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Set your Windows short date style
All dates must be entered with 4 digit years to ensure Y2K compliance. If you experience problems entering dates, check the Short Date style setting in Windows:
| • | Click Start | Settings | Control Panel |
| • | Select Regional settings (or options) |
| • | Select a Short Date style with a 4 digit year, preferably: |
M/d/yyyy (US), or d/M/yyyy (British)
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Check your system clock
The patient's date of birth is used to calculate the patient's age, therefore, you must ensure that your system clock is correct or the patient age calculation will not be correct.
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Set program preferences
Before you use the program, check the default parameters by viewing the Setup window. To enter Setup, click on the File drop down menu and click Setup, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S.
Set the data tracker columns
The data tracker is an optional function which is used to record miscellaneous data such as labs, I/O's, vital signs, weights, etc. Column descriptions are not mapped to data, they are free text, therefore it is very important that you define the columns before you begin tracking data.
How to create a consult
See the topic, Your first consult, for step-by-step instructions.
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are provided for all Kinetics functions.
Getting help
Context-sensitive help is available at any time in the program simply by pressing the F1 Key on your keyboard. You may also access the contents of this help system by clicking the help button on the tool bar, or by clicking help on the drop down menu tree.
There is a wealth of information contained within this help system, please familiarize yourself with it.