Record a Risk Assessment
Any assessment of risk data that was entered previously on the Comprehensive Assessment template set carries forward to the panels found here.
- On the Risk Assessment panel, if the patient is not a danger to self or other, select the option for Patient is not currently a danger to self, others, or property.
Selecting this option sets every field in the section as unavailable. The Encounter field fills with the current date.
- In the Risk field, select the appropriate type of risk from the list.
- If there is a need to record a previous risk for the client, select the Past option.
CAUTION:Always document past risks before a current assessment. If Past is selected, either an Event Date (even if approximate) or Denied should be populated.
- If there are no past assessments to document, select the option for Current.
- Select Denied or Admits.
If Denied is selected, the documentation options are all disabled in this section except for the date fields and the Add and Clear buttons.
- Enter the Event Date or if the exact date cannot be established, select This is approximated date.
- Select No or Yes for Ideation and Plan
- Select No or Yes for Intent and if Yes, select a rating of 1-10 from the Intent scale picklist.
- Select No or Yes for Attempt and if No, the remaining questions are disabled.
- Select Planned or Impulsive for Was it planned or impulsive.
- Select No or Yes for the remaining questions.
- Enter details under Describe plan/attempt field and click Add.
The grid view defaults to This encounter.
- In the Safety Management Plan field, type up to 500 characters to indicate how the client protects themselves and/or others from the issues identified in the Risk Assessment.
Note: The information in this field is set to copy forward and appears in the grid on the Risk Assessment panel on several of the Behavioral Health note templates.