Setting the Multipatient Task List to See Inpatient Consults

Setting the Multipatient Task List to See Inpatient Consults
1. Click on the Multi-Patient Task List tab. It should be blank as pictured below.
2. Click Options, then Task Display.
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3. The Task List Display window will not have selections made when you first open it (see screenshot below).
4. Change the settings as follows:
a. Status (upper left) – Check Pending
b. Time Parameters (upper middle) – Check Scheduled
c. Location Filters (lower left) – Make sure all the location boxes are blue. If not, then click on the box in front of the
location to select it.
d. Task Types (lower middle) – scroll down the list until you find Consult and then choose the appropriate consult type
(e.g. Consult Child Health). The Task Type you choose will then appear under Chosen Task Types.
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5. Click Save and then OK.
6. Click Options then Task List Properties.
7. Click the Patient List tab.
8. Click the Choose a Patient List checkbox. The default setting should be Departmental View. Click OK.
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9. Close PowerChart and then sign on again so the Consults for your service will display. The settings will not need to be
changed again.
10. Some consult lists will have a form associated with them to indicate when the consult was completed and when the
documentation was completed. The form also allows the billing staff to indicate the final billing status.
11. Double click on the patient’s name on the multi-patient task list.
12. Indicate the date the Consult was Completed and the date the Documentation was Completed.
13. Click the Sign button (blue checkmark). After the physician indicates the dates the billing staff can open the form and indicate
the final billing status.
14. Some consult lists will have a form associated with them that also requires the name of the physician completing the consult,
the date the Consult Completed and the date the Documentation Completed.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Task Display Life with no Form Charted – Tasks that have not had a form charted stay on the list for two weeks in most
areas and will then drop off. PM&R tasks stay on for 2 months and Neurology tasks stay on for 30 days before dropping off.
• Task Display Life if Form Is Charted – Tasks that have a form charted on them will stay on the Task List indefinitely or until
the Required Fields (yellow sections) are completed and signed.
• PowerForms – All Consult tasks have forms associated with them. Double click to open the form. Some forms have different
fields depending on the request of the department.
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