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The CHIP Assistant control panel
pops up immediately upon opening
the CHIP Assistant program. Use
this control panel to navigate
through the various forms
(sometimes called windows) and
data entry screens.
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Click on the CHIP logo
to view database
version numbers for the
CHIP Assistant.
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Start here to add your CHIP
chapter information.
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This information accompanies the data you
export to the CHIP databank.
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If you are outside the United States, the blood
result values may be different units (mmol/L).
Please click here to indicate mmol/L and/or
metric height and weight values. This allows
the reports to provide the correct information.
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If you are using A4 paper, please click here, so
the reports will be formatted correctly.
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Click this to add or edit session
information, view and print reports,
roster and name tags, enter a batch of
lab results or send CHIP data to the
CHIP databank.
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After you have entered your CHIP
chapter and session information you will
be ready to enter participant
information.
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This is where you may view and record
patient information collected from the
Lifestyle Evaluation form.
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To navigate through to different
participants you can scroll through the
records by using the navigation tool at
the bottom of the window.
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To start a new record, click on this
button. It will open a new blank record.
Add new participants by clicking here
first.
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On the tool bar are three buttons. The
one with the floppy disk icon will save
information you’ve just entered
(however, when going to a different
record also saves your data. The
binoculars will open a search window to
help you quickly find records, and the
close button closes the current window.
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Be sure to select a participant status
and assign the participant to the current
session.
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Click here to enter or update the family
and personal health history from the
Lifestyle Evaluation Form.
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Click here to view or edit the Heart
Screen information for this participant.
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Make sure that the CHIP Session selected is
correct. To change it, just click on the downarrow and select the appropriate session.
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Click the tab labeled ‘Screening 2’ to enter the
second screening results.
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Click here to print a personal Heart Screen Report.
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If there are medications to report, click on the
‘Medications’ button.
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Click the ‘New’ button to prepare a new record
for the participant (if the participant’s name
appears in the upper left corner of the window
then a record is ready for data entry).
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Click the close button to close the window.
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Click this button to view and print a list of all
participants in the database.
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Click the CHIP Session button to
view or print reports.
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Click here to view or print a roster
of session participants.
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Click here to view and print name
tags using Avery name tags 5395
labels.
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Click here to enter the Heart
Screen results for all participants
at one time in alphabetical order.
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Click here to view and print all the
personal participant reports from
your Heart Screen session.
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Clicking the group Screening
Report button will allow you to
view and print a summary report
of the group results for the heart
screen.
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These group statistical reports will
provide a stratified view of the
changes that occurred after the
completion of your CHIP program.
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Click here to print mailing labels
for all participants or any
subgroup within your database
according to session and/or
participation status.
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Venipuncture is the default
method of collecting blood
specimens. If you use a
fingerstick blood sample then
indicate that here.
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To identify the biggest losers in
weight, cholesterol, etc, click here
to generate an Excel spreadsheet
that will allow you to sort the
numbers many different ways.
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This button opens the Metric
Conversion Calculator. Use it to
calculate Metric or SI units from
standard units or the other way
around. It’s simple to use.
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When you are done. Click here to
export your session data (without
personal identifiers) and email it
to the CHIP databank.
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Click here to view software
version information.
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Front-end database version number.
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Back-end database version number.
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For additional information and
explanations, read the CHIP Assistant
User Guide.