Medical Officer Resources
We understand how important it is for Medical Officers to quickly and efficiently access the resources they need. That’s why we’re planning a full review and improvement of the Digital Health site in 2025.
Below you’ll find links to helpful resources. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, try using the search bar on the homepage or visit the Quick Reference Guide page and search for key words.
- Access and Set Up – Ambulatory Organiser – Select a Resource
- Clinical Care – Ambulatory Organiser – Updating Patient Status
- Documentation – Creating a Clinician Letter
- Documentation – Documenting Observations and Measurements in Outpatients
- Documentation – Powerchart Outpatient mPages
- Medications – Outpatient Prescribing
- Medications – Prescribing Outpatient Medications for Administration
- Orders – Outpatient Ambulatory Organiser Check Out Alerts
- Orders – Outpatient MBS Billing
- Pre-Admission Clinic – Anaesthesia – Pre-admission PowerNote
- Pre-Admission Clinic – JMO Admission Note
- Pre-Admission Clinic – Ordering PAC Supplemental Insulin Future Orderset
- Printing – Printing Documentation in Outpatient Clinics
- Printing – Printing Prescriptions in Outpatient Clinics
- Radiology – Ordering for Outpatients (including Telehealth) and FAQs
- Scheduling and Referrals – Cancelling a Check Out
- Complex Medication Orders – Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) Pumps
- Documentation – Blood Products in Fluid Balance
- Infusions – Documenting a Clinician Administrated Bolus – APMS Only
- Infusions – Modify vs. Cancel_DC & New Order_Overview for Medical Officers
- Infusions – Ordering and Creating Infusion Sequences
- Infusions – Ordering and Modifying Bag by Bag Infusions
- Infusions – Ordering and Reviewing Titratable Infusions
- Infusions – Ordering Bolus Infusions
- Infusions – Ordering Continuous Ketamine Infusion – APMS
- Infusions – Ordering Fluids for Replacement of Losses (Adult and Paediatric)
- Infusions – Ordering Intermittent Infusions
- Infusions – Ordering PCA & Continuous IV Analgesia in Adults and Paediatrics – APMS
- Infusions – Ordering Regional & Epidural (non-obstetric) Analgesia – APMS
- Infusions – Ordering Syringe Drivers and Subcutaneous Infusions
- Infusions – Ordering the Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Orderset
- Infusions – Ordering TPN
- Infusions – Ordering Truly Continuous Infusions
- Infusions – Ordering Vancomycin (Adult)
- Infusions – Overview of Infusion Types
- Infusions – TPN Ward Rounds – Medical, Pharmacy, Dietetics
- Infusions – Unfractionated Heparin Orderset
- Medication Administration – Modify on the MAR
- Medications – Different Routes of Administration for the Same Medication
- Medications – Dosing by Weight
- Medications – Freetext Medications and Infusions
- Medications – General Overview
- Medications – How to Discontinue, Modify or Delete Medication Orders
- Medications – Insulin – Supplemental Subcutaneous Insulin (Sliding Scale)
- Medications – MAR and MAR Summary
- Medications – Marking a Medication for Review
- Medications – Ordering Antimicrobials (Restricted and Highly Restricted)
- Medications – Ordering Medications from Pharmacy (Priceline) for Hazeldean
- Medications – Ordering Medications with Alternating Doses
- Medications – Ordering Recurring Medications (Drug Health Services)
- Medications – Patients Going on Leave
- Medications – Prescribing a Once Only Medication with an Administration Time in the Past
- Medications – Prescribing Oral Oxycodone (Immediate and Modified Release)
- Medications – Reconcile Active Medications from a Previous Encounter
- Medications – Rescheduling Administration Times – Medical Officers
- Medications – Reviewing the Dosage Calculator Details
- Medications – Start a Regular Medication NOW
- Medications – Suspending and Resuming (For Leave Only)
- Medications – Warfarin – Discontinuing a Warfarin Order
- Medications – Warfarin – Modifying Dose or Duration
- Medications – Warfarin – Prescribing Initial Therapy
- Medications – Warfarin – Prescribing Ongoing Therapy
- Medications – Warfarin – Withholding and Restarting a Warfarin Order
- Medications – Withholding Medications (Multiple Doses)
- Medications – Withholding Medications (Single Dose)
- Medications – Withholding Medications 1 – Ordering Withheld Medications (Video)
- Medications – Withholding Medications 2 – Documenting Withheld Medications (Video)
- Medications – Withholding Medications 3 – Administering Withheld Medications (Video)
- Pharmacy – Pharmacy Clinical Intervention (Medical Officer Use)
- Orders – Co-Signing Medical Student Order Proposals
- Orders – Quick Orders
- Orders – Customising Medication List and Orders and Referrals View
- Diagnostic Testing – Cardiology – Ordering Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) Adult
- Orders – Future Ordersets – Order and Activate
- Orders – GERI Falls Order Set- Falls Medical Review Note & Auto Text
- Orders – Order Sets
- Orders – Referrals – Referring to Outpatient Medical/Surgical clinics
- Orders – Referring to Allied Health Walk in Clinics
- Orders – Review Order for Inpatient, Specialist Clinics Allied Health and Clinical Nurse Consultants
- Pathology Specimen Collection – Medical Officers & non-CareCompass Users
- Radiology – Cancelling an Order
- Results – Endorsing Results (Including by Message Centre)
- Results – Radiology Review results and images
- Administration – View NOK Details From EMR Chart
- Administration – View NOK From Scheduling Appointment Book PMOffice
- Alerts – Add Alert
- Alerts – Add Alert (Video)
- Alerts – Add Interpreter Alert
- Alerts – View, Check iPM and Add an Infectious Alert on EMR
- Alerts – View, Modify and Cancel
- Allergies – View, Review, Modify and Cancel
- Allergies/Sensitivities – Adding an Allergy or Sensitivity
- Allergies/Sensitivities – Adding an Allergy or Sensitivity (Video)
- Clinical Care – Diet Order
- Clinical Care – Diet Order (Video)
- Clinical Care – End of life/Advanced Care Planning/ Directive
- Clinical Care – Patient has an Adrenaline Auto-Injector in the Community (Medical)
- Clinical Care – Peripheral IV Cannula Documentation
- COVID-19 – Vaccination Status
- Documentation – Completing a Diabetes Assessment Powerform
- Documentation – Completing the 4AT – Medical Officers
- Documentation – Documenting VTE Risk Assessment
- Documentation – Enteral Nutrition Ordering, Documenting and Reviewing
- Medications – Documentation of Historical Immunisations
Criteria led discharge
Discharge summary
Discharge prescribing
- Medications – Creating a Day Procedure Discharge Prescription
- Medications – Discharge Prescriptions (includes printing issues)
- Medications – Modify / Add / Delete / Reprint Prescriptions After Reconciliation
- Medications – PBS Prescribing
- Medications – Pharmacist Generated Discharge Prescription (Medical Officer)
- Medications – Prescriptions – How to Re-Issue a Prescription (Renew Function)
- Medications – Prescriptions – How to Modify and Print Prescriptions
Discharge for transfer
- BOSSnet – Accessing BOSSnet (Video)
- BOSSnet – Printing a Document (Video)
- BOSSnet – Review Clinical Documentation in BOSSnet (Video)
- BOSSnet – Saving a Component as a Favourite (Video)
- BOSSnet – Searching for a Document (Video)
- BOSSnet – Setting Up BOSSnet (Video)
- BOSSnet – Submitting an e-Referral (Video)
- BOSSnet – Viewing a Patient’s Chart (Video)
- Documentation – Adhoc Notes
- Documentation – Authorising/Verifying Student Notes – Dynamic Documentation
- Documentation – Case Conference
- Documentation – Documenting a Freetext Note (Video)
- Documentation – Dynamic Documentation
- Documentation – Faxing Documents
- Documentation – How to Review Powerforms in Form Browser
- Documentation – Inpatient Goals for Discharge or Outpatient Goals
- Documentation – Making Addendums to EMR Documentation
- Documentation – Marking Documentation as “In Error”
- Documentation – Multi-contributor Documentation
- Documentation – Patient Friendly Visit Summary
- Documentation – Personal Note Type List Filter
- Documentation – Powerforms (Video)
- Documentation – Powerforms Save & Modify (Video)
- Documentation – Respond to Clinical Coding Query
- Documentation – Results Review – Setting a Default Results Range
- Documentation – Review Clinical Documentation in BOSSnet
- Documentation – Tagging Text and Results in Powerchart and FirstNet
- Documentation – Tear Off Function for Multiple Views
- Documentation – Uploading image to Multimedia Gallery and Media Gallery
- Documentation – Ward Round Note (Video)
- Documentation and Ordering – Message Centre – Create a Between Visit Encounter
- Mobile App – Camera Capture
- Mobile App – Camera Capture (Video)
- Mobile App – PowerChart Touch
- Mobile App – Powerchart Touch 1 – Getting Started (Video)
- Mobile App – Powerchart Touch 2 – Finding a Patient (Video)
- Mobile App – Powerchart Touch 3 – Navigating the Patient’s Chart (Video)
- Mobile App – Powerchart Touch 4 – Orders (Video)
- Mobile App – Powerchart Touch 5 – Media Gallery (Video)
- Mobile App – Powerchart Touch 6 – Documentation and Dictation (Video)
- Mobile App – Powerchart Touch 7 – Logging Out (Video)
- Access and Set Up – Adding the Digital Health Site to your Computer and Phone
- Access and Set Up – Creating a Favourites Folders for Orders
- Access and Set Up – Creating Patient and Custom Lists
- Access and Set Up – Customising Navigator Bands and Interactive View and Fluid Balance (iView) Bands
- Access and Set Up – Customising Navigator Bands and Interactive View and Fluid Balance (iView) Bands (Video)
- Access and Set Up – My Experience (Medical Officer Student)
- Access and Set Up – My Experience (Medical Officer)
- Access and Set Up – Requesting User Accounts
- Clinical Care – View patient lists using PowerBI
- EMR Dashboard – Medical
- FirstNet – How to Access, Modify and Unchart PowerForms
- FirstNet – Injury Surveillance Form
- FirstNet – Medical Documentation Revise After Authentication
- FirstNet – Physician Notifications
- FirstNet – Printing Patient Documentation
- FirstNet – Printing Transfer Documentation
- FirstNet – Resus Patient
- FirstNet – Treating Clinician Adding Diagnosis to Problem Lists
- FirstNet – Treating Clinician Adding Diagnosis to Problem Lists – Ranking Problems (Video)
- FirstNet – Treating Clinician Discharge Documentation
- FirstNet – Treating Clinician Initial Assessment
- FirstNet – Chronological View
- FirstNet – Deceased Patient Workflow
- FirstNet – Discharge – Left at Own Risk
- FirstNet – Discharge from SSU/BAU/HUB
- FirstNet – Discharging an ED Patient
- FirstNet – ED Real Time Dashboard
- FirstNet – Locating a Recently Discharged Patient
- FirstNet – Quick Orders – Disposition Orders (Video)
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Documenting on SAA Off The Floor Cases
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Changing incorrect primary procedure booking
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Charting observations on SAA when the record is started after case commencement
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Creating Blank Record for Emergency Cases
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Difficult airway documentation
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Documenting Blood Transfusion
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Filtering Anaesthesia Records on Powerchart
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Fluid Documentation in Theatre
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – How to view Anaesthesia Record on Powerchart
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Labour epidural documentation
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Manually Edit Vital Signs in SAA
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – No Monitoring Data Appearing in SAA Record
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Unable to finalise record on SAA
- Perioperative – Anaesthesia – Wrong Data in Patient Record
- Perioperative – Changing the Default Image Option in the Operation Report
- Perioperative – Documentation – Surgical Audit Tool PowerNote
- Perioperative – Documenting a CMBS Note
- Perioperative – Documenting an Operation Report
- Perioperative – Documenting an Operation Report – Summary
- Perioperative – Documenting Orthopaedic Operation Reports
- Perioperative – Organ Donation Surgery
- Perioperative – PowerNote Templates – Precompleted Notes and Macros
- Perioperative – Viewing Perioperative Nursing- Surgical and Anaesthetic Records
- Perioperative Documentation – Changing Perioperative Procedure