| Selecting the Patients menu will populate the Dialysis Schedule, allowing you to view the time left on dialysis for each patient, document encounters, navigate to a patient's chart or access a list of all patients. |
You can also click one of the shortcuts located next to "get started rounding". |
Selecting the Dialysis Schedule
The dialysis facility nearby can be found and loaded if Location Services are enabled for your browser. Geolocation or Location Services uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi hotspot locations to determine your approximate location. A browser pop-up will appear if Location Services has not been set up. To enable, either allow within the pop-up or modify your browser settings.
| The dialysis facility can be manually selected in order to populate the schedule if the location services are not enabled. |
You can also select your preferred facility location that will be the default when you navigate to the Dialysis Schedule through Settings > Customizations.
Filters
After the dialysis schedule is populated, the information can be filtered by the selections below.
| Filter | Description |
| Facility | The facility where the patients are receiving treatment. The options are the facilities where the provider is credentialed. |
| Patients | The provider’s relationship with the patient. The default is My Patients. The options for a physician are: My Patients, All Current Patients, and Covering Patients. The options for an APP are: My Patients, All Current Patients, Covering Patients, and each physician for whom the APP extends at the currently selected facility. The default is My Patients. |
| Modality |
The patient’s treatment modality. The default is ICHD. The options are: ICHD and PD/HHD. The ICHD filter option includes (In-Center Hemodialysis) and AKI (Acute Kidney Injury) patients. The PD/HHD filter option includes HHD (Home Hemodialysis) and PD (Peritoneal Dialysis) patients. |
| Day | The patient’s day of dialysis. The default is today’s day. The options are: Sunday through Saturday. |
| Shift | The patient’s shift. The default is All Shifts. The options are the dialysis facility’s shifts of operation. |
| Station | The station number is visible for patients receiving treatment. The patient’s assigned shift displays if the patient is not currently receiving treatment. Sort the column by using the arrows next to the column name. |
| COVID-19 Status | COVID-19 status of the patient. The default is NO COVID-19 Filters. The options are: No COVID-19 Filters, All COVID-19 Status, COVID-19 Positive, COVID-19 PUI Symptomatic, and COVID-19 PUI Asymptomatic. |
| If the encounter note has not been created for the current month, the note button is blank (showing no date) and offers the modality-specific +C, +L, or +AKI to add the encounter note. The comprehensive note includes the specific modality type in the encounter name to ensure consistency in documentation. |
Physicians can edit and finalize in progress encounter notes started by an Advance Practice Providers (APP). A physician is not allowed to edit or finalize another physician’s note, and an APP can not edit or finalize a physician or another APP’s note.
The ICHD and AKI patient information displayed is detailed below.
| Column | Description |
| Patient Name | The name of the patient. The information will be displayed as last name, first name, age, DOB, and gender if documented in their chart. Badges may also appear. |
| Notes | The most recent notes for the current month. |
| Station | The patient’s assigned shift. |
| Time Left | The time the patient has left on dialysis. |
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Selecting the PD/HHD filter has the day-of-week and shift filters are disabled, but the COVID-19 status filter remains enabled. If the modality-specific encounter note for the current month is not created, the indicator shows blank (no date) and displays +PD-C or +HHD-C based on the patient’s modality. |
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| Column | Description |
| Patient Name | The name of the patient. The information will be displayed as last name, first name, and will include the patient’s COVID-19 status, IKC badge, age, DOB, and gender if documented in their chart. |
| Note | The most recent HHD or PD note for the current month. |
| Patient’s Treatment Modality | The patient’s treatment modality type. |
Badges
| The IKC (Integrated Kidney Care) badge appears in the patient banner for patients participating in an IKC program. The IKC badge will be displayed in the Dialysis Schedule and the Current Patients list. |
User Preferences
There are several configurations available to customize your user experience with the Dialysis Schedule. They are set under Settings > Customizations.