How to use Compass

If you have an immediate technical need, please call the Seton Service Desk at 324-1000 ext 41675.

Recent COMPASS News

Seton Medical Center Hays Opened on October 1!

Physician training was offered September 14 - October 3. If you still need to arrange your COMPASS training, please contact Dwight Stewart, SMCH's dedicated COMPASS Physician Educator at:

Office: (512) 504-5156
Mobile: (512) 844-7534
In-house Mobile: ext 45080

Additionally, SMCH has three COMPASS Site Coordinators already on staff who are dedicated to specific specialties and able to assist you.

Acute Care and Critical Care: Jamye Coffey at ext 45083
Emergency Dept and Women’s Health: John Fortune at ext 45082
Surgical Services and Ancillary Dept.: Terri Karcher at ext 45081

COMPASS Training for Credentialed Physicians and their Medical Office Personnel

COMPASS Physician Training Overview

The majority of COMPASS physicians training takes place in Seton Learning Central, the Seton Family of Hospital’s online university, and can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection.

Hospitals where physicians are entering their orders electronically, such as Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas and Seton Medical Center Williamson, also offer personal assistance from a COMPASS Physician Site Coordinator (see below.)

Click here to view instructions for using Seton Learning Central.

If you do not know your Seton Learning Central username or password, please contact the Seton ServiceDesk at (512) 324-1675.

Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Seton Medical Center Williamson
University Medical Center at Brackenridge
Seton Medical Center, Seton Northwest, Seton Southwest, Seton Highland Lakes and/or Seton Shoal Creek

COMPASS Training for Medical Office Personnel

Click here to run the COMPASS lesson for medical office personnel.  This online course should take 30 minutes or less.

COMPASS Resources for Credentialed Physicians and their Medical Office Personnel

Help with the COMPASS Citrix client

• Download the COMPASS Citrix client for XP/Vista.

Help for Physicians Using COMPASS

• Graphics View Help (PDF)
• Accessing COMPASS from Your Home or Office Instructions (PDF)
• Accessing COMPASS from a Seton Facility (PDF)
• How to Request Accounts and Change Passwords (PDF)
• Allowing Proxies to Access a New Patient List (PDF)
• Allowing Proxies to Access Existing Patient Lists (PDF)
• Recent MEC Briefings and COMPASS Tips and Tricks
• Ordersets and PowerPlans Available in COMPASS

Help for Office Administrators Implementing COMPASS

• COMPASS Account Request Form (PDF)
• COMPASS Checklist (PDF)
• COMPASS Competency Validation to use with Staff (PDF)
• Printing the Face Sheet (PDF)

General Information Documents

• COMPASS Overview (PDF)
• MediSource Overview (PDF)
• Patient Lists Pocket Guide (PDF)
• Med Rec Pocket Guide (PDF)
• FirstNet Pocket Guide (PDF)
• CPOE Pocket Guide (PDF)
• Favorites Folder Pocket Guide (PDF)
• MessageCenter Pocket Guide (PDF)
• COMPASS Job Aid (PDF)
• MessageCenter Job Aid (PDF)