Select the desired action for each of the buttons on the PowerMic. You can define different 'click' and 'hold' actions for each button. 'Click' refers to pressing and then releasing the button; 'hold' means holding the button down. The default options appear in green at the right of the tab.
If you are configuring system preferences, the options you select here become the defaults for all users.
| NOTE: The "focused" application is the one in which you are currently working. For example, you might have your PACS application, PowerScribe 360 | Reporting, and a messaging application open on your workstation at the same time. If you click (or select with keystrokes) your PACS application, it becomes the one that is in "focus" since it is the one that you are working in right now. |
Send barcode scan to focused application: Select this check box to allow the provider to scan barcodes into other applications (your PACS, for example) as long as PowerScribe 360 | Reporting is not in focus. If the PowerScribe 360 | Reporting application is not in focus, the scanned barcode is sent to the application which currently is in focus. If the PowerScribe 360 | Reporting application is in focus, it accepts the scanned barcode. By default this check box is not selected.
Note that the list below is comprehensive, but not all of the actions listed are available on each button. Use the drop-down list to see available actions for each button.
Nothing: No action.
Sign Report: Electronically sign, approves, or finishes the current report.
Use deadman switch: Continue the action while you hold down the button; stops when you release the button.
Deadman play audio: Plays back the report audio while you hold down the button; stops playback when you release the button.
Toggle [action]: Begins the action when you press and release the button. Stops the action when you press and release the button again.
Toggle visibility: Toggles the application window (useful for single-workstation integrated PACS environments).
Normal report: Creates and signs a normal report for the selected exam.
New line: Inserts a new line into the report.
New paragraph: Inserts a new paragraph into the report.
Delete key: Deletes forward from current position.
Delete last word: Deletes the last word dictated.
Delete last utterance: Deletes the last group of words recognized (similar to the “scratch that” function).
Save as draft: Saves current report to the draft folder.
Select forward: Selects report text, forward from current cursor position
Select backward: Selects report text, back from current cursor position
Transcribe: Convert the audio to text.
Enter key: The key acts like the Enter key on the computer keyboard.
Backspace: The key acts like the Backspace key on the computer keyboard.
Correct report: Sends the report to an editor (available if your workflow allows sending to an editor)
Previous field: Selects previous field in reports that have multiple fields
Previous discrepancy: Highlights the previous discrepancy located by the Assure consistency checker (which is a purchasable option).
Next field: Selects next field in reports that have multiple fields
Next discrepancy: Highlights the next discrepancy located by the Assure consistency checker (which is a purchasable option).
STAT: Marks the report as a STAT priority
Sign as preliminary: Electronically sign the report giving it a status of Preliminary.
Previous field or table cell: Moves the cursor to the previous cell in a table.
Next field or table cell: Moves the cursor to the next cell in a table.