Managing your clinic vaccination CDM codes (new prescriber)

Note: This information applies to the new prescriber (see New prescriber).

Vaccination CDM codes are used to define what vaccines are to be tracked in the various chronic disease management (CDM) flowsheets (see CDM flowsheets). You can also use CDM codes to produce searches and automated patient reminders (rules) based on all vaccines defines by the same CDM code. Wolf EMR does not come with a default set of CDM codes; However, if you use CDM flowsheets, you should add the following codes:

Influenza

Pneumococcal

AbnormalPAPS

LastPAPS

PAPS

For more information about CDM functionality, see Chronic disease management.

Steps

1.

From the Wolf EMR home page, click Configuration .

2.

From the Configuration menu, choose View > Patient Data Codes > Vaccination Types > CDM Codes. The CDM Vaccination Code Maintenance window opens.

3.

Perform one of the following actions:

If you are adding a vaccination CDM code, at the top of the window, click .

If you are modifying or removing a vaccination CDM code, search for the code:

a)

In the Description field, enter part or all of the CDM code name, and then click Search.

b)

In the search results list, click the Internal Wolf ID of the CDM code you want to modify.

4.

In the Data tab, in the Description field, enter a description for the CDM code (for example, you can describe what flowsheets or searches this code is used for).

5.

Enter the vaccination CDM code used by the Chronic Disease Management tools.

6.

When you are done, click , and then close the window.