Pocket VMACS

Getting Started

The first thing that you need to do to use Pocket VMACS is to go to the website.

1. Make sure you're in an area with adequate wireless coverage.
2. Launch the browser on the PDA
3. Navigate to https://vmacs.vmth.ucdavis.edu/pda/

When you get to that address, you should probably bookmark it to make it easier to get to in the future.
To bookmark the site on Pocket PCs, tap on the folder icon on the bottom of the screen, then on 'Add/Delete', then on 'Add...' From here, you can change the name of the bookmark if you choose. Tap on the 'OK' button in the upper right corner when you're done. Tap the 'OK' button again to get back to the login page.
To bookmark on the Palm, tap on the heart icon on the top right of the screen, then on 'Add...'. From here you can change the 'Name' of the link and specify a category.

Tap in your username and password and tap 'Submit' to log in to the system
Login Page

If you are successful, you'll be at the Pocket VMACS homepage. This page is similar to 'Clinics' on the desktop. You can get anywhere from here.

Client Info - Demographics about the Client
Patient Info - Demographics about the Patient
Visit Info - View the Visit Summary or search based on patient or client number.
RDVM Info - Search for contact information for RDVM's based on their name. View information on patients referred by each RDVM.
Appointment Info - View information on receiving, SA or LA surgery schedules.
Drug Prices - Get current pricing on drugs as well as information from the VetPDA-Rx database if that drug has been finalized.
Directory - Contact information for Clinicans, staff, and students.
Preferences - Allows the user to select which page they start up on, as well as to modify the colors used.
Voice Mail - icon is visible if the user has new voice mail.
Pocket VMACS Homepage
MY- Pocket VMACS knows who is logged into the system, and is able to give the user information specific to them.
Appointments - This is actually the 'Schedule' for the current day. Shows whether a client has arrived, cancelled, etc.
Active - Lists all of the visits for patients which are currently in the hospital and have you listed as a student or clinician.
ServiceActive - This will list all visits for patients currently assigned to one of the clinicians on your service. Lists the clinician and student name, presenting complaint, and last known location in the hospital. (Only valid for clinicians)
Hotlist - Lists all visits currently on the users hotlist including any Clinical Diagnoses
My Appointments
My ServiceActive
Tip -- All navigation in Pocket VMACS is based around several philosophies...
1. Navigation is handled with frames and framesets. The frameset above is the 'Main' frameset. There is a navigation frame at the top and a content frame on the bottom. Tapping on the icons at the top will take you to the respective frameset. Tapping on the text links (Appts, Active, etc.) will just change the 'Content' frame. You can recognize the frameset you're in by looking at the icons presented in the navigation bar. You can always get back to the 'Main' frameset by tapping on the 'Home' icon which is present on all navigation bars (except for 'Main' and 'Visit')
2. If you tap on a patient or client number, you will be presented with information on that patient or client. Tapping on the number again (on the new page) will take you to more detailed information on that patient or client.
For Example -- if you're looking at the receiving appointment list, you can tap on the patient number to see what breed, age, etc. the patient is. If you tap on the patient number on THIS page, you'll be taken to the 'Patient Frameset' and be able to see all of the appointements, visits, diagnostics, prescriptions, etc. for that patient.
   
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