Yes, the text-based version came first (we used it in Albany in the mid
'80s), but it is far from dead and, in fact, does things that CPRS does
not do. CPRS is patient oriented, while "blue screen Vista", as we
refer to it, is more task centered. For example, blue screen Vista
allows users to place a series of notes from different patients into a
signature queue and cosign them all at once. The scheduling system for
clinics is only available in blue screen Vista. Employee functions such
as editing our user characteristics and time and leave requests are also
only available under blue screen Vista. While we use Outlook and for
most e-mail communications, mailman is accessible by the blue screen Vista.
In terms of options and keys, I suppose there is a danger to doing this
in a system such as the VA hospitals, but is there a "God" option which
assigns ALL menus and keys to a user? I am frequently frustrated by the
discovery that I have to back out of CPRS then find and assign another
key to perform a particular task.
Mike
Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
Mary,
In VistA, there is a huge menu system. These are called "OPTIONS".
When one logs into VistA in a standard fashion (i.e. do ^ZU or do
^XUS), then the user is taken directly to their default menu option.
Alternatively, you log in via the programmers entrancd (do ^XUP), then
you are allowed to choose whatever menu option starting point you
want.
There are over 9,000 menu options, arrange in various heirarchies.
When I was exploring this, I wrote a routine that scanned ALL the
options, and put them into an HTML page in their heirarchy. You can
look at this on my site:
http://kdtop.vistaoffice-ehr.com On the left hand side, see a menu
entry for OPTIONS FOR XUP (this is a list of the menu options and
their descriptions, but not arrange in a heirarchy.), and also VISTA
MENUS. This will give you an idea of what is available.
You may find the menu EVE to be a good high-level menu starting point.
But there are major modules that are not available even from this
one.
Now, with that background, the menu option that you want is:
OR OE/RR MENU CLINICIAN
I can do some of the things that CPRS does, but not all. My
understanding is that the text-based version came first. They they
were parallel for awhile. Now all new development goes into the
windows GUI CPRS.
Hope that helps.
Kevin
On 9/22/05, Mary Vercellino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I have been trying to get CPRS to work on my 1 computer local installation
of VISTA. I was reading the archives, and Kevin T. said that one could try
starting a text-based CPRS to see if connections were working.
I have scoured the VA documentation, and maybe I am missing something. Is
there an index of the commands one uses to start components of VISTA? For
example, in Cache terminal, I enter D Q^DI to start Fileman. So, how would I
start the text-based CPRS? I found the documentation for it, (Clinician's
Getting Started Guide-List Manager Version).
Frankly, I'm stumped!
Thanks for your patience,
Mary Vercellino
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