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Clinical Management
Use Helix to record your patients' medical details and consultations.
Allergies
A patient's allergies can be added to their record.
Delete an Allergy
If a patient's allergies are recorded incorrectly or are no longer relevant, you can delete the allergy record.

Clinical Management
Use Helix to record your patients' medical details and consultations.
- Health Summary
  Information entered by a practitioner during a consult is added to a patient's Health Summary.
- Consultations
  Record details of a clinical consultation in the Consult panel of the patient's record.
- Patient Timeline
  A summary of the patient's clinical history is displayed in the Patient Timeline.
- Medications
  Helix uses the MDref medications database provided by AusDI.
- Immunisations
  Before you administer an immunisation to a patient, check the immunisations that have already been administered on the AIR and the immunisations due.
- Allergies
  A patient's allergies can be added to their record.
  - Record an Allergy
    Add a patient's drug or substance allergies or intolerance to their record.
  - Edit an Allergy
    If a patient's allergies are recorded incorrectly, you can edit the allergy record.
  - Delete an Allergy
    If a patient's allergies are recorded incorrectly or are no longer relevant, you can delete the allergy record.
- Chronic Disease Management
  Use the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) feature to specify care plans, cycle of care for asthma or diabetes, and GP Mental Health Treatment Plans.
- History & Examinations
  Record details of a patient's clinical history in the History section. Record details of today's examination of a patient in the Examination section.
- Measurements and Assessments
  Record metabolic, pathology and ECG measurements and other assessments in the patient's record as required.
- Recalls
  A Recall is a type of flag recorded against a patient's record that informs practitioners and practice staff of when the patient is due to return to the practice.
- Nursing Requests
  During a consult, add a request for a nurse to complete a nursing action.
- Obstetrics
  Record obstetrics information on the Obstetrics panel.
- Investigations
  Investigations can be requested by a practitioner from within a patient's clinical record.
- Tasks
  The tasks module allows users to send messages (tasks) to other users throughout the medical centre.
- My Health Record
  Securely upload a patient's health data to their My Health Record.

Delete an Allergy

If a patient's allergies are recorded incorrectly or are no longer relevant, you can delete the allergy record.

About this task

Delete a patient's allergies in the record allergy_icon

Allergies / Adverse Reactions section.

Procedure

To delete a patient's allergy:

In the patient's record, locate and click Check For Allergies / Adverse Reactions at the top of the window.
In the Allergies / Adverse Reactions section, locate the allergy you want to delete and click Delete.
In the Remove allergy confirmation panel, click Remove.

Results

The allergy is deleted from the record allergy_icon

Allergies / Adverse Reactions record.

The deleted allergy is displayed with a strike through, including Removed status in the Consult icon

Consult > Consult Actions > Other Actions section.
Record deleted allergies

Tip:

If any patient's allergy or adverse reaction is deleted during their consultation, it is displayed in the existing consultation. Otherwise, a new consultation is created automatically to display the deleted allergy.