Sentinel 5.18.8 User Guide

Physician Card Staging Tab

The Physician Card Staging tab page displays the list of staging entries stored in the application. A staging entry is created by someone who is not a Sentinel user, but has submitted a physician card form using the No-Login Physician Card link. The No-Login Physician Card link is used for online reporting of communicable disease without the need to login into Sentinel. Note that the No-Login Physician Card link can be activated only after a new user with the EXTERNALONLINEREPORT user ID is created in the application. See Outbreak Event Online Reporting for more information on how to create the EXTERNALONLINEREPORT user.

Users with the Physician Card Staging Area permission (granted in Administrative PWQ Permissions) can access the Physician Card Staging tab on the Home page and can view, delete, or create an investigation for the physician card staging entries stored in the application.

To access the Physician Card Staging tab, click the Home > Physician Card Staging tab. The displayed fields can be selected by clicking the Show/Hide button and then selecting the fields to display. The list of staging entries can be sorted by clicking on a column header. Under the list of current physician card staging entries, the number of entries displayed on the page is listed (for example, Showing 1 to 3 of 3 entries) and on the right side of that line are page number buttons. Click the page numbers and Next and Last buttons as needed to display any additional entries.

The columns and options on the Physician Card Staging tab page are as follows:

Column/Option	Description
Show ___ entries	Select from the drop-down list the number of entries to display on the page: 10, 15, 20, or 25.
Info icon	The No-Login Physician Card link can be accessed by hovering over the Info icon. You can copy the link and share it on a webpage or send it via email, if permitted by the State Administrator (see above note).
(select)	Select this option to perform an action to the selected staging entries. Once you select this option, the Action menu () appears next to the Show/Hide button. Select one of the following actions to be performed to the selected physician card staging record(s): Delete Staging Entries - Select this option to delete the selected physician card staging entries. See Delete a Physician Card Staging Entry Create Investigation for Staging Entries - Select this option to create an investigation for every selected physician card staging entry. See Create an Investigation for the Physician Card Staging Entry
Staging ID	The system-generated unique staging ID.
Patient's Name	The first and last name of the patient.
Disease	The disease name associated with the staging ID.
Date of Birth	The patient's birthdate.
Current Sex	The patient's current gender.
Added Date	The date and time the physician card staging entry was entered into the application.
Delete Physician Card Staging ID icon	Click this icon to delete the physician card staging entry.
Create Investigation for Physician Card Staging ID icon	Click this icon to create an investigation for the physician card staging entry.
View Physician Card Staging ID icon	Click this icon to view the physician card staging entry details.

If you are permitted by the state to send the link to a person to request them to fill out the physician card form, click the Home > Physician Card Staging tab, copy the No-Login Physician Card link from the Info icon () and paste it in the email body, and then send it to the person via email. The recipient can access the link from the email, fill out the form, and submit it to the application without logging into Sentinel.

If a person is using the No-Login Physician Card link to submit a physician card, they are required to enter Captcha text in the Answer field for verification before clicking the Validate and Submit button.

Once a person submits a physician card using the No-Login Physician Card link, the physician card staging entry is created in Sentinel and listed on the Physician Card Staging tab page. You can review the submitted information by clicking the View icon on the Physician Card Staging tab page. See Create a New Physician Card for the available fields and their descriptions. You can also delete the staging entry (Delete a Physician Card Staging Entry) or create an investigation for the staging entry (Create an Investigation for the Physician Card Staging Entry).

Create an Investigation for the Physician Card Staging Entry

There are three methods you can use to create an investigation for the physician card staging entry on the Physician Card Staging tab page. Note that once the investigation is created for the staging entry, the staging entry is deleted from the physician card staging entry list and added to the case list.

• The first method is to locate the staging entry in the list on the Physician Card Staging tab page and click the View icon associated with it. The Physician Card Staging ID page opens. Review the information provided by the person here, then click the Create Investigation button for the selected staging entry and select either Yes or No to confirm. If confirmed, the investigation is created for the selected staging entry and displayed in the case list on the main Investigations tab page. See Create a New Physician Card for the available fields and their descriptions.
• The second method is to locate the staging entry in the list and click the associated Create Investigation () icon. Select Yes to confirm the entry on the Create Investigation pop-up window. If confirmed, an investigation is created for the selected staging entry and displayed in the case list on the main Investigations tab page.
• The third method allows you to create an investigation for one or more staging entries. Locate and select the staging entries in the physician card staging list. The Action menu () appears next to the Show/Hide button. Select the Create Investigation for Staging Entries option from the Action menu to create the investigations. Select Yes to confirm. If confirmed, the investigations are created for the selected staging entries and displayed in the case list on the main Investigations tab page.

Note that once the investigation is created for a selected staging entry, it is displayed in the case list and you can view the summary of the new investigation on the Audit Tab page. After it is created, you can also search for the investigation using the Physician Card Staging ID on the Physician Card search.

Delete a Physician Card Staging Entry

There are three methods in which a physician card staging entry can be deleted on the Physician Card Staging tab page:

• The first method is to locate the staging entry in the physician card staging list and click the Delete () icon associated with it. Select Yes to confirm the deletion on the Delete Staging Entry pop-up window. The selected staging entry is deleted from the system.
• The second method is to locate the staging entry in the physician card staging list and click the associated View () icon. The Physician Card Staging ID page opens. You can review the information provided by the person and then click the Delete button to delete the physician staging entry from the system. Select Yes to confirm the deletion of the selected staging entry.
• The third method allows you to delete one or more physician card staging entries at once. Locate and select the staging entries in the physician card staging list. The Action menu () appears next to the Show/Hide button. Select the Delete Staging Entries option from the Action menu to delete the entries. Select Yes to confirm. The selected staging entries are deleted from the system.

Related topics:

• Physician Reporting
• Case Investigations