General ICIS Glossary
Active Window - The window selected for current work. You can identify the window as active by looking at the top bar - it should be a dark blue.
Check Box - A window element that can be checked or unchecked by clicking. More than one check box in a group box can be selected.
Click - To tap on a mouse button, pressing it down and then immediately releasing it. Note that clicking a mouse button is different from pressing (or dragging) a mouse button, which implies that you hold the button down without releasing it.
Context Menu - Available when you right-click text, objects, or other items.
Cursor - The flashing marker that tells you where you are on the screen.
Default - Preset information in the system that automatically appears when you sign on to the system or when you access certain cells that must be completed.
Demographics - Patient information.
Doubleclick - Tapping a mouse button twice in rapid succession. Note that the second click must immediately follow the first; otherwise the program interprets them as two separate clicks rather than one double-click.
DroppDown Menu - Contains a list of related information or options from which a selection can be made.
Ellipsis - A symbol, usually beside a box, resembling three periods (...), indicating that another window or dialog box containing additional information will be displayed.
Episode or Encounter - A patient interaction with the healthcare system. An episode or encounter can happen as an inpatient, an outpatient, with a clinic visit, or in the emergency department.
Field - A defined area on the electronic from that allows the user to enter numeric or textual data.
Free Text - An entry into a field that the end user types in.
Left-Click - To click the left mouse button. When instructions call for a screen object to be clicked, a left-click is what is meant.
Log On - The process where an individual utilizes his/her unique username and password combination to access ICIS. Also referred to as "sign on" or "sign in."
Log Off - The process where an individual ends his/her log on session and returns ICIS to a closed status.
Maximize - Located on the menu bar or title bar of the active window, it is used to expand the window.
Menu - Displays a list of commands. Some of the commands have images next to them so you can quickly associate the command with the image. Menus are located on the menu bar at the top of the viewing window.
Minimize - Located on the menu bar or title bar of the active window, it is used to minimize the window to a button on the Windows taskbar.
Mnemonic - In general, a mnemonic is an acronym or abbreviation for a much longer piece of information. The mnemonic format should be based on a standard established by the organization.
Mouse - A device used to move the cursor around on the screen.
Option Button - A window element that can be selected or deselected. Only one option button within a group box can be selected.
Patient Demographics - Information defined for the person or episode. Demographic information includes the current location (nursing station, room, and bed, for example), age, birth date, gender, and maiden name.
PC - A personal Computer.
Privileges - Access granted to COMPASS EHR. This access may be assigned as view only, data entry only or full access depending on the role of the user.
Reference Text - Text listed on an electronic form to provide additional information/definitions related to the form and/or specific fields on the form.
Required Fields - An electronic field that must have data entered before the electronic document is considered complete and before the document can be signed. It is indicated by a yellow highlight.
Result - Any data entered in to the system. A result may be a lab result, a vital sign, a pain score, assessment information, patient education, etc.
Queue - One or more items waiting to be acted on by the computer.
Right-click - Click the right mouse button. A right-click opens the context menu with a list of options.
Scroll Bar - Located on the right and bottom of some screens and is used to adjust the view on screen.
Signature Review - An electronic signature that indicates the individual has reviewed the form/document/task, but did not directly witness the activity taking place.
Shortcut Menu - Available when you right-click text, objects, or other items.
Solutions - Software application(s), services, and technologies that form part of one or more larger programs and are used to enter data.
Title bar - Located at the top of the each window and is used to identify in which window you are currently working.
Toolbar - A toolbar can contain buttons with images (the same images you see next to corresponding menu commands), menus, or a combination of both.
