Computer Resources

All firm faculty will need access to a variety of computer programs. There are three different healthcare systems that manage these programs.

Your division administration will help you get signed up for AllScripts and VPN. If you want to write notes in FCIS using your home computer, you will need to complete a form and fax it to the number that is listed on the form.

Application Name	What it does	System/Help Number
All Scripts	The Primary Care Clinic (PCC), a University of Minnesota Physicians group (UMP) - operated clinic, uses this system for their patients. When patients are referred to the firms from this clinic, you can access their clinical record using this system. You can also send information directly to the patient's doctor at the PCC this way!	UMP 612-884-0884
VPN	You need this program on your office computer in order to access any of the Fairview applications mentioned when you are not in the hospital. With this installed, for example, you can actually write your progress notes or check your patients' results from your office computer!	AHC 612-626-5100
Portal	You need this to access Fairview applications from your computer at home. You will be able to do everything from home that you can do from your office.	Fairview 612-672-6805
CVIS	This system currently houses the ECHO and other cardiology results, other than EKGs (which are in FCIS - see below)	Fairview 612-672-6805
Dictation System 612-273-7336	You can use this system to dictate reports such as H and P's, consultations, and discharge summaries.	Fairview 612-273-5557 or 612-273-4370
EPIC	The outpatient clinics that are operated by the Fairview system use this particular electronic medical record. If you have a patient admitted to the firms from a Fairview clinic (such as Fairview Uptown, for example), you can access their information using this program.	Fairview 612-672-6805
Click here for a link to the Fairview portal from which you can access FCIS	This is the Hospital's inpatient electronic medical record. You can access lab results, consultations, X-ray results (not the actual pictures, but dictated results), etc. using this program. You can also write your attending notes using this system. You need access to this system more than to any other system before you begin your first day as a firm attending!	Fairview 612-672-6805
FCIS Physician Documentation Tutorial (pdf)
How to use FCIS (Fairview Intranet)
FV Intranet	This is a terrific resource to firm faculty. You can access the "Fairview Portal" from your office computer this way. You can also find directions for using the dictation system, to Up-to-Date, to FCIS and to EPIC from this web site. This is why it is password protected.	Fairview 612-672-6805
PACS	You can actually view radiology images with this program	Fairview 612-672-6805
Escription.com	This is the web site where you can sign documents that you or your residents have dictated.	Fairview 612-273-5557 or 612-273-4370
E-scription Electronic Signature Process (pdf)

Updated: 5/12/08

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