Set Accuro User Preferences
Opening User Preferences
Click the Accuro menu button.
Choose File and then User Preferences. You will see the following items that can be configured.
Defaults
Display
Logins
Search
Labels
Defaults
Here you can set your default Message Recipient and Task Recipient.
DO NOT set anything in Gender or Default Title as this will affect every new student you add to our system.
Message Recipient
The person or group you choose here will be the default person or group for that office when you send a Message in Accuro.]
E.g., if you are a doctor in the West Wing, you’ll want to choose DL West Nurse.
Task Recipient
The person or group you choose here will be the default person or group for that office when you send a Task in Accuro.
E.g., if you are a doctor in the East Wing, you’ll want to choose DL East Nurse.
Display
Set your User Stamp
Pressing F12 in a clinical note will stamp your username and the date and time in the note.
Create your user stamp by going to the Display tab and entering your information in the Alternate Time Stamp Prefix field.
Type in what you would like to see when you press F12 – the current date and time will always follow what you type in this box.
Example:
Change the Order of Medical History Bands
Click the EMR Workflow tab.
Click the cogs button beside Configure Medical History Bands - EMR.
Drag the bands in the order you would like to see them. Note: your changes will show after you log out of Accuro and back in.
Quick Action Buttons
These buttons appear on the Action Bar (horizontal row at the bottom of your screen).
Click the Configure Actions tab.
Select the icon you want from the left column. Click Add to move the icon to the right (Selections) column.
Note: To see additional icons, uncheck Only Show Primary Actions at the lower left.
Set the Action Bar to Always Appear on Your Screen
Check the box beside Dock Action Bar.
Use the dropdown to choose the size and location of the icons as well as whether you would like titles with the icons or not.
Log out of Accuro and back in again to see those changes.
Logins
For people who are using Healthmail, this is where you will add your email and credentials.
Click the green plus icon.
Change the Login Type to Medeo Login.
Enter your Medeo username (e.g., lgchase@uwaterloo.ca).
Enter password in both password fields.
Click OK.
Labels
Choose Your Default Label Printer
Click the button with the three dots […] and select your label printer from the list.
You can also set your Status Bar Label (default is Patient Demographics) as well as Individual Label Preferences such as the number of labels to print or whether it prompts you for how many labels to print.
Digital Signature
To set up a digital signature in Accuro that will be automatically inserted into a form or prescription, please complete the steps below.
A scanned copy of your signature is also required specifically for Generated Letters.
You must send a scanned in copy of your hand-written signature on a blank piece of paper to the Tech Team for Generated Letters.
With Accuro open, press F2.
Click the SET SIGNATURE button.
Click in the white box (double-click the white to enlarge) and enter your signature using either:
Your mouse.
A touch screen or stylus, if available (reach out to the Tech Team if you’d like to use our tablet).
Ensure to check both Auto insert saved signature in prescriptions and Allow saved signature to be used in Forms/Documents.
Click OK to save.
Search
To search by student ID number, check the box beside Search Patient ID & Alternative ID, then click Apply and OK.