Question Setup

Questions in VetView are used for Requests and Request Catalogs to allow the receiving unit the opportunity to gather information about the patient alongside the request document.  Questions are intended to be filled out by the submitting unit. 

For example, a surgery team may want to verify that the patient has been fasting for a period of time prior to the surgery, so they will include this as a question on their Surgery Request Catalog.  It will automatically be appended to all Surgery Request Catalog items.

Questions can be re-used across Catalogs and Catalog Items, so only need to be set up once for all Catalogs in the hospital that will use the same question.  If identical questions are created during Catalog setup by accident, they can be merged later on to reduce duplicates.

Question Search

At the top of the Question Setup screen is the Question Search.  This feature allows you to search all the existing questions based on key words.  You can also search based on the Value List type intended for answers.  (See the Value List setup tab for setting up value list drop down menus.) 

Question Value List Types may also be dates, time stamps, numbers, or empty text fields.

Questions

A Question contains the name of the Question (exactly as it will appear on the Request item), the type of Value List for the answer, and the ID.

Using the example of confirming that a patient has fasted before surgery, the question may be a simple "Fast" and the answer a confirmation of "Done."  

Add New Question

To add a new question (or sub question) click on the New Question button or the New Sub Question button.  A dialog box to add the new question will appear.

Enter in the question as it will appear on the Request, the type of answer, and an optional detailed description of the question.

Different types may ask for different restrictions.  For example, selecting a type of Value List will ask you to chose that value list.  If the Number is selected, you can put in a minimum or maximum value restriction.

Sub Questions

Sub-questions can be associated with a parent question.  Each parent question can have multiple sub questions, and each sub-question can have its own sub question.

If multiple sub-questions are added, they can also be sorted.

Items including this Question

After selecting a Question, a window may appear at the very bottom of the screen.  This contains a hot link to any Catalog Items that have included this question.

Merge Questions

If two identical questions are made by accident, the questions can be Merged to unify them.  The merged questions will then appear on all the Catalogs and Catalog items where they were included prior to being merged.

Identity the two questions to be merged. Then click on the Merge Questions button.

A pop up window will appear that will ask you to select the questions which are being merged,

Click on the Select button next to the questions you want to merge.

The selected questions will load next to the appropriate radio button on the window.

The first question selected will disappear.  

The list of Catalog Items that include the remaining question will update.

Questions on the Request Dialog Box on the Patient Record

Catalog Questions and Catalog Item questions will both appear on the second page of the Request Dialog Box.  This is done so that the initial draft of the Request, including specimens, can be saved in Draft Status, even if all the questions cannot be answered yet.

Questions may also be split in this dialog box, if different Unit Catalogs were selected during the request selection process.  Go to each tab to answer the questions for that request.

Questions (and answers) on the Request Screen

The Request Questions and the answers provided by the clinical team will appear on the first tab of the Request Screen.

These questions can be edited by anyone who has the appropriate role for the Request Catalog Items, if there is a missing answer or typos that need to be corrected.  This allows the Request unit to make the changes without having to reject the request for a small issue.

Questions (and answers) in VetView Labs

If VetView Hospital submits a Request to VetView Labs, the questions and answers will appear on the Request Details screen, and will also carry through to the Accession Screen.

On the VetView Portal, any questions related to a Lab Request will need to be added to the Lab Catalog Item Setup, not the Hospital Catalog Item setup.