To enrol a patient's Holter procedure in BeatBox, follow these steps:

1. Log in to BeatBox and insert Holter device
2. Search for the patient
3. Add/confirm patient demographics and contact details
4. Add patient Medicare details (if required by your lab)
5. Add procedure details
6. Add patient medical details

Log in to BeatBox and insert Holter device

1. Go to https://www.beatbox.cloud/ and log in to BeatBox.

2. Check that the Holter device is plugged into your computer:

• attach the Holter device to the docking station, then insert the docking station cable into the USB port on your computer
• if you are using an SD card, insert it into the card reader

Search for the patient

1. At the top left of your Worklist, click Enrol.

2. Select the patient's lab then search for the patient in BeatBox.

3. Select the relevant patient in the list.

If you can't find the patient (i.e. they haven't been registered), click Create patient.

Add/confirm patient demographics and contact details

1. Add or confirm the patient's demographic details (First name, Last name, Patient ID, Gender and Date of birth are mandatory).

2. Add or confirm the patient's contact details, then click Next.

Add patient Medicare details

Medicare details may be required for your lab. If so, these details are mandatory.

1. Add the patient's Medicare card details (if the patient doesn't have a Medicare card, select No Medicare card).

2. If the patient's name on their Medicare card matches their name in BeatBox, click Same as patient name in BeatBox. Otherwise, add the patient's name.

3. When you have finished, click Next.

Add procedure details

1. Select the procedure type and choose the device (click the Remember device option to automatically display the same device the next time you log in).

2. In the Hookup date and Hookup time fields, select the estimated date and time the patient is to be hooked up to the device (you can change this later).

3. Select the electrode and channels.

4. Select the sample rate and the recording duration.

Add patient medical details

1. Click to select the indications that the patient presented with.

You can use the Search option at the top of the Indications list to either narrow your search or find a specific indication:

2. Type the reason for the test and the patient's medications (if known).

3. Select the Referring Physician and Ordering Clinician (if relevant).

If you can't find the person you are looking for in the list, click Add:

Once you have saved their details they will also be added to the selection list.

4. Indicate whether the patient has a pacemaker or has had a stroke. If they have had a stroke, specify the date.

5. Indicate whether the patient has had a COVID diagnosis (if known).

6. Click Save.

The patient's Holter procedure is added to BeatBox. 

You can either enrol the patient on the Holter device now, or later via your Worklist (see Collection Staff: Enrol patient on Holter device).