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Clinical System Integration - Configuring Multiple Clinical Systems

Problem

How do I configure Lexacom 3.9 to integrate with multiple clinical systems?

How do I choose which clinical systems a user uses?

Cause

Lexacom 3.7 previously supported integration with only one clinical system at a time. 3.9 introduces integration with multiple clinical systems in parallel, with users able to switch between the clinical system that Lexacom integrates with without requiring a restart of Lexacom.

Resolution

Set Clinical Systems through Admin

To set the clinical systems in use through Lexacom Admin:

• Run Lexacom Admin
• Go to > Settings > Clinical Systems > Add or Edit

 

Figure 1: Sample Clinical System Integration Form

Add a Clinical System

• To add a clinical system, click into the blank line
• Enter a name for the clinical system in the Name cell - you may wish to use the name to add supplementary information about the clinical system, e.g. the location at which this is used
• In the Type drop-down menu, select the type of clinical system used
• If using an EMIS clinical system, click the Settings button ( ) and enter the settings for EMIS. No additional settings are required here for Vision or SystmOne clinical systems.
  • If using EMIS Web, see here
  • If using EMIS LV, see here
  • If using EMIS PCS, see here
• Repeat for each clinical system required
• Click Save

 

To edit a clinical system:

• Click into the desired cell
• Adjust the name, type or settings as required
• Click Save

 

To deactivate or reactivate a clinical system:

• Click the Active checkbox for the system - untick to deactivate, or tick to reactivate
• Click Save

 

Assign Clinical Systems to Users

Unlike previous versions of Lexacom, Lexacom 3.9 allows users to be assigned particular clinical systems with which to integrate; individual users may be given no, one or many clinical systems that they may use.

When configuring mulitple clinical systems for the first time, no users will have any clinical system assignment.

 

Bulk Assignment

To manage clinical system assingment and assign a clinical system to many users at once:

• Run Lexacom Admin
• Go to > Settings > Clinical Systems > Manage Users

 

Figure 2: Sample Manage Clinical Systems Window

 

To assign or unassign users to a clinical system:

• Select the name of the clinical system from the Clinical System drop-down menu
• Select the sort of users by clicking the Talk Users or Type Users tab
• Under the Enabled column, tick the checkbox against each user to assign the clinical system to the user, or untick the checkbox to unassign the clinical system
• If preferred, use the Add All or Clear All buttons to add or clear the checkbox for all of the users shown
• Repeat for each clinical system and set of users
• Click Save

 

Individual Assignment

To assign clinical systems to an individual user:

• Run Lexacom Admin
• Go to > Settings > Users Editor
• Select the user
• Click Edit
• Click Enable Integrations
• Tick the checkbox against the clinical systems to assign
• Click Close
• Click Save

 

Figure 3: Sample Enabled Clinical Systems window

 

New users will not have clinical systems assigned by default, so this assignment should be done when creating the new user. Lexacom 3 will display a reminder if no clinical systems are assigned to a new user.

Configure Clinical System Settings

Once the settings within Lexacom Admin have been set, there may be other settings required to set to allow users to integrate with the clinical system.

• For SystmOne, see here
• For EMIS Web, see here
• For EMIS LV, see here
• For EMIS PCS, see here

 

 

Created: 17 Sep 2015 11:40 BST Updated: 24 Sep 2015 10:02 BST

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