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Begin a New Ophthalmic Encounter

When a patient arrives, intake staff can open the patient chart and the Home Page - OPH template to begin documenting the new encounter for Ophthalmology and Optometry. You can review historical patient data and update allergies and medications.

  1. Open the Home Page - OPHtemplate.
    The template opens with the specialty and visit type defaulted to Ophthalmology and Office Visit.
  2. To change the specialty, click the Specialty field, and select a value from the list.
  3. To change the visit type, click the Visit Type field, and select a value from the list.
  4. Review the information in the following panels:
    • General- review or update the general patient information
    • Health Monitor- review or update the dates of the most recent testing and procedures
    • Historic HPI
    • Impression/Plan Summary- view the history of the patient's impression or plan information
    • Visual Acuity- view the pateint's visual acuity measurements from previous encounters
    • Orders- view and manage orders
    • IOP- view the pateint's intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements from previous encounters
    • Diagnosis History view and add patient diagnoses
    • Allergies- review and update patient allergies
    • Medications- review, update, and reconcile patient medications
    • Vital Signs- review and enter the patient's vital signs
    • Problems List- review chronic conditions and diagnoses