ChartNote v3.13
by Kimo Hirayama & Palmaris Medical
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Website: http://www.palmaris.com
         

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 3.13:
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*"Print letter" function has been moved from the "Tools" menu to the
 "File...Printing" menu where it more logically belongs.

* Letters may now be printed directly to a Psion Word template so that your
  letters can be on your own letterhead. Also, additional formatting commands
  for letter output have been added to change text alignment ([[all]] for
  left-aligned, [[alc]] for center-aligned, [[alr]] for right-aligned, and 
  [[alj]] for justified).

* ChartNote now includes another powerful option called "Shortcuts" to help
  automate entry of your notes. These are user definable replacement texts
  similar to "Find & Replace" on a word processor. Users of prior versions of
  ChartNote may wish to install "CNExtras" when prompted for a brief tutorial
  on shortcuts.

  (NOTE: if you have modified any of the original scripts included
  in ChartNote, then you will want to copy these to another location and
  then copy them back to the "\Chartnote\" folder after installation. If you do
  not do this, they may be overwritten by the installation.)

* Last used info type is remembered by the program for quicker info type access.

* Password protection on return of the program to the foreground has been added.

* Patient ID# can now be edited.

* Patient visits may now be duplicated with a "Copy visit" function.

* The program icon has been redone.

* A few minor bugs have been fixed.

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
and "shortcuts" that allow even easier, quicker input of notes. 

Features:

  1. Scripts allow stylus input of notes. They 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! 

  2. User-definable "Shortcuts" ease entry of commonly used phrases. They
     can even be used to enter an entire normal exam.

  3. 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!
  4. Users may define the section headings, in case you don't like the
     Meds:, S:, O:, A:, and P: format.
  5. 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.
  6. A simple, but very useful ToDo system is included to remind you
     to check on the lab for that patient that you saw yesterday.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Patient records may be selected for viewing by visit type or text string.
 10. Easily print out referral letters or other customizable letters based
     on patient information. They may be printed to a Word document text file
     or directly to your printer.
 11. Archive patients and visits if your file is becoming too big and unwieldy.
 12. Set ChartNote to automatically backup your patient file whenever you exit
     the program.
 13. Compatible with both the Psion 5 and Psion 5mx

ChartNote is a bargain at only US $50. 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 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!


CHARTNOTE313.ZIP CONTENTS:
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ChartNote313.sis	Installs ChartNote v3.13
Readme.txt		This text file

INSTALLATION:
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TO INSTALL THE PROGRAM FROM SCRATCH:

  1. If you have a PC, you can install ChartNote using the 'Install New 
     Program' command in PsiWin 2.1 or newer, or clicking on the file
     ChartNote313.sis to launch EPOC Install. 
     If you have a Macintosh Computer, you can install the program similarly
     using Psion MacConnect.

     Alternatively (my personal preference), you may copy the .SIS file to 
     your Psion. Once copied, select the ChartNote.sis file icon to install.

     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 v3.13, see the ChartNote web page:

	http://www.palmaris.com

If you have problems installing the program, or have any other questions, comments or
bug reports on the program, please contact the author at:

	hirayama@u.washington.edu

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.