User Guide — User Roles and Permissions for Hospitals
athenaOne for Hospitals & Health Systems
Your user access to athenaOne for Hospitals & Health Systems functionality is controlled by your system administrator, who assigns user roles and user permissions. A user permission grants access to a single page or a single function. A user role is a set of related user permissions, bundled together for convenience. (Some roles contain only one permission.)
Open the role name drop-down to view the set of user permissions included in that role.
This role includes the following hospital-related user permissions:
- Add Visit Charges
- Admit/Discharge Patient
- Billing Admin: Statement Note
- Hospital Coding
- Register Hospital Visit
- View Hospital Visit History
This role includes the following user permissions:
Implementation Dashboard
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Radiology Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive RADTECH Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
Inpatient: Admin
Live Benchmarks Access
Messaging, user, and practice pages
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Radiology
View Invoices
EDIT SCHEDULES
EDITDEMOGRAPHICS
Research Menu
Workflow Dashboard Access
This role includes the following user permissions:
Implementation Dashboard
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Radiology Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive RADTECH Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
Inpatient: Admin
Live Benchmarks Access
Messaging, user, and practice pages
Quickview no financials
Radiology
View Invoices
EDIT SCHEDULES
EDITDEMOGRAPHICS
Research Menu
Workflow Dashboard Access
Users with this role can document medication administration.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
This role allows users to document nursing tasks.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Users with this role can add transcription text.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Transcribe
Users with this role can perform administrative tasks related to a chart.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Users with this role can perform physician duties in a hospital setting with ability to sign admission orders.
This role includes the following user permission:
Clinicals: Order/Prescription Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Admission Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: ADT Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: ED Tracking Board Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Orders Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Patient Case Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Co-sign
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Task Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive CARETEAMPHYSICIANS Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: Surgeon H&P Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Transfer/Discharge Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Important: The Clinicals: Order/Prescription Sign-off permission allows users to sign and submit medication prescriptions to pharmacies. The person at your practice who grants this permission is responsible for verifying that the users assigned this permission are authorized to prescribe medications in your state.
Note: If a feature called Allow mid-levels to be assigned as Admitting/Attending is enabled for your organization, midlevel providers (such as such as CRNAs, NPs, PAs) share the same capabilities as attending providers, and can:
- Sign admission, transfer, and discharge orders
- Participate on the patient's care team
Users with this role can assist physicians and nurses with medications.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Compounded Medications
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Prescription Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Formulary Management
Inpatient Clinicals: Label Printer Configuration
Inpatient Clinicals: Medication Preparation Workspace
Inpatient Clinicals: Pharmacy Verification Queue
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive PHARMACISTS Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: Task Schedule Admin
Inpatient Clinicals: Verification Workspace (Verification Enabled)
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role act as a physician extender with or without supervision of a physician.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Clinicals: Order/Prescription Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: ADT Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: ED Tracking Board Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Orders Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Task Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive CARETEAMPHYSICIANS Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: Transfer/Discharge Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Important: The Clinicals: Order/Prescription Sign-off permission allows users to sign and submit medication prescriptions to pharmacies. The person at your practice who grants this permission is responsible for verifying that the users assigned this permission are authorized to prescribe medications in your state.
Users with this role can perform physician duties in a hospital setting.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Clinicals: Order/Prescription Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: ADT Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: ED Tracking Board Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Orders Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Patient Case Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Co-sign
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Task Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive CARETEAMPHYSICIANS Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: Surgeon H&P Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Transfer/Discharge Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Important: The Clinicals: Order/Prescription Sign-off permission allows users to sign and submit medication prescriptions to pharmacies. The person at your practice who grants this permission is responsible for verifying that the users assigned this permission are authorized to prescribe medications in your state.
Users with this role can cosign notes.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Note Co-sign
Users with this role can sign discharge notes in the Inpatient ED.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: ED Discharge Note Sign-off
Users with this role can sign admission orders.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Admission Sign-off
Users with this role can sign transfer and discharge orders.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Transfer/Discharge Sign-off
Users with this role can edit admission, discharge and transfer orders.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: ADT Edit
Users with this role can perform nursing duties in a hospital setting.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: ADT Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: ED Tracking Board Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Admission Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Admission Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Task Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: Patient Case Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive CARETEAMNURSES Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can perform patient care tasks, under the supervision of an RN or LPN.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: ED Tracking Board Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Task Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive CARETEAMNURSES Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: View
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Users with this role can provide patient care under the supervision of a RN.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: ADT Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: ED Tracking Board Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Task Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive CARETEAMNURSES Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can sign nursing admission note.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Admission Note Sign-off
Users with this role can convert dictated notes into written form.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Transcribe
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can treat movement difficulties.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Therapy Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: Therapy Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Therapy Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can treat daily living and work skill difficulties.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Therapy Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: Therapy Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Therapy Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can treat auditory communication disorders.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can assist therapist to treat movement difficulties.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can assist therapist to treat movement difficulties.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: eMAR
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Nursing Task List
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can provide counseling and other services to patients and their families.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role is are experts on diet and nutrition.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Discharge Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Diet Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Edit
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Note Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can perform general administrative services in a hospital setting.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Receive STAFF Inpatient Tasks
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
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Users with this role can sign off (complete) a task assigned to the nurses role.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Nurse Task Sign-off
Users with this role can sign off (complete) a task assigned to the physicians role.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Physician Task Sign-off
Users with this role can add custom barcode mappings.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Custom Barcode Admin
Users with this role can use temporary paper form workflows.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Paper Forms
Users with this role can edit a procedure note.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Edit
Users with this role can sign a procedure note.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Procedure Note Sign-off
Users with this role can edit task schedules.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Task Schedule Admin
Users with this role can access and edit the hospital formulary.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Formulary Management
Users with this role can administer practice configurations.
This role includes the following user permissions:
Implementation Dashboard
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Label Printer Configuration
Inpatient Clinicals: Pharmacy Label Printer Routing Configuration
Inpatient Clinicals: Task Schedule Admin
Inpatient: Admin
Live Benchmarks Access
Messaging, user, and practice pages
View Invoices
EDIT SCHEDULES
EDITDEMOGRAPHICS
Research Menu
Workflow Dashboard Access
Users with this role are pharmacists who perform medication verification.
This role includes the following user permission:
Inpatient Clinicals: Pharmacy Verification Queue
This role includes the following user permissions:
Implementation Dashboard
Inpatient Clinicals: Add Document
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Lab Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
Live Benchmarks Access
Messaging, user, and practice pages
Quickview no financials
View Invoices
EDIT SCHEDULES
EDITDEMOGRAPHICS
Research Menu
Workflow Dashboard Access
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Orders Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Orders
This role includes the following user permissions:
Inpatient Clinicals: View Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Orders
Inpatient Clinicals: Orders Sign-off
Inpatient Clinicals: Administer Chart
Inpatient Clinicals: Enter Orders