Provider Order Entry (POE) Help is context-sensitive—that is, if you click Help in the CAS or press the F1 key while you have any window that works with POE open, a specific topic opens. There are a few possibilities:
If there are a number of different functions available from the opened window, a list of the possibilities opens. Click any item on the list to review your options.
If there's only one function for the opened window, the step-by-step procedure for carrying out that function is displayed.
Using the Help Index
There will be plenty of times, though, when you know exactly what you want to do and just wish there was someone there to tell you how, quickly. The index in POE Help is designed to get you the exact information you need. Accessing the index is simple:
Click Help in the CAS.
Click Index at the top of the Help window that opens.
Type a word that describes what you want to do. The index displays entries that match what you've typed as soon as you press the keys.
Click the index entry that describes what you want to do. The related topic opens.
Reading Through
If you have the time to explore, you can look through this Help just as though it were a book. The Contents tab gives you a view of the available topics, arranged logically by subject. In addition, from the Contents you can launch a guided tour of Physician Order Entry that points out the highlights of the application. To use the Contents:
Click Help in the CAS.
Click Contents at the top of the Help window that opens.
Double-click a book to view the subsections and topics inside. Double-click again to close the open book
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Double-click a topic to read it.