Best practices for Editors

Use these best practices to review and correct reports efficiently while maintaining quality and clarity.

PowerScribe One opens on the Explorer screen. When you start, reports may not be immediately available for review. Use a worklist, queue, or search filters to locate reports that require editing.

Worklist selection

If you are unsure which worklist to use, right-click and select Subscribed Only to display worklists relevant to your role.
After you subscribe, only those worklists appear in the Worklist area the next time you sign in.

Set up your preferences

Before reviewing reports, adjust your preferences to match your working style.

To update preferences, select the arrow next to your username and choose Preferences.

Recommended adjustments include:

• Set the font and font size to meet your needs.

• Choose light or dark mode based on your environment.

• Configure foot pedal settings, if applicable.

  The following table shows the account-level programmable pedals on a standard three-pedal foot pedal and all possible actions you can assign to each button.

  Note

  The default setting for each button appears in bold in the table below.

  Pedal	Action/Setting	Action/Setting
  Editor Foot Pedal Left	Previous field Toggle play audio on off Rewind Previous field or table cell	Next field Deadman play audio Fast forward Next field or table cell
  Editor Foot Pedal Center	Previous field Toggle play audio on off Rewind Previous field or table cell	Next field Deadman play audio Fast forward Next field or table cell
  Editor Foot Pedal Right	Previous field Toggle play audio on off Rewind Previous field or table cell	Next field Deadman play audio Fast forward Next field or table cell
  Author Foot Pedal Left	Previous field Toggle play audio on off Transcribe Fast forward Next field or table cell	Next field Deadman play audio Rewind Previous field or table cell
  Author Foot Pedal Center	Toggle dictation on off	Use deadman switch
  Author Foot Pedal Right	Previous field Toggle play audio on off Transcribe Fast forward Next field or table cell	Next field Deadman play audio Rewind Previous field or table cell

AutoText best practices

Use clear and descriptive names for AutoText to make entries easy to find and reuse.

• AutoText names are limited to 50 characters.
• Avoid using special characters.
• Organize AutoText entries into folders based on function or specialty.

Recommended preferences for editors

To streamline the editing workflow, adjust the following settings.

Workflow preferences

Clear the following options:

• Perform Quality Check at signoff.
• Perform Follow-up Recommendations at signoff.

Report Editing preferences

Clear the following options:

• Enable talking fields.
• Add unmatched findings to the report.
• Focus application on PACS launch.
• Automatically load PACS studies.
• Discard unedited new report on PACS close.
• Enable background report saving.
• Enable Clinical Guidance alerts.

Display preferences

Adjust the font and font size based on your preference.

Common keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts to work more efficiently: