An extended CRIS downtime will take place Saturday May 17th, 2008 from approximately 10am until 11pm in preparation for the new Pharmacy’s Information System, Sunrise Medication Manager (SMM),   Standard down-time procedures are to be used.

On March 31st, 2008, the Citrix Published Desktop was migrated to a new environment. The Citrix Published Desktop provides access to many applications such as: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, Project, PowerPoint, etc.), ANSOS, Hospital Services, ITAS, ORS, Scheduling.com, etc.

To access the Citrix Published Desktop through your web browser (instead of the Citrix Program Neighborhood) use the following URL:https://cccasper.cc.nih.gov/.

 Surgical Pathology Notification Procedure

There is a new functionality in CRIS to notify Prescribers and Nurses via email when a new surgical pathology result is posted in CRIS.  At the time the new Surgical Pathology orders are entered, up to ten providers (usually the attending surgeon and up to nine Prescribers/Nurses) can be chosen for notification. See details.

 CRIS Prescriber Clinical Documentation

As of October 15th, 2007, all Prescribers were given the ability to access and clinically document progress notes in CRIS. To familiarize yourself with this new feature, there are two available options. You may attend classroom training and/or review an online tutorial:

1. Classroom Training:  For those users who already have a CRIS code/account, you may register for the Prescriber Clinical Documentation course via the CIT website http://training.cit.nih.gov/courselst.asp?lname=cris

2. On-line Tutorial: http://cris.cc.nih.gov/cristraining/CBT/clin_doc_prescriber.

At this time, it is requested that clinicians print out progress notes for inpatients only and file them in the patients' charts (outpatient notes will print in the Medical Record Department). See details.

For classroom training registration assistance, contact CIT Help Desk at 301-594-6248. For questions or concerns, contact CRIS Support at 301-496-8400.