Patient Summary Community View Tab

The Community View tab in the patient summary displays an aggregate view of patient data from Cerner Health Information Exchange (HIE) and contracted external data sources. Community view is available only after you perform a global patient search. The view includes source systems connected to your Cerner HIE and the information that is available for the specific patient. Information can include Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) documents, parsed C-CDA document data, results, and other clinical documentation.   

Community View Help 

- Prerequisites
- Overview
- Access Community View from Global Search
- Access Community View from Patient Archive Search
- Cerner HIE Patient Automatic-Create Functionality
- Community View Display

Prerequisites

Community view has the following prerequisites:

  • Your site must have Cerner HIE with Community View. Community View was previously known as Outside Record Viewer (ORV).
  • Your Provider Portal must be connected to Cerner HIE. This requires an interoperability project.
  • You must have the appropriate authorizations in Provider Portal. This includes authorizations that grant access to global search, patient summary, and community view. 

Overview

Community view is available from the patient summary after a global search. The patient summary Community View tab displays an aggregate summary of the patient's health care information in Cerner HIE. The health care information is obtained from multiple participating health care providers. The aggregate summary is intended to support optimal patient care. It is not intended to replace the patient's medical record or guaranteed to encompass all historical information on the patient. Information is available based on patient consent and provided to you in compliance with patient privacy requirements.  

Access Community View from Global Search

Complete the following steps to access community view from a global search:

  1. Perform a global search for a patient. See Global Search for more information.
  2. Select the patient name or Actions > Patient Summary to open the patient summary.  
  3. If Community View is not the active tab in the patient summary, you can select Community View. When the Community View tab is selected (or is the default tab), the system automatically makes a request to Cerner HIE for a community view of the patient. If the patient is found, the aggregate summary of the patient's health care information in Cerner HIE is automatically displayed. See Cerner HIE Patient Automatic-Create Functionality for more information.   

Note: If you perform a global search and do not see the Community View tab in the patient summary, review the community view prerequisites.

Access Community View from Patient Archive Search

Complete the following steps to access community view from a patient archive search:

  1. Perform a patient archive search. See Patient Archive Search for more information.
  2. Select the patient name or Actions > Patient Summary to open the patient summary.
  3. Select Global Search Mode. The Search Reasons dialog box opens. Read the message and select a reason for your global search.
  4. Select OK. If further explanation is required, enter it in the box and select OK.
  5. If Community View is not the active tab in the patient summary, you can select Community View. When the Community View tab is selected (or is the default tab), the system automatically makes a request to Cerner HIE for a community view of the patient. If the patient is found, the aggregate summary of the patient's health care information in Cerner HIE is automatically displayed. See Cerner HIE Patient Automatic-Create Functionality for more information. 

Note: If you perform a global search and do not see the Community View tab in the patient summary, review the community view prerequisites.

Cerner HIE Patient Automatic-Create Functionality

Community view uses Cerner HIE patient automatic-create functionality by default. When you perform a global search for a patient and access the Community View tab in patient summary, the system makes a request to Cerner HIE with the patient's information. If a medical record number (MRN) and trusted assigning authority object identifier match is not found in Cerner HIE, Cerner HIE creates a new patient record. After the record is created, Cerner HIE attempts to match patient demographics from the request to a person in the master patient index (MPI). This functionality enables community view access to all results from Cerner HIE and external partners.  

Note: In certain cases, Cerner HIE will not create a new patient record. In these cases, the following message is displayed in the Community View tab: Patient does not exist in MPI.  

Community View Display

The information displayed in the Community View tab is an aggregate summary of the patient's health care information in Cerner HIE. Cerner HIE is configurable, which means the information displayed will vary based on your site. The following information is provided as a general guide to what you may see in the community view. What you actually see may differ. 

- Patient Demographics
- Connected Sources
- More Options (Filter, Export, Print)
- Disclaimer
- Health Care Information Sections
- Health Care Information Sections - Actions
- Timeline    

Note: After a certain amount of time, community view may time out. If this happens, the following message is displayed: Out of session. Please search patient again.

Patient Demographics

The patient demographics part of the view includes information such as patient name, address, date of birth, and gender. This is also where the patient's source MRNs and HIE ID are located. HIE ID is a specific identifier that Cerner HIE assigns to the patient. You can select the patient name and Source MRNs to view more information. Select More Options to expand and collapse the more options part of the view. See More Options (Filter, Export, Print) for more information. This part of the view also includes page search capability. 

Connected Sources 

The connected sources part of the view includes partners connected to your Cerner HIE and source documents such as Aggregated CCD and Aggregated MXL. A color-coded status is displayed for each source, for example, N/F in red (Patient not found), F in red (Patient found; No results found), and so on. You can position the pointer over the status to view more information.    

More Options (Filter, Export, Print) 

The more options part of the view includes Timeframe, Layout, Sources, Encounters, and Reset options. Use these options to filter the data displayed in the health care information sections (also known as widgets) and to change the layout of those sections. This part of the view also contains icons to select for export and print options. If not displayed automatically, you can select More Options in the demographics area to display this part of the view.    

Disclaimer

The disclaimer part of the view contains the following (or similar) text:

This is an aggregate summary of medical information obtained from multiple participating healthcare providers. This clinical summary is intended to support optimal patient care. It is not intended to replace the patient's medical record nor is it guaranteed to encompass all historical information on this patient. It is provided to you in conformance with patient privacy requirements.  

Health Care Information Sections

The health care information sections (also known as widgets) are the main part of the view. This is where you see an aggregate view of patient data from Cerner HIE and contracted external data sources. Information is available based on patient consent and availability for external partners to send data to Cerner HIE. The health care information sections are customizable by client and user permissions in Cerner HIE. The following list contains the standard information based on C-CDA format that is displayed in this part of the view:

  • Advanced Directive
  • Allergies
  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Assessment & Plans
  • Diagnosis
  • Discharge Summary
  • Encounters
  • Family History
  • History & Physical
  • Immunizations
  • Lab Orders
  • Medications
  • Microbiology
  • Plan of Care
  • Problems
  • Procedures
  • Provider Reports
  • Radiology
  • Social History
  • Vital signs    

Health Care Information Sections - Actions

In general, you can perform the following actions in the health care information sections (also known as widgets) part of the view:

  • Rearrange widgets 
  • Expand widgets
  • Collapse widgets
  • Position the pointer over data to view details
  • Select different views, for example, Summary, Details, and so on

Timeline

The timeline part of the view is a color-coded, interactive, graphical summary of the patient's health care information over time.

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