In this course we will explain Documents and how they are used. Document Management is an essential component of the system. Information collected, regarding charts, is stored as a document. A document is a way of storing information in patient charts. This includes patient photographs, insurance cards, clinical office notes, imaging or lab results, past medical histories, tasks for a patient, email correspondence regarding a patient, injections, other visit notes, and many other forms of data.
A chart is a patient's electronic medical information organized in tabular form which we call Chart Tabs. Chart Tabs are then used in charts to group similar or like-documents together for easier visibility and access when working in an electronic chart. Chart Tabs are similar to chart dividers, or tabs found within paper charts. Chart Tabs can be programmed to house various types of documents under one chart tab, but the Documents Tab (typically found as the very last chart tab displayed in the system) houses all documents regarding the chart. It's essentially the catch-all chart tab where you can find any and all documents stored for the chart you are working in. A chart is simply a way to collect different information (which we call Documents), just like a physical patient chart would contain a variety of information on an individual patient.