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## Introduction

The PatientKeeper Administration Tools application is a web-based application that consists of six desktops: Institution , Department , User , Charges , Patient , and Preferences. Administrators can access all of these desktops to configure the PatientKeeper Enterprise system for all users in all facilities. Department administrators can access all desktops, except Institution . Health care providers can only access a subset of these desktops, which they can use to enter their charges, manage their patient lists, and set other personal preferences.

From the PatientKeeper Administration Tools application, administrators can:

- Configure a new user for the system (User Desktop)
- Set the PAT Access Level for any user (User Desktop)
- Determine syncing requirements, such as security and timeouts, for users (Institution Desktop)
- Create and manage departments (Department Desktop)
- Review and process batch charges (Charges Desktop)
- Generate custom billing reports for specific date ranges (Charges Desktop)
- Define macros and snapshots for lab data to make information more accessible to providers within specific departments (Department and User Desktops)
- Define charge macros for common charges that providers with a shortcut when entering charges into Charge Capture, either through the PatientKeeper Administration Tools application or on their handheld device (Department and User Desktops)
- Review system usage statistics (Institution Desktop)

From the PatientKeeper Administration Tools application, health care providers can:

- Add or remove patients from their patient lists (Patients Desktop)
- Enter charges and diagnoses for patients (Charges Desktop)
- Create custom reports for a specific date range for their patients' charges (Charges Desktop)
- Create personal filters, macros, and snapshots (Preferences Desktop)

### PAT Access Levels

### Logging Into PatientKeeper Administration Tools

### Logging Out of PatientKeeper Administration Tools

### Getting Help