Add Family History

A patient may inform a practitioner about a family medical condition which can be recorded in Helix.

Before you begin

Permissions:
  • View Patient
  • View Health Summary

About this task

Add family medical conditions to the Family History section in the Health Summary panel.

Procedure

To add family history:
  1. In the patient's record, locate the Health Summary panel.
    Health Summary Header
  2. In the Family History section:
    • If no family history has been recorded for this patient, the Family History section is blank and displays the Family History icon. Click the Family History icon to activate it.
      Example Family History section in Health Summary with no conditions set
    • If the patient has one or more current conditions listed, to add a new condition, click in the section to activate edit mode.
      Example Family History section in edit mode
    Tip:
    If you want to record that there is no known family history, set No known family conditions.
  3. Click in a Conditions field and start typing the name of the condition. A list of matching conditions is displayed. Select a condition from the list of conditions displayed.
    Example new family history condition
  4. From the Relationship list, select the family member who has this condition.
  5. If required, in the Onset age field, record when the family member states this started.
  6. In the Comments field, add any notes.
  7. To save the condition, click away from the Family History section.

Results

The family history condition is added to the list.