Selecting a Patient in Vision Anywhere

The Vision Anywhere Home screen displays:

• Next Appointment - Your next appointment displays with the booked time and a countdown, along with patient demographic information, select to display the Patient Summary screen:

  

  Training Tip - The Map plots the patient's address in Google Maps.

• Appointments - The current/next appointment session displays, select a patient from the list to display their Patient Summary screen:

  

  The Appointment Time, Patient name and Title display, the symbols to the right of the name indicate:

  • Appointment comments - For example, reason for appointment.
  • Patient record downloaded - Select to access demographic details, DNA information and patient notes, for example, needs wheelchair access.
  • Patient record not yet downloaded.
  • No NHS / CHI number - If a patient does not have a valid NHS/CHI number their record cannot be downloaded, therefore no symbol displays.
  • Special Booking - Appointment booking for a non-registered patient. If you are in a shared care setting, patients from a practice without a sharing agreement are added as special bookings.

The symbols to the left of the appointments slot indicate:

• Booked appointments slots
• Patient seen
• Patient waiting
• DNA
• In consultation
• Overdue Appointments - Indicates the number of minutes the appointment is running late.
• , Specific appointments slots - Defined by your practice, for example, emergency appointments, select the slot to see description.
• Available appointment slot

• Search for a patient - You can select a patient who does not have an appointment if required, for example, you may want to go back to a patient you have already seen. In Search for a patient, enter the first few letters of the patient's surname and forename with a space in between, for example, smi cli to search for Clifford Smith: