Creating Announcements

Announcements can be posted for each hospital by GCPD administrators or Internal Drivers. Announcements have a start and end date. Once the end date is reached, the Announcement will be hidden from end users. Announcements will be displayed in the top navigation under the Announcements link. An optional email can be sent with the announcement.

To post an announcement:

Click on Menu link in the top navigation
Click on Announcements
Click on New Announcement button
Enter a Subject for the announcement
Enter the announcement in the Body section
Select a Time Start and a Time End for each announcement. The announcement will be displayed during the time period chosen.
Mark the announcement "Active"
Use the Hospital dropdown menu to select all hospitals or an individual hospital
To send an optional email with the announcement, select Send Notification checkbox. This will email each user associated with the hospital that the announcement is associated with.
Click Add Announcement to post the announcement.
Click Cancel to return to the announcements screen.
The announcement will appear in the top navigation pane

To update an announcement:

Click on Menu link in the top navigation
Click on Announcements
Click on the announcement you want to update
Click the Edit button
Make changes as appropriate
Click Save button to save the announcement.

To delete an announcement:

Click on Menu link in the top navigation
Click on Announcements
Click on the announcement you want to update
Click the Edit button
Click on the Delete icon next to the announcement you want to delete