1st Step: Identify the alert.

  • The following website is recommended: www.guideline.gov, here you will find some guide references that will help create the preferred alerts of the office. 


2nd Step: Create alert.

We selected the following guide for example purposes:

 

Screening for cervical Cancer

(http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=38572)


  • Go to Settings screen. 
  • Select the Clinical button and then press the Clinical Decision Support button.  
  • Press the Add button.
  • Since the alert is related to a diagnosis select the alert type of Problems.

       

  • Write the alert description. The alert must be as specific as possible.

   

  • Select the frequency that alert will be displayed.

       

  • Select the patient group that you wish to add alert. The alert saved will apply for female patients between the ages of 21 to 65 years.

        

  • Write the alert, the contraindications or the of the alert to be displayed. 


  • If alert created is based in a guide fill the following fields, References, Clinical Guidelines, Bibliographic Citation, Intervention Developer, Funding Source and the link. This information will be in the selected guide.

         

  • Select the Diagnosis tab located in the right side of screen to add the diagnosis that will be applied to alert. 


  • In the displayed screen press the Add button. 
  • In the Multiple Code Selection screen search for the code that applies to alert. (For this alert we will search for the following code C539)
  • Select code and make a double clic over the diagnosis.
  • Select with a check mark located next in the line of diagnosis, to indicate that alert must be displayed when diagnosis is present in patient.                                                                                                               .
  • Press Save to store alert.



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