Notifications

Notifications are messages that provide information or prompt you to act on a clinical event. Clinical events, such as a critical lab value or a change in orders trigger a notification to be sent to all recipients identified by the triggering package (such as Lab, CPRS, or Radiology). The notifications are located at the bottom of the Patient Selection screen.

CPRS places an "I" before "information-only" notifications. Once you view (process) information-only notifications, CPRS deletes them. When you process notifications that require an action, such as signing an order, CPRS brings up the chart tab and the specific item (such as a note requiring a signature) that requires action.

From the main listing, users can also Remove, Renew, or Forward notifications.

· Removing notifications is the same as deleting them. A new parameter (ORB REMOVE) enables your site to identify which notifications can be removed without processing.

· Renewing notifications is useful when a user is processing a view alert, such as an abnormal lab result, and decides that the alert should not go away after the user views it. In this case, the user can renew the alert and it will still be there the next time the user logs in to CPRS.

· Forwarding notifications enables users to send an alert to someone else at the site. The user can choose from the list of names that is in your site's New Person file.

Note: As a default, all Notifications are disabled. Information Resources Management (IRM) staff and Clinical Coordinators enable specific notifications by setting site parameters through the Notifications Management Menus in the List Manager version of CPRS. These specific Notifications are initially sent to all users. Users can then disable unwanted Notifications as desired, through List Manager's Personal Preferences. Some notifications are mandatory and cannot be disabled.

Notifications are retained for a predetermined amount of time (up to 30 days), after which they may be sent to another destination, such as your MailMan surrogate or your supervisor. Confer with your clinical coordinator to establish and set up these options. You can also confer with your clinical coordinator to select what types of notifications you will receive. Some notifications are mandatory, however, and cannot be disabled.

Clinical Notifications are displayed on the bottom of the Patient Selection screen when you log in to CPRS. Only notifications for your patients or notifications that have been forwarded to you are shown.