Enter Historical Immunizations
You can enter a patient's historical immunizations manually.
- On the immunizations tab, select Historical and select the Past Entry tab.
- To display all of the patient's past immunizations, select Quick Entry.
Note: For existing patients, the system displays all immunizations that have been administered in the past and any immunizations that are outstanding (according to your practice's Vaccine Schedule).
- To display a patient's past immunizations by a certain grouping, select Pediatrics, Adult, or By Category.
- To search for a patient's past Immunizations that are not in the Vaccine Inventory, in the Select Past Vaccines to Add to Patient's Record section, select Search, for example rabies.
- In the Selected Vaccine Details section, enter details for the past Immunizations that is required for the Registry, for example, Date Source and any pertinent comments.
Tip: If you select the Comments field, a green check mark displays in the next cell. To apply the selected vaccine comments to all editable rows, select the check mark.Note: For multi-dose vaccines, each component displays on a separate row.Note: You cannot change columns and rows displayed in gray.
- To enter the date, select the Date column and enter or select a date from the calendar.
- You can enter the date manually using any of the following format options:
- By Year
- By Month and Year
- By Month, Day, and Year (that is, MM/DD/YYYY)
Note: Future dates and dates prior to the patient's date of birth are not valid. - To enter the Immunization's source, in the Source column, do one of the following:
- Select the down arrow in the cell corresponding to the immunization.
- If the source is the same for all of the patient's immunizations, select the source from the Source list at the top of the Select Vaccine Details section. For example, a patient's past immunizations are derived from a School Record.
- Enter any other pertinent information, if necessary, such as Comments, Brand, Lot Number, NDC ID, or Amount.
- Select the appropriate Save option to complete the Historical Immunizations entry:
Note: If you have not selected a Registry in File Maintenance by selecting EHR, Practice, Preferences, Orders Module, and then the Imm tab, you can save Historical Immunizations without specifying a registry.
- Save & New: Saves changes, refreshes the window, and enables you to select and update more historical immunizations.
- Save & Close: Saves all changes.
Note: The system updates the Immunizations order and the registry, as required.