How to Browse
To Browse the documents in PolicyTech, either click a category label (such as “All Documents by Type”) or click the “plus” sign next to the category label.
- Clicking the “plus” sign next to the folder title will open the sub-categories of that category.
- Clicking the category title will list all documents in that category/folder.
Opening a document
To open a document, select the document from the list displayed in the right panel.
The selected document will open in a new tab.
Search for a Document Using "Browse" View
- To search “documents within a specific category”:
- Select Category
- Enter “keyword” in the “Find search bar.”
- Select the magnifying glass in the top right corner.
- All documents that contain that keyword and are within that category will display. If you have a category selected ONLY the documents in that category are searched for by your keyword. The selected category in this case will appear highlighted in the left side navigation.
- To search for a document throughout all PolicyTech documents, choose [ALL] option located at the top of the category list prior to typing in the keyword for your search. This will prompt the system to search across ALL categories for the relevant document. Then follow the same steps as outlined above (i.e., enter key word into the search bar and select the magnifying glass in top right corner).
Open Policytech
Visit YSM PolicyTech for all documents and search and keyword functionality.
YSM and Yale Medicine policies, procedures, and guidelines live in a YSM-managed document management system, PolicyTech.
For everyone: how to log in, browse, search, and view documents; For licensed users: how to attest to published documents or complete assessments, manage tasks, and run assignee reports.
PolicyTech Help Documents
- PolicyTech General User Help PDFHow to view, search, and browse documents: for the public user, who needs to view policies, procedures, guidelines, and forms.
- PolicyTech Approver Help PDFHow to approve documents: for the licensed users who are assigned as approvers and are responsible for approving policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- PolicyTech Reviewer Help PDFHow to edit documents: for the licensed users who are assigned as reviewers and are responsible for reviewing policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- PolicyTech Writer Help PDFHow to approve documents: for the licensed users who are assigned as approvers and are responsible for approving policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Templates, governance, how-to, and help guides.
For Users who have been assigned the roles of a document administrator, writer, reviewer, or approver.
PolicyTech Licensed User Training
- Starting a new documentTraining for document owners/administrators and writers
- Document WorkflowTraining for writers and reviewers
- Approving contentTraining for approvers
- Writer/Approver/Reviewer Video TrainingPolicyTech video training for writers, reviewers, and approvers.
Users should continue to refer to the Yale University policy site for University wide documents.