Viewing & Printing Audit Logs

  1. From OfficeMate Administration, click Setup and select Audit Log Review.

    OR

    From ExamWRITER Administration, click Activities and select Audit Log Review.

    The Audit Log Review window opens.

  2. Select only the check boxes that correspond to the types of transactions that are important to your practice and deselect those that are unimportant.
  3. Narrow your search results by typing or selecting the beginning and ending dates and times in the Start Time and End Time fields, as needed.
  4. To see the activity of a specific user, type the user ID in the User ID (Number) text box. To determine the user ID, look at the Provider ID or Id# field on the Resource Setup window.
  5. To see the activity on a specific patient, type the patient ID in the Patient ID (Number) text box. To determine the patient ID, look at the Patient ID field on the Patient Center window.
  6. To see the activity on a specific exam, type the exam number in the Exam ID (Number) text box. To determine the exam number, look at the Exam History tab on the Patient Center window.
  7. To see a specific type of activity, select an activity from the Event Type drop-down menu.
  8. Narrow your search results by the completion or attempt of transactions:
    • Select the Success radio button to see only successfully completed transactions.
    • Select the Failure radio button to see only attempted transactions.
    • Select the All radio button to see all transactions.
  9. Click Search to display the audit log transactions that match the search criteria. For a description of the information displayed in the audit log, go to Understanding the Audit Log.
  10. Perform the following steps as needed:
    • Double-click an entry to view it in the Audit Log Entry window.
    • Click any column heading to sort in ascending order. Click twice to sort in descending order.
    • Click Print to print the audit log search results, as needed.
  11. To verify that an audit log entry has not been tampered or forged, perform the following steps:
    1. Double-click an entry to view it in the Audit Log Entry window.

      ExamWRITER validates the information in the entry against the log hash file and displays true if the entry is valid or false if it appears the entry has been altered.

    2. Click OK to close the Integrity Check window.
    3. Click Close to close the Audit Log Entry window.