Choosing a Client

Almost everything in PsyTrace is done for one client: choose the client first

WhoEvery user
Two waysThe Active Clients list (right), or Client › Search

1. From the Active Clients list

The column on the right of the main screen lists active clients. Click a name and it becomes the current client: the name appears at the top and every list of the screen is filled with that client's data.

To list other clients, click the Click To Sort heading and choose:

ChoiceLists
Last FewThe most recent active clients. A clinician sees the last clients she/he has seen (with encounters).
CategoryThe clients of one Category.
Client Status Active / AllThe clients with a given Client Status (for example "Drug Court"): only current ones, or also past ones.
Authorization PendingClients whose authorization is still pending.
My Clients (exclusive)Your own clients.
Case Manager (me)Clients whose Episode of Care has you as the Contact/Case Manager.
Not seen > 30 DaysClients with an active Episode who have not been seen recently.
Encounters Not BilledClients with encounters still to bill.
Invoice OpenClients with an open invoice.

The list can be hidden to make room: Client › Close Active Clients; Client › Open Active Clients shows it again.

2. With Client Search

  1. Click Client › Search.
  2. In Last Name, type two (or more) letters of the last name, a comma, and two (or more) letters of the first name — for example ro,ma finds Rossi, Maria and Rodriguez, Mark. Names match from the beginning. Or type the whole DOB (date of birth), SSN or Insurance ID instead.
  3. Tick Active clients only to skip clients who are no longer active.
  4. Press Enter (or click Search), then click the client in Matching Clients.
The Client Search window over the main screen
Client Search opens over the main screen.

Tip: search with only the first two letters of the last name. A spelling mistake (Rosi / Rossi) then still finds the client — and this is the best way to make sure a "new" client is not already registered (see New Client Registration).

What happens when you change client

  • Every list of every screen is emptied and filled again for the new client; nothing of the previous client stays on the screen.
  • If the client has documents to sign (for example a consent that expired), a notice lists them. The client signs them at the office computer with Client › eSignature(s) › Sign Document (see Client eSignatures).
  • If you are assigned to a Category of clients, you see and find only the clients of that Category.
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