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Reason for Visit for Well Child

You can use the Reason for Visit panel on the Pediatric SOAP template to review and update the reasons for visit added during the intake process.

The Well child hpi appears on the grid automatically if you select Well child for Visit Type.

Reason for Visit

In addition to documenting the specialty specific reason for visit available in the left pane, you can also document a well child visit on the a generic HPI template by selecting Well child or Well child HPI in the Reason for Visit panel.

In the Reason for Visit panel, you can:
  • Review and update the social history of the patient using the Pediatric Social History link.
  • Open the Interval History- Nutrition template using the Nutrition/Elimination link.
  • Document substance use, psychiatric, placement, sexual practices, and child abuse history of the patient using the Confidential History link.