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

On January 18, a new pediatric asthma education/action plan will be added in COMPASS to more closely align with Seton’s childhood asthma care core measures. Key benefits of this new plan include:

Tasks RTs on condition-specific education topics
Alerts the ordering physician when a reliever or steroid is not ordered
Is included in the Asthma Admission to Med/Surg Pediatric Orderset
Is also available as a single order
Asthma Pathway will now be known as "Albuterol Titration Protocol Asthma Pedi"

This change will affect DCMC, SMCH and SMCW. For more detail and example screenshots, please click here.

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 60 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/Windows 7.

Accessing COMPASS with an Apple Computer

Please be aware the Seton Family of Hospitals does not support Apple computers. The link below should allow you to access COMPASS with an Apple product. Variances in your particular Mac configuration or network setup may affect access. No additional software installation should be necessary since the host link is configured to support a native Java client. Technical documents are available at www.citrix.com describing various requirements, options, and troubleshooting steps. Please note that neither Cerner, COMPASS’ software designer, nor the Seton ServiceDesk will be able to assist you with any access issues when using your Mac.