Dictation Window

The Dictation window allows you to view your list of dictation deficiencies or the list for your group.

Access the Dictation window from the deficiency worklist.

Item descriptions

The following descriptions identify the items on the window, which can include buttons, fields, lists, grids, and links:

Deficiency Worklists

Allows you to select your individual worklist (to process the deficiencies assigned to you) or group worklist (to process all deficiencies assigned to your physician group).

Deficiency Types Signature option

Displays signature deficiencies based on your user login name (and group association, if applicable). Also provides the number of signature deficiencies, which changes based on your selection of individual or group worklists. See Signature Window for more information about this option.

Deficiency Types Dictation option

Displays dictation deficiencies based on your login name (and group association, if applicable). Also provides the number of dictation deficiencies, which changes based on your selection of individual or group worklists.

Deficiency Types Missing Text option

Displays missing text deficiencies based on your user login name (and group association, if applicable). Also provides the number of missing text deficiencies, which changes based on your selection of individual or group worklists. See Missing Text Window for more information about this option.

Total encounters

Displays the number of unique encounters that have dictation deficiencies in the list for the page being viewed. This changes based on your selection of individual or group worklists.

Deficiency list

Displays a list of dictation deficiencies assigned to you. Click here for a list of information displayed with each deficiency type.

Select/deselect column

Allows you to click on the individual check boxes to select/deselect individual deficiencies to process; optionally, the 'select' icon in the column heading selects all deficiencies and the 'deselect' icon deselects all deficiencies. (Process All also selects all deficiencies in the list.)

Process

Opens the viewer and displays the first document in the chart associated with the deficiency that you selected from the list.

Process All

Selects all deficiencies in the list, then opens the viewer and displays the first document in the chart associated with the first deficiency.

Complete

Completes all selected dictation deficiencies in the worklist and removes them from the list.

Decline

Displays the Decline Deficiencies window; allows you to decline all deficiencies selected from the list.

Print

Reformats the list for printing in a new window and displays the standard Print dialog box to submit your print job.