ChartNote v3.10
by Kimo Hirayama
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Website: http//members.aol.com/Kaichi/chartnote.htm
email:   hirayam@u.washington.edu


DESCRIPTION:
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ChartNote is a simple patient record program for the Psion 5 and 5mx 
handheld PC that allows easy, quick entry of clinic notes. Notes can then 
be printed out with a number of different options for entry in the patient's
"hardcopy" chart. If you dictate your notes, ChartNote may still be useful to
track your productivity, keep track of age and sex breakdown of clients in
your practice, log and track procedures, or to keep basic patient information
such as medications, problem lists, contact information, and referrals at 
your fingertips when you are on-the-go.

NEW FOR VERSION 3.10:
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Printing out letters is now easier, more convenient, and more powerful!
Additional formatting commands for letter templates have also been added
allowing insertion of page breaks, and specifying font type and size "on
the fly".

Password permission for startup of the program has been added to prevent
casual snooping on your patient records.

Additional date formats have been added to "Preferences".

"Find new pt" has been added to allow you to do another patient find immediately
after a find has already been done. In v3.00, this would have required backing
out by selecting "Redo find" and pressing <ESC>, then doing the second "Find pt".

CHARTNOTE FEATURES:
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ChartNote allows free-form entry of clinic notes in standard SOAP format,
but it's true power lies in the ability to use customizable plug-in scripts
that allow even easier, quicker pen input of notes. Scripts can be easily
created using the standard Psion Data program. Script-writing is surprisingly
flexible, limited only by your creativity. It is even possible to create
your own mini-formulary! 

Other features include: 
  1. Patient record size is very compact with each encounter occupying
     on average slightly over one-half kilobyte per encounter. That
     means you could store 4000 encounters in just over 2 Megs of RAM!
  2. Users may define the section headings, in case you don't like the
     Meds:, S:, O:, A:, and P: format.
  3. Printing preferences are extremely configurable. Notes may be
     printed using the standard Psion 5 Print and Page Setup routines.
     In addition:
	a. Font for printing can be customized. 
	b. Selected records may be marked for printing, allowing easy
	   batch printing with either one record per page or as many
	   records as will fit on each page.
	c. Various sections of the note may be selected or deselected
	   for printing.
  4. A simple, but very useful ToDo system is included to remind you
     to check on the lab for that patient that you saw yesterday.
  5. View a report of all your encounters, or perhaps only your
     diabetic patients, broken down by age and sex, visits and
     unduplicated patients. Also, now you can know instantly how
     many patients you saw in the past week or month.
  6. Patients may be marked with labels for easier sorting and data
     manipulation. For instance, all patient with hypertension may be
     marked and easily recalled; or labels could be used to keep track
     of patient race/ethnicity in your practice.
  7. Patient records may be selected for viewing by visit type or text string.
  8. Easily print out referral letters or other customizable letters based
     on patient information. They may be printed to text file or directly to
     your printer.
  9. Archive patients and visits if your file is becoming too big and unwieldy.
 10. Set ChartNote to automatically backup your patient file whenever you exit
     the program.
 11. Compatible with both the Psion 5 and Psion 5mx

ChartNote v3.10 is a bargain at only US $20. Similar-type programs for
Windows CE cost several hundreds of dollars! The unregistered shareware
version is fully functional, except that all records printed will have
"Unregistered version - please register" where your name would normally
be printed. Also, a reminder to register the program will pop up occasionally.


LIMITATIONS:
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The known limitations of ChartNote v3.10 are: 

  1. Only 38 patients per day may be viewed or accessed.
  2. Each SOAP section may not be longer than 765 characters,
     though I think this is enough for most notes.
  3. A patient cannot have a birthdate before January 1st, 1900.
     Sorry, to all you geriatricians out there!


CHARTNOTE31.ZIP CONTENTS:
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ChartNote31.sis	Installs ChartNote v3.10
cnextras.sis	Installs sample script files, tutorial, script template, letters template
data.sis	Installs Data.opx (required for the program to run)
sysram1.sis	Installs Sysram1.opx (required for the program to run)
dbutils.sis	Installs Dbutils.opx (required for the program to run)
Upgrading.txt	Text file detailing installation of ChartNote v3.10 for users of v2.00
Upgrade.opo	Program to assist with upgrading v2.00 to v3.10
Readme.txt	This text file

INSTALLATION:
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IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM V3.00...only load the file ChartNote31.sis onto your Psion.
Your ChartNote v3.00 data files, preference settings, and other files will not be
affected by the installation and do not need to be upgraded.

IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM V2.00...follow Step 1 below. After that, see the
accompanying file, "Upgrading.txt" for further upgrading instructions before launching
the program.

TO INSTALL THE PROGRAM FROM SCRATCH:

  1. Installation of ChartNote v3.10 consists of loading 5 separate .SIS files:

		ChartNote31.sis
		cnextras.sis
		sysram1.sis
		data.sis
		dbutils.sis

     If you have a PC, you can install these files using the 'Install New 
     Program' command in PsiWin 2.1 or newer, or clicking on the file
     ChartNote31.sis to launch EPOC Install. Once this .SIS file is done,
     install the next four .SIS files one at a time when prompted as to
     whether or not you would like to install another program.

     If you have a Macintosh Computer, you can install them similarly
     using Psion MacConnect.

     Alternatively (or if you have another kind of computer), you may
     copy the .SIS files to your Psion. Once copied, select the
     ChartNote31.sis file icon to install. Do the same for the other four
     .SIS files.

     If you do not have EPOC Install on your PC, you may obtain it from 
     Psion's web site at:
     http://www.psion.com
	
  2. Once the program is installed, select the ChartNote program from the
     Extras button to launch the program.


REGISTERING:
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This shareware version is fully functional with the only limitations
being that any notes that are printed will have "UNREGISTERED VERSION -
PLEASE REGISTER" where your name would normally appear, and an occasional
reminder to register popping up. If you find this program useful and wish
to continue to use it, please register.

To register ChartNote v3.10, see the ChartNote web page:

	http://members.aol.com/Kaichi/chartnote.htm

If you have problems installing the program, or have any other questions, comments or
bug reports on the program, please contact me at the email address at the top of this
document.

Also, if you write any good scripts that you would like to share, send them to me and
I will post them on the ChartNote website.