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Record an Outcome for an Intervention

  1. From the navigation bar, click Care Plan.
    The Care Plan template appears.
  2. Navigate to the Goals, Interventions and Outcomes panel.
    The Select a Health concern to document grid is populated with all previously identified health concerns.
  3. Select a health concern from the list.
    The selected health concern appears in the Health Concern field and the data entry fields for goals appear to the right.
  4. Select the goal that you are adding an intervention outcome for.
    The data for the selected goal populates the data entry fields to the right.
  5. Click the Interventions tab.
    The full Interventions tab appears with the previously entered interventions in the Select an Intervention to document grid.
  6. Click the intervention in the grid that you are reporting an outcome for.
  7. Click the Outcomes tab.
    The full Outcomes tab appears with the data entry fields for the outcome to the right.
    Goals, Interventions and Outcome

  8. Click the Outcome field and type a description of the outcome.
  9. Click the Outcome date field and select the date that the current outcome was achieved.
  10. Select the appropriate option for the Goal achieved field:
    • If the goal has been achieved, click Yes.
    • If the goal has not been achieved, click No.
    • If the goal cannot be achieved, click Goal not attainable.
    • If there is no progress towards achieving the goal, click No progress toward goal.
    1. Click the associated text box and select a progress description from the list.
      To enter a description not on the list, click the blank value at the top of the list and type a description in the text box.
  11. Click Add.
    The system adds the outcome to the Select an Outcome to document grid.