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Setting Up ExamWRITER Preferences
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Setting Up
ExamWRITER
Preferences
For information on
setting up
ExamWRITER
preferences, see
the “ExamWRITER
Setup” recorded
video tutorial.
This section tells you how to set up preferences in ExamWRITER, including how
• To set up general preferences, 82
• To set up report settings preferences, 84
• To set up default preferences, 85
• To set up copy forward preferences, 87
• To set up Rx print option preferences, 87
Note
You can change your ExamWRITER preferences any time you are not in
an exam record. Close all exam records in the ExamWRITER chart
window before changing ExamWRITER preferences.
To set up general preferences
From the ExamWRITER main window, click Tools and select Preferences.
The Preferences window opens.
Click the General tab.
Select the appropriate Exam Default View radio buttons to open
ExamWRITER in the Chief Complaint, Vision-Rx, Examination, or Full View
and to display SINGLE lines per heading (paragraph form) or MULTIPLE lines
per heading (vertical line form).
The default views are Full Exam View and MULTIPLE lines.
If you want to use the HPI Wizard to more easily and accurately document HPI
information, select the HPI wizard check box. If you select this check box,
select the Show HPI in line item format check box if you want to document
HPI information on an exam record in a vertical, multiline format (leave the
check box deselected if you want to document HPI information on an exam in
a horizontal, narrative format).
The default preference does not have the HPI wizard check box selected.
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