below the item(s) you wish to
graph. The graph will appear at the bottom of the window where you can hover over a point on a line to
get the date, time, and value.
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