Home Care: Complete the pre-admission analysis (PAA) form

• View only users: The form saves changes automatically, every 5 minutes. To avoid inadvertent changes, DO NOT review the form in the application. Click print and use the print preview to review the form.

• Viewing & printing clinical documents, attachments, and screening forms for a referral
• Working with forms - changing font size, finding your place, and using the keyboard

2. Click the patient name to select a case.

Completing the form

1. Fill out the form.
   If the form remains open without activity 5 minutes, it saves automatically. If the form remains open without activity for 15 minutes, it closes automatically.
2. Scroll to the end of the form and then click save.

Tips for working with forms

• To change the font size, hold down the CTRL key and

• Keys: Press + to increase, - to decrease (use the keys to the right of zero; the number pad also works if you have one)
• Scroll wheel: scroll up to increase, down to decrease

• What field am I on? Text fields, date fields ,  and drop-down lists 

• No entry: labeled inside
  
• When you’re in the field, the label moves above it and turns bold and teal:
  
• When there's an entry and you’re not on it, the label is above and turns bold and gray:
   

• Be VERY CAREFUL if your browser is prompting you with auto-complete words or phrases. It is very easy to select the wrong one.

• Keeping your hands on the keyboard and off the mouse is a proven time-saver. Tips for minimizing the mouse:

• To move to the next field, press the TAB key
• To move to the previous field, press SHIFT+TAB
• The form scrolls automatically as you move through the fields
• Date fields : Type dates as month/day/year (4-digit year required)
• Drop-down lists 

• If you know the entry you want, press the key for its first letter; if more than one option starts with that letter, keep pressing the same key until the one you want comes up
• To display the list, press ALT and the down arrow
• Move down the list by pressing the down arrow (you can do this without opening the list if you want)
• Move up by pressing the up arrow

• Multi-line fields are indicated with diagonal lines in the bottom right corner 

• 5 lines display by default
• A scrollbar displays automatically if you type more than 5 lines
• Click and drag the bottom-right corner to make the field longer

• Checkboxes  (select any as needed): when you’re on a checkbox, it’s highlighted ; press the space bar to check  and uncheck 
• Options  (circles; only one can be selected)

1. Tab to the first one; it’s highlighted
   
2. Press the right/left arrow keys to go to a different one in the set
3. Press the space bar to select  the highlighted option 

Printing the form 

1. Click print.

   The document opens in a popup window. Click  to print a copy. Click  to save a copy.

2. Click × to close the popup.

Closing the form

• To return to the Management view, click manage in the upper right. 
• To return to the Details view, click details in the upper right.