PowerNote Updates2

This e-mail is about the view in PowerNotes and primarily applies to those using free text notes.  Since the paragraph structure in the note collapses as the note is entered, the default has been reset to keep all the paragraph structure viewable as the note is entered.  For those entering free text notes, this is not useful and appears to affect the ability to enter free text.

If you are preferentially entering free text notes, see the attached document for instructions to set your view back to where it was.  The steps are simple and will hold for every patient/ every use of PowerChart. If you mostly use templated notes, you may not want to reset the view.

To enter free text into any note, use the 'contributor view' as shown at the end of the handout.  This view allows free text entry and the system response should be better.
Please don't hesitate to let me know if there are ongoing issues and I will try to help you or refer you to someone who can.

Entering Free Text into PowerNotes:

Open a note (it can be any type): this example uses free text note type You may not see any heading at this time:

In the upper left hand corner of the screen, just below the patient’s name, click on ‘View’

In the drop down menu, click on ‘Customize’

The Customize dialog box will pop up, as shown below:

Entering Free Text, contd:

In the Customize Dialog box, click on the ‘More’ tab;  you will see the screen shown below.

On this screen, click on the 4^th box – ‘Render text in Template View’

On the bottom of this box, click Apply, then OK.  You only need to do this once; the changes will remain. 

The header for your note will re-appear.

To type free text into the note, switch to the text view by clicking on the face (see below)—it will say ‘contributor view’ –  on the right upper corner of the note.  This icon shifts between the structured view and the textual view of the note. Typing free text is possible in the text (contributor) view (and response time should be much faster as well).