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Update a Goal Intervention

If no outcome has been entered, you can update all Intervention data fields for the current encounter. If an Outcome has been entered, you cannot update the Category field and the related data field. If updating interventions entered during earlier encounters, you may only be able to update some of the fields. You receive an alert to that effect. To update those fields, you must return to the earlier encounter.

  1. From the navigation bar, click Care Plan.
    The Care Plan template appears.
  2. Navigate to the Goals, Interventions and Outcomes panel.
  3. Click the goal for which you what to update an intervention.
    The system populates the fields to the right of the grid with the data from the selected record.
  4. Click the Intervention tab.
    The full Intervention tab appears with the previously entered interventions in the grid.
  5. Select the intervention to be updated.
  6. Make any necessary changes to the data fields.
  7. Click Update.
    The system updates the intervention.