Managing Previous Progress Notes
Before you begin
Procedure
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Select the Progress tab in the patient's
clinical record.
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Select a previous entry from the list at the upper-right of the window. The notes for that particular visit are then displayed in the lower-right of the window.
- Click Append to add additional notes to the selected
record. A secondary window appears, populated with the practitioner's name and
the current date. Add your additional notes in this window. These notes are
then added to the record when Save is clicked.
Whilst it is possible to append to a recorded Progress Note, it is not possible to edit a note recorded before midnight the previous day. In other words, Progress Notes can be edited on the day they are recorded, until midnight of that day, where they become permanent records.
- Click Diagrams to view any diagrams that have been
drawn during the previous selected visit. If the
Diagrams button is greyed-out it indicates that no
diagrams were drawn for the select Progress Note.
- Click Search to find the text entered in the progress
notes. The Search Text window appears. Type the text to
search for and then click Search Progress Note entries
that contain the search string are highlighted in red.
- Click Append to add additional notes to the selected
record. A secondary window appears, populated with the practitioner's name and
the current date. Add your additional notes in this window. These notes are
then added to the record when Save is clicked.