You can start a group chat with some or all of the members of the care team assigned to a patient, with the patient
as the context of the group chat.
Note: This option is available to you only if your administrator has granted you permission to view patient data.
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In the panel that displays the list of conversations, click the New icon.
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From the pop-up menu that appears, select New Group Chat.
The Start A Group Chat panel appears.
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To specify a patient that this conversation is to be about, click
Patient. The Start a Group Chat panel changes color to indicate
that the conversation now has a patient context. Patients that are assigned to you
are displayed.
Do one of the following to select the patient for this conversation.
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In the Search field, type two or more letters or numbers to display a
list of all patients whose name or location matches the text that you have
typed. In this list, click a patient name to specify this patient as
the context.
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Click the name of your department to list all patients belonging to members
of the department. In this list, click a patient name to
specify this patient as the context.
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Click a patient name to specify this patient as the context.
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After you have created the patient context,
click Care Team to display the care team for this patient
if it is not already displayed.
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Click the names of one or more care team members to include them as chat participants, or click
next to the patient name to include the entire care team.
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Click Start Chat to start the group chat with the patient care team members.
You can also send a message to a patient's care team quickly. To do this, right-click on the patient name and
select Message Care Team from the popup menu that appears.