Processing a Task

  1. Open Tasks from:
    • The Vision front screen, select Tasks .

    • From your Windows desktop:

      • Windows 10 - Select Start - Vision Tasks .

      • Windows 7 - Select Start- Vision Tasks .

  2. Your My tasks screen displays:

  1. Select the task you wish to process and it displays in the right hand pane.
  2. If the task is from a third party and has a patient from another practice attached, you must record a legitimate relationship with that patient. A message 'You must give a reason for viewing task details from other clinics' displays, select from the list available and then select Confirm:

  1. The task is now locked to prevent other users from trying to process it at the same time:
  1. Process the task as required using the following options:
  • n other outstanding tasks associated with - Where n is the number of other associated tasks, select to list other tasks for this patient .
  • Options - Select to :
    • Edit - Opens the original task and update or change the details of the task.
      • Select Update to save any changes. This should not be used to record action taken, see Activity below for full details.
    • Reject - To return the task to sender without actioning it. A warning screen displays. Select a reason for audit purposes, if you select Other, you have the opportunity to add a free text reason for rejection. It is important you do not reject a task in order to respond to it, use the Conversation tab. See Conversations for full details. If a task is rejected there is currently no option to resend without recreating it. Reject is not available for self assigned tasks.
    • Delete - To delete the task without actioning it. A warning screen displays and a reason must be entered for audit purposes. Please be aware, this action can be carried out by both the sender and the recipient.
    • Complete - To complete the task, and move it to your Completed list.
Note - For clinical safety reasons, if a patient is attached to a task, you cannot change or remove the patient. If a different patient is required, you need to delete the task and add a new task attached to the correct patient.
  • Conversation - Select the Conversation tab to send a message to the originator of this task, this works across organisations too. Enter your message and select Send. See Conversations for full details.
  • Activity - Select the Activity tab to record activity relating to this task, enter your activity for example 'Called patient, no answer' and select Update.

View the following video to see how to process a task. For further videos see Video Tutorials.

Important - For practices using Aeros, you must watch the videos on your local desktop. To do this copy and paste the above url into your local browser. Local health board restrictions may also affect access.

 

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