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

Training for COMPASS Medication Reconciliation Improvements

To improve the care of patients, COMPASS medication reconciliation will change for SMCW and SMCH on April 12, 2010. To prepare for the change, please participate in training available Mar. 22 – April 9.

On-site instructor-led training: contact your site coordinator if you have not already been scheduled for training, or for specific days, time and rooms for your site's training.

SMCW: Peggy Denham, RNC at Pdenham@seton.org or 324-4000 ext 2031
SMCH: Dwight Truitt at tstewart@seton.org or 844-7543

Self-paced web-based training: click here to launch the course.

Also available on Seton Learning Central (SLC), course code COMP-PWMR

COMPASS is one of the most efficient and economical ways to improve patient safety, enhance operations and provide essential information needed to improve health care for those we serve. Come learn what is new and how it works to improve the care of your patient.

Medication Reconciliation Upgrade Benefits:

New icons that indicate whether medication reconciliation has been performed and whether medication history has been completed
Ability to manage orders and powerplans while performing medication reconciliation
Documented home medications and inpatient medications linked to each other to enable better visibility of significant changes to each medication as patient transitions from admission to discharge
Better visibility of decisions made for each medication

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.