Cerner PowerChart – Clinical Training

Module 1: Introduction to Cerner PowerChart

• Overview of Cerner Millennium and PowerChart within EHR ecosystems
• PowerChart architecture and key clinical components
• Understanding clinician, nurse, and physician workflows
• Navigating the PowerChart clinical desktop and chart summary

Module 2: Patient Access and Chart Navigation

• Managing patient search, selection, and chart access
• Configuring patient list views and personalized worklists
• Understanding chart summary, demographics, and banner bar
• Managing patient relationships and encounter navigation

Module 3: Clinical Documentation

• Entering and managing clinical notes and assessments
• Configuring documentation templates and PowerForms
• Managing co-signature, amendment, and addendum workflows
• Handling structured and free-text documentation entry

Module 4: Orders Management

• Entering and managing physician orders in PowerChart
• Configuring order sets and evidence-based order panels
• Managing medication orders, dosing, and frequency rules
• Handling order renewal, discontinuation, and modification

Module 5: Medication Administration and MAR

• Navigating the Medication Administration Record (MAR)
• Managing medication verification and five rights compliance
• Configuring medication scanning and barcode administration
• Handling PRN medications and administration documentation

Module 6: Results Review and Diagnostic Reporting

• Reviewing laboratory results and critical value alerts
• Managing radiology and diagnostic imaging report access
• Configuring result flowsheets and trend visualization
• Handling result acknowledgment and follow-up workflows

Module 7: Problem List and Diagnosis Management

• Managing active and resolved problem list entries
• Configuring diagnosis coding and ICD integration
• Handling problem list reconciliation across encounters
• Setting up chronic condition tracking and care plan linkage

Module 8: Care Planning and Clinical Pathways

• Building and managing individualized care plans
• Configuring clinical pathway templates and goal tracking
• Managing multidisciplinary care team communication
• Handling care plan documentation and discharge planning

Module 9: Discharge and Transition of Care

• Managing discharge order entry and planning workflows
• Configuring discharge instructions and patient education
• Handling referral management and care transitions
• Managing transition of care documentation and summaries

Module 10: Reporting, Compliance, and Best Practices

• Using PowerChart reporting tools for clinical analytics
• Managing meaningful use and regulatory compliance documentation
• Configuring audit logging and access reporting
• PowerChart clinical training best practices and governance

Cerner Millennium Experts Our instructors have delivered Cerner PowerChart training across hospital systems from critical access hospitals to 1,000-bed academic medical centres.

Clinical & IT Dual Expertise Many trainers hold both clinical credentials (RN, PharmD, RHIA) and Cerner implementation experience, providing an integrated perspective.

Implementation Track Record Instructors have supported Cerner go-lives and optimisation projects, giving first-hand knowledge of real deployment challenges.

Clinical Scenario Teaching All training uses clinical scenarios from actual patient care workflows so learners connect system skills to patient safety outcomes.

Staying Current Our team monitors Cerner release notes and attends Cerner Health Conference annually.