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Add a Health Concern

  1. From the navigation bar, click Care Plan.
    The Care Plan template appears.
  2. Expand the Add/Edit Health Concerns panel.
    Add/Edit Health Concerns panel

  3. From the Select Category grid, select a category.
    The Select Concern grid appears, and all patient records for the category appear in the grid.
  4. To view all the previous records, select Show all dates. If you selected Encounter Diagnosis, Social History, or Vital Signs category, you can view all the records or filter them by a date range.
  5. From the Select Concern grid, select a record.
    The data from the record appears in corresponding fields on the right.

    If a health concern is not listed in any of the categories, use the Other category to add the health concern.

  6. To modify clinical or verification statuses, click in the corresponding fields and then select a status. The default clinical and verification statuses are Active and Confirmed respectively.
  7. To update the identified date, click in the corresponding field and then select a date. The default date is today's date.
  8. To enter additional information, click Comments.
  9. To enter a primary concern for the current concern, select the primary concern in the Secondary to field.
  10. Click Add.
    The added health concern appears in the bottom-right grid.