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Document Postpartum Details

  1. Select the Postpartum tab.
  2. Open the Reason for Visit panel:
  3. Select the Additional / Manage link.
    The Reason for Visit window opens.
  4. Select the postpartum check option in the Reason for Visit template.
  5. Select Save&Close.
  6. Select postpartum check from the Reason for Visit grid.
  7. In the Postpartum Check section of the Postpartum Details – HPItemplate, select the applicable options in the Postpartum Details, Additional Details, Screening, Resumed Activities, and Postpartum Incision subsections.
    If you select the All others negative check box, the No option is selected for all.
    Postpartum Details - HPI

  8. To record additional postpartum details, select the General-ROS Female link.
    The ROS-Female template opens.
    • Select the Reproductive link.

      The Reproductive (Female)- ROS template appears.

    • Select Postpartum Info.

      The Postpartum Info window opens.

  9. To record the Edinburgh depression details, select the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale link.
    The Edinburgh Depression template opens.
  10. If a pregnancy is not documented in the database, in the Weight Status section, enter the applicable information.
    If pregnancy is documented, the weight status fills in from the pregnancy encounters.
  11. Enter any applicable information in the Comments section.
  12. Select Save & Close.
    The postpartum check information displays in the grid in the Reason for Visit panel.